WELCOME TO THE CLASSICAL STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON!

The Program in Classical Studies seeks:

·   To foster understanding and communication through the study of the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome and their foundational relationship with Western culture at large.

·   To provide education and training for students seeking careers drawing on or enhanced by such study, in areas such as classical scholarship, commercial publishing, education and library science.

·   To develop superior writing and communication skills through the study of ancient languages, etymology, and complex syntax.
We offer elementary, intermediate, and advanced courses in the Latin and Greek (ancient and modern) which serve students from every college in the university that requires language study. These same courses serve our majors in Classical Studies as well as a steady stream of graduate students needing language skills for research, especially in the disciplines of History, English, and Philosophy.

Our program also offers courses approved for CORE credit, which are all taught in English. Whether their content is literary, historical, or largely cultural, these courses are aimed at developing or enhancing students' critical abilities. They include the consideration of the classical tradition and the ways it is relevant in our own time.

Please explore this website to learn more about our faculty, our degrees and courses, and the latest program news or click here for our brochure.

Special Announcement 5/26/08: Wakefield Forest, a gifted musician as well as a graduate of our program, died suddenly at the age of 55, in his sleep, on May 16. He received his Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Missouri in 2007. You may read his obitury in the Houston Chronicle.

Director: Professor Casey Dué Hackney
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
Agnes Arnold Hall 454
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Houston, TX 77204-3006
tel. 713-743-3240
fax 713-743-0935
Casey.Due@mail.uh.edu