Welcome to the Department of Classics
The field of Classics is concerned with all aspects of the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome -- linguistic, literary, historical, religious, and archaeological. Students majoring in Classical Studies examine the civilizations of Greece and Rome through a program based mainly on works read in English translation. Courses in Classical Studies (designated Clsics 281, etc.) require no knowledge of Greek or Latin. The major in Classical Languages entails coursework in the original languages of Greek or Latin (designated Grk 211, Lat 101, etc.). This program leads to advanced study of the great literary, historical, and philosophical works of antiquity. The department also offers minors in both Classical Studies and Classical Languages.
Moreover, the department now offers several degrees designed to prepare Latin teachers for secondary school teaching in Massachusetts. An undergraduate program leads to Initial Licensure and graduate tracks for Latin and Classical Humanities in the M.Ed. are overseen by the Graduate College of Education. In addition, we have a Latin track in the M.A. in Applied Linguistics with special focus on linguistics and language acquisition.
The department also offers workshops and courses for teachers on topics such as Latin pedagogy, conversational Latin, and the Advanced Placement tests.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Conventiculum Bostoniense 2007
Latin by the Sea, August 4-August 12, 2007
The Classics Department at UMass Boston will again offer a full-immersion program in spoken Latin.
The Conventiculum is a residential experience for teachers of Latin at all levels. Days are filled with instructional activities, opportunities for social interaction (particularly at meals and in the dormitories) and local excursions. After the first evening’s arrival and orientation session, participants will speak Latin exclusively with one another and the faculty through August 11th. Activities for all participants will include sessions focused on guided discussion or prose composition, communal meals, and excursions to the beach, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford and a local vineyard.
To Apply
Please contact:
Jacqueline Carlon, Assistant Professor,
Classics Department
100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393
tel: 617-287-6121
email: Jacqueline.Carlon@umb.edu
Deadline
Priority Application Deadline: March 31, 2007.
Applications received after this date will be considered if space is available.
For more information click on "News and Events" to your left.
Overseas Programs
UMass Boston students have attended overseas programs in Greece or Italy. Information can be obtained from the department chair.
Important Links
The following web sites are useful for classics students:
The UMass Boston Classics Club, which has weekly meetings for reading and annually performs an ancient drama: http://www.geocities.com/umbclassicsclub/
The American Classical League primarily assists pre-collegiate teachers, and has an important listing of available Latin teaching positions: http://www.aclclassics.org/
The Boston Area Classics Calendar, which is on the web site of the Harvard Classics Department, lists all lectures pertaining to classical antiquity: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/calendar/calendar.html
The Stoa Consortium hosts a number of very important web sites, such as Diotima (devoted to women in Greece and Rome), Demos (with material on the Athenian democracy), as well as links to other sites and blogs: http://www.stoa.org/
The Perseus Project has a large collection of electronic texts and images: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
The Bryn Mawr Classical Review gives you access to reviews of books on every aspect of classical antiquity: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/
The National Committee for Latin and Greek, with some amusing and informative material about the study of classics: http://www.promotelatin.org/
The American Philological Association, the national organization of college and university-level classicists: http://www.apaclassics.org/APA-MENU.html
Classical Association of New England, the regional organization for teachers of Latin and Greek at all levels: http://www.caneweb.org/
The Classical Association of Massachusetts supports teachers within the state: http://www.massclass.org
