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What can I do with a major in Classics?

Classic studies, like other branches of the liberal arts, provides skills for both making a living and learning as a life-long endeavor. Courses give students a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, maximizing professional and continuing academic opportunities. Graduate and professional schools in law, medicine and business, among others, welcome students trained in Classics because of their capacity for problem-solving, critical thinking and correlating disparate ideas.

A degree in Classics provides many career opportunities. Students who have studied Classics have made careers in the following fields:

• Advertising
• Archaeology
• Archives
• Arts commentary
• College/university presidency
• Computer programming
• Film consulting
• Financial consulting
• Foreign service
• Government
• Historical societies
• Journalism
• Judiciary
• Law
• Library science
• Medicine
• Ministry
• Museum studies
• Public relations
• Publishing
• Research
• Speechwriting
• Teaching
• Theatre
• Tourism
• Translating

Studies show that students who have majored in Classics are likely to have the highest GRE scores of a wide variety of majors. Students should carefully select their elective courses with their career goals in mind. Classics students are encouraged to take courses in Geographic Information Science and computer programming.

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