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Graduates of the Colby College Classics Department
It is the goal of the Department of Classics to foster keen intellectual
curiosity and sound principles of analysis and problem-solving in all our
students. By providing academic stimuli, we allow our students to harness the
power of their imagination, just like the great thinkers, statesmen, artists,
and writers of Greece and Rome. Not surprisingly, Colby graduates with majors in
classics or classical civilization are pursuing successful careers in law,
medicine, stock broking, teaching, government, art (as museum and art gallery
curators), management, and graduate school in classics and other fields. For,
the study of the classics trains the mind for much more than the translation of
texts, or the analysis of a culture. The study of classics also prepares you to
meet life with the confidence of Achilles, the resourcefulness of Odysseus, and
the self-reliance and patience of Penelope! In today's economy, companies need
to be able to change with the times, and employers are invariably impressed by
the adaptability of classics graduates. The skills of analysis, critical
thinking, and problem-solving, provided by study of the classics, make our
majors highly marketable after graduation. For example, the Career Services
Office at Colby recently received a letter from a firm in Portland asking for
the names of any graduating classics majors. This firm stated that, in their
experience, classics graduates performed better than anyone else, and could
adapt to whatever was required of them with remarkable facility. In the current
job market, it is nice to think of firms headhunting for our majors!
In recent years, more and more students across America have chosen to earn a
graduate degree. The Colby Classics department has enjoyed considerable success
placing our students in top graduate programs. The following is a list of
institutions and programs to which our students have been admitted in just the
last four years:
Cambridge University, M.A. (Classics)
Cornell University Ph.D. (Classical Archaeology)
Cornell University Ph.D. (Physics)
Cornell University J.D. (Law)
Fordham University Ph.D. (History)
Harvard University Ph.D.
(Classics)
Harvard University J.D. (Law)
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Jefferson Medical
School M.D. (Medicine)
Ohio State University M.A
(Teaching)
Trinity College M.A. (English)
University of Florida, Ph.D. (Classics)
University of St. Andrews, M. Litt.
(Classics)
University of Vermont Ph.D. (Psychology)
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Whether you are preparing for the job market or for graduate school, or
simply looking to broaden your mind, a major in classics is an asset. This view
gains credibility from a couple of facts. In the course of the last few years,
there has been a rapid growth in our class enrollments, and a sharp increase in
the number of classics and classical civilization majors. Those students have
then gone on to excellent jobs or superior graduate programs. We feel confident
that our students will continue to succeed and thrive in the years to come.
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