There are many fun but educational opportunities out there for Classics majors, concentrators, and aficionados. Do you want to excavate ancient ruins and receive a unique firsthand experience of the ancient world? Is your interest piqued by the thought of travelling around ancient sites and seeing where the major events of classical times occurred? Would you like to hone your Latin and Greek skills in the lands where these languages were once spoken? Take some time to explore the options on this portion of our website and find a program that is right for you. Be sure to check out our funding pages, as well; programs can be expensive, but there are many scholarship opportunities available to Classics students.
Background photo: the Temple of Hephaestus at Athens © 2016 by Isabella Villanueva, BA '18
UD students not only read St. Augustine's Confessions in Rome, traveling to Ostia to marvel at the place in which, according to Book IX, St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica, had a joint mystical vision of God -- they also travel 4.4 miles from the Irving campus to read the text with residents of South Irving.
+ Read MoreAs you know if you’ve read even some of our first UD Reads book, "All the Light We Cannot See," it’s possible to build a radio from random, scavenged parts, as long as you can find the necessary random, scavenged parts, as Werner does in the book. This is also essentially what Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Physics Jacob Moldenhauer did as well: He scavenged parts from the Physics Department, and built a radio.
+ Read MoreThe University of Dallas Board of Trustees announced today that it has unanimously selected Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., BA '82 MA '83, to serve as the university's ninth president. The first alumnus of UD to be president, Hibbs has served as dean of the Honors College and distinguished professor of ethics and culture at Baylor University since 2003.
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