Hey,

I'm thinking of taking Classics next year for my AS Level, and I was wondering what is in involved in the subject and what it's like?

Thanks!

Bethan

To me "Classics" mean Greek and Latin works (literature, philosophy etc), and other texts from the Antiquity period.

Thanks...hmmm I think i'm going to have to talk to the teacher again it just feels like she's going to want lots of people to take it so she'll make it sound really good....

First off, what is your AS level referring to? Second off, what is the Classics about?

In University, I took Classics 103 which referred to greek mythology. However, there was also classics for chinese mythology and other things similar to that.

An AS level is part of the educational system in the UK. A study of the Classics would likely include the great writers and philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome, such as Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Ovid and Cicero.

majored in classics at university

doooo ittttt. ancient greek/roman history, art, religions and you can call youself a classicist.

...and then get a job not relating to anything you learned at all
but still...worth it.

radioaktivitat wrote:

majored in classics at university doooo ittttt. ancient greek/roman history, art, religions and you can call youself a classicist. ...and then get a job not relating to anything you learned at all but still...worth it.

I've suffered the same fate with my English literature degree. But, like you said, it's worth it.

Btw I've managed to carve out a decent career working with people with developmental disabilities. What do some of you other liberal arts majors do for a living?