Bachelor [Greek] From Haverford College

Studying Classics has helped prepare our graduates for a number of different careers after graduation. Some have pursued advanced degrees in Classics or related fields (e.g. Archaeology and Religion); others have studied medicine, public policy, dentistry, or law; still others have chosen careers in journalism, in business, in publishing, in social work, in museum curatorship, and in secondary education.

• Students will learn ancient Greek or Latin (or both), cultivating an urgent connoisseurship of the word. Through this ?love for words upon words, words in continuation and modification? (Eudora Welty), we acquire the power to analyze and interpret the foundational texts of western philosophy, history, oratory, fiction, and poetry in their original forms.
• Students will connect with thought-provoking and influential texts from antiquity, embracing ?this rich source of delight? (Thomas Jefferson) and considering the benefits of the canon?and its dangers.
• Students will confront the most persistent questions about the nature of the human condition, heeding the Socratic warning that ?the unexamined life is not worth living? (? ?? ??????????? ???? ?? ?????? ???????, Plato, Apology 38a).