Colleges for Classics

[Ioannis]

[quote="Magister Militum Flavius Aetius" post=328986]
By the way, could someone enlighten me about the terms college/undergrad/grad and other American notions and their +/- European equivalents? Do they correspond with university/bachelor/master? I have known this but it's somewhere far away in my memory (exams do terrible things with people, even if it's (ancient) history).

College: offers only undergraduate degrees (i.e. Bachelor's) (not that common in Europe)
Undergraduate: up to Bachelor's level (both in Europe and the US)
Postgraduate: Master's and PhD degrees (usually called graduate in the US)

[noxia]

Hi,
concerning a study in Germany, you need to speak german, there´s no way around that.

But concerning classics you might be interested in the University of Cologne because they have a unique offer "Ancient languages and civilizations"
Have a look here:
http://phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/fileadmin/p...lturen.pdf
or you might specify in one of the fields of study, for example classical literature, where mostly you work with translations and therefore the main focus is on the content and not why the author used an aposiopesis or other stylistic means, as in Classical Philology. Were i not already almost done with my study, when they invented the branch, i would have chosen it.

[caiusbeerquitius]

Speaking German certainly helps. However, (@ Titus) with the new study system (modules) any University must supply a number of courses in English for international students, thus enabling them to fulfill all requirements for their studies. But I have the impression that this is rarely working. I´m offering a class in English next semester (Eating and drinking in Antiquity ;-) ) e.g.

Here´s a lot of info:
http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index...13856.html
http://www.expatinterviews.com/germany/heza.html
http://www.dw.de/top-stories/study-in-germany/s-8010


My university also has a page, e.g., but it is more general...
http://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/allgemeine...t2/en.html
You should find such a thing for any Uni in Germany...

[caiusbeerquitius]

Are there correspondence courses, and if so, is the price for foreigners still that cheap?

Yes, and yes. :-)

Most info is on the Deutsche-Welle / DW link above :-)

[caiusbeerquitius]

I forgot: apparently North-Rhine-Westfalia and Bavaria will drop tuition fees this year, so they will be gone all over the country, again.

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Really? That's great. Hopefully I can go to school there in a few years (I'm in 11th Grade, I stil have 12th grade to go through before I graduate here in the US).

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Are there any good colleges for Classics here in the US? All I know of is Byrn Mawr.

[Lyceum]

Wait, quick question, when you say college what does that mean? as in does it exclude places like Harvard? I mean I know that they call the undergraduate part college. Do you mean liberal arts colleges?

BM does have a good programme I think....but its also for women right? I mean for those smaller places, what about Fordham, Amherst etc? Hm this is inefficient, better to ask about a group of places you're interested in.

Also, wow, you plan a head...I'm impressed...:S I mean I once sent off an abstract to a conference, forgot about it...and had to write up my work onto slides on the trip down...so...yeah...:S

[Pyrgopolynices]

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[Flavivs Aetivs]

Thanks, I live in South Carolina so I'd get in-state Tuition to Georgia or Virginia (I think).

I'll have to look into those colleges. I know Wake Forest University in NC has a Classics Program but their in-state tuition is like 38K + Living Expenses. I was there for the National JCL last year with my Legion.

[Lyceum]

Virgina, great example of a strong department: Strauss Clay, Kovacs, Miller, Mikalson and Woodman are there. I think there was some bru ha ha about the department and funding earlier last year but I don't know how big a problem that will be, they might have some nice scholarships etc.

[caiusbeerquitius]

My impression is that non-Germans do not get German tuition! Also, going to university in German if you are not quite good in German would be a major challenge.

This impression is wrong... ;-)

Having studied in both places, US and Europe, my advice is to spend at least a considerable time of your studies in Europe, especially if you go for history of Late Antiquity. It is one thing to talk about a site, and an other thing to walk about it. ^^

[Pyrgopolynices]

Really, I didn't know that about Germany! Wow, that is really inspiring: here in NA we never miss a chance to charge students the maximum possible price (unhappily). I'm really impressed.