About the Department

Since the founding of the College in 1770, Classics has been a core component of the undergraduate curriculum.  The State Gazette of South Carolina once praised students at the College for their knowledge of “Greek and Latin languages, as well as their extraordinary proficiency in the liberal arts and sciences.” 

Today...

The Department of Classics offers two undergraduate majors – the A.B. degree for students interested in exploring Greek and Latin languages, and the B.A. degree for students who are primarily interested in investigating Greek and Roman culture and civilization.  Students can also choose to pursue a minor in Classics, Greek or Latin. Additionally, the professors in Classics contribute to a wide variety of minors and majors that have a bearing upon our understanding of the Greco-Roman world.

The department holds a unique physical place at the College of Charleston.  Found on the third floor of historic Randolph Hall (the main administrative building on campus), it stands as a physical symbol of the College's core mission as an institution of higher education.  Within this space, the department also maintains:

• A resource room dedicated to facilitate student/faculty research, consisting of 3 networked PCs and software specific for multidisciplinary work.
• A reading room housing basic reference works and space for small classes/seminars and meetings of faculty, special guests, and students.
• The "Classics Museum Replica Collection," consisting of numerous museum-quality replicas of art from the Greco-Roman world.

In addition, the Department has the honor of using Randolph Hall 301A as one of its primary classrooms - in one of oldest continuously-used classroom buildings in the U.S.

Download the most recent Annual Report for the department.

Download the 2009-2010 Annual Report for the department.

Download the 2008-2009 Annual Report for the department.