Major in Classics: Knowledge and Skills Learned 

• Mastery of a complex data set, i.e. the languages and intellectual currents of Western Culture in law, literature, science, philosophy, and material culture 
• The ability to think critically and creatively 
• The rhetorical and critical skill to examine and weigh words carefully 
• The ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
   

Major in Classical Archaeology: Knowledge and Skills Learned

• Mastery of a complex data set, i.e. knowledge of the material culture of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Etruscans
• skill in reconstructing ancient life-ways and interpretation of ancient social, political, and economic systems  
• The ability to think critically and creatively 
• The rhetorical and critical skill to examine and weigh words carefully 
• The ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing