Professor: Helene P. Foley
Associate Professors: Kristina Milnor, Nancy Worman (Chair)
Other officers of the University offering courses in Classics:
Professors: Kathy H. Eden, Carmela Franklin, Suzanne Said, Deborah T. Steiner, Gareth D. Williams, James E. G. Zetzel
Lecturer in Classics: Elizabeth Scharffenberger
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics: Julia Lougovaya
Assistant Professors: Katharina Volk, Elizabeth Irwin, Annelies Wouters
Associate Professor of Modern Greek: Karen Van Dyck
Assistant Professor of Modern Greek: Vangelis Calotychos
For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
GREEK AND ROMAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE; ANCIENT STUDIES; MODERN GREEK
The objective of the department is to provide students with a knowledge of the language and an understanding of the literature and civilization of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The close cooperation of Barnard and Columbia in planning and implementing the curriculum offers students a wide range of specialties from which to construct a sound and coherent program of studies according to their individual interests. All members of the Barnard department are available as advisers and should be consulted as early as possible in the planning of a major program.
Students may fulfill the foreign language requirement in Greek by completing Greek V 1201 and V 1202, or in Latin by completing Latin V 1201 and V 1202, or by completing one semester of study above Greek V 1201 and V 1202 or Latin V 1201 and V 1202, or by passing an exemption examination with a sufficiently high grade. This examination tests the student's knowledge of grammar and her ability to translate written Greek or Latin
The Classics Department is the beneficiary of the Matthew Alan Kramer Fund, whose principal purpose is the support of the production of plays in Ancient Greek and Latin. In recent years students of the department have produced Antigone, Medea, Alcestis, Persians, Eumenides, Cyclops, Electra, Clouds, Trojan Women, Rudens, Helen, Trachiniae, Bacchae, Hippolytus, Heracles, Thyestes, Women at the Assembly, Hecuba, Medea, Pseudolus, Ajax, Oedipus the King, IIphigeneia in Aulis, and Birds, which have not only proved satisfying in themselves but have provided an exciting and different learning experience for the participants.
Barnard College participates in the program of the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. Majors in Classics or Ancient Studies are eligible to apply for admission to the program of the Rome Center for one semester, preferably in the junior year. Courses taken at the Rome Center may be used in the major and, in some cases, may be used to satisfy general education requirements. Barnard College is a Supporting Institution of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the American Academy in Rome, and certain privileges of those schools are open without fee to graduates of the College.
The major in Greek or Latin requires a minimum of eight courses above the elementary level.
In Greek, this would be fulfilled by taking
| Greek W 4139 | Elements of Greek Prose Style |
| Greek W 4105-W 4106 | History of Greek Literature |
| and five others, including | Greek V 3996x Major Seminar |
In Latin, this would be fulfilled by taking
| Latin W 4139 | Elements of Latin Prose Style |
| Latin W 4105-W 4106 | History of Latin Literature |
| and five others, including | Latin V 3996x Major Seminar. |
Greek or Latin V 3998 may be substituted for a semester of the survey or for elements of prose style, but students planning to go on to graduate study in classics are strongly urged to take both W 4105 and W 4106.
In addition, two semesters of ancient history appropriate to the major are required. For one of these, however, a relevant course in ancient art, classical civilization or literature, ancient philosophy, or religion may be substituted.
Majors in Latin, especially those who have begun their study in high school, are strongly advised to take at least two semesters of Greek.
A student may elect to major in both Greek and Latin by completing the major requirements in one language and five courses above the elementary level in the other.
Note: For the requirements for the major in Ancient Studies.
The minor in Greek, Latin, or Modern Greek requires five courses above the elementary level.