Classics is one of the University of Wisconsin's three original departments, dating back to 1849. Today's faculty have research and teaching interests that encompass the fields of archaeology, Egyptology, epigraphy, ethnic studies, gender studies, historiography, philosophy, tragedy, poetry, and medieval literature. Our department maintains strong ties with the departments of Anthropology, Art History, Comparative Literature, English, Hebrew and Semitic Studies, History, and Philosophy, as well as with programs in Legal, Religious, and Women's Studies. We have been closely involved with the program in Integrated Liberal Studies since its inception in the 1930's as the flagship of liberal education at Wisconsin.
We offer undergraduate majors in Classical Humanities, Classics (Greek and Latin), and Latin, along with a Certificate in Classical Studies. Our graduate program currently has more than twenty students in residence. Alumni of the Classics Department at Wisconsin are teaching at colleges and universities across the country.