Welcome to Classics
A vibrant and welcoming scholarly community dedicated to the study of ancient Greece and Rome in all their richness, from the B.A to the Ph.D.
Welcome to the online home of the UT Classics Department, an international center for the study of classical antiquity that offers rich undergraduate and graduate programs in the languages and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.
Our diverse and dynamic faculty includes specialists in ancient architecture, colonization, drama, epigraphy, history, landscape, law, medicine, music, oratory, philosophy, poetry, religion, science, and technology from the prehistoric Aegean to late antiquity.
Our undergraduate program attracts thousands of students every year eager to explore the cultures and languages of classical antiquity. Courses in Classical Civilization (C C), which require no knowledge of Greek or Latin language, cover all aspects of ancient Mediterranean life and culture: archaeology, history, literature, religion, and thought. Courses in Greek (GK) and Latin (LAT) provide rigorous instruction in the languages from beginning to advanced levels. Students interested in majoring in classical studies may choose from five distinct options: Classics, Ancient History and Classical Civilization, Classical Archaeology, Greek, and Latin.
Our graduate program prepares qualified students for careers in teaching and research by providing individualized training and mentoring in all areas of classical scholarship. A systematic but flexible curriculum enables students to develop both broad competence and special expertise while working closely with faculty and graduate colleagues.
Welcome to the online home of the UT Classics Department, an international center for the study of classical antiquity that offers rich undergraduate and graduate programs in the languages and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Our diverse and dynamic faculty includes specialists in ancient architecture, colonization, drama, epigraphy, history, landscape, law, medicine, music, oratory, philosophy, poetry, religion, science, and technology from the prehistoric Aegean to late antiquity.
Our undergraduate program attracts thousands of students every year eager to explore the cultures and languages of classical antiquity. Courses in Classical Civilization (C C), which require no knowledge of Greek or Latin language, cover all aspects of ancient Mediterranean life and culture: archaeology, history, literature, religion, and thought. Courses in Greek (GK) and Latin (LAT) provide rigorous instruction in the languages from beginning to advanced levels. Students interested in majoring in classical studies may choose from five distinct options: Classics, Ancient History and Classical Civilization, Classical Archaeology, Greek, and Latin.
Our graduate program prepares qualified students for careers in teaching and research by providing individualized training and mentoring in all areas of classical scholarship. A systematic but flexible curriculum enables students to develop both broad competence and special expertise while working closely with faculty and graduate colleagues.
Research Units
Institute of Classical Archaeology
The Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICA) carries out multi-disciplinary archaeological research, conservation, and cultural resource management projects in the territory of ancient Greek colonies in southern Italy and on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine. ICA has developed long-term projects to explore the agricultural hinterlands of ancient Metapontum and Croton in Italy and the territory and urban area of ancient Chersonesos in Crimea, Ukraine. ICA's publications and research have brought it international recognition as a leader in the study of rural populations in the Greek and Roman world.
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Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory
The Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory is a graduate research program in the Department of Classics at University of Texas at Austin, the largest Classics program in the United States. PASP does not grant its own degrees, but provides graduate students in the UT program who are receiving broad training in all areas of Classical civilization with the opportunity to do specialized research at a high level in areas of Aegean and eastern Mediterranean prehistory and archaeology pertaining to inscribed or marked materials.
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Quantitative Criticism Lab
ounded in 2014 by a team of humanists, biologists, and computer scientists, the Quantitative Criticism Lab explores new approaches to the study of literature and culture. Taking inspiration from a wide range of quantitative disciplines - machine learning, natural language processing, bioinformatics, and systems biology - we seek to integrate literary criticism, philology, and big data. We have a particular interest in the literature of ancient Greece and Rome and the profound influence of the Classics on later traditions.
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