Career Opportunities

A major in classics, the oldest discipline in the liberal arts, is excellent preparation for any occupation or profession, including business, government, law, politics, management, computing, publishing, seminary, medicine, and teaching. The study of Classics is especially valuable for vocations requiring refined analytical and verbal skills. The major also prepares a student for graduate work in all areas of classical studies: archaeology, language and literature, ancient history, and museum studies.

There is currently, throughout the United States, a critical shortage of qualified teachers of Latin at the secondary level. Because teaching at the high school level in public schools requires a teaching certificate, prospective teachers of Latin should concentrate in the Greek and Latin Languages area (see above) and continue their studies at the Master’s level, either at the University or elsewhere, in Latin and Classical Humanities. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts does not grant teaching certificates without an M.A. degree or its equivalent.