Major in Classics and Religious Studies
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The field of Classics encompasses a wide range of courses in the civilization of ancient Greece and Rome—their languages, literature, and history. And your courses in Religious Studies will acquaint you with the world’s great religions, their history, sacred writings, and essential beliefs and practices. You can work with faculty who specialize in Buddhist Studies, Islamic Studies, Christianity, and Judaism. http://www.unl.edu/classics/
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- [00:00:03.410]Classics is a great major because of the
- [00:00:05.080]possibilities that it provides.
- [00:00:06.640]Opportunities to learn and grow outside of the classroom.
- [00:00:10.230]You get to adventure into the minds
- [00:00:12.207]of the people from long ago.
- [00:00:14.260]To see the world through different lenses.
- [00:00:17.720]I took a comparitive religions course
- [00:00:20.343]with Professor Sydney Crawford,
- [00:00:22.959]and it just completely fascinated and hooked me.
- [00:00:25.423]And she's really been a great mentor in the field,
- [00:00:28.056]and helped me get into graduate school as well.
- [00:00:30.447]What makes the faculty good is that
- [00:00:32.009]since the classes are so small,
- [00:00:33.613]you get to know them on a one to one basis.
- [00:00:35.883]There are several world renowned professors
- [00:00:38.856]in this department, we're very lucky to have.
- [00:00:41.533]We arranged a recreation of the Battle of Platea
- [00:00:44.745]using pool noodles.
- [00:00:46.640]The Persians and their allies against Athens and Sparta.
- [00:00:51.645]Organized chaos.
- [00:00:54.397]I'm taking Latin poetry and Latin of the Medieval ages.
- [00:00:59.560]And Latin's so cool because it's like
- [00:01:01.472]going from black and white into color.
- [00:01:03.848]You just see like so much more depth
- [00:01:05.949]in your words in your language.
- [00:01:08.114]Language is a beautiful expression
- [00:01:09.667]of thought and idea.
- [00:01:11.354]With religious studies and classics,
- [00:01:13.630]you get a little bit of every field.
- [00:01:16.381]You get history, you get politics,
- [00:01:17.988]you get sociology.
- [00:01:21.638]I went on a study abroad to Greece this summer.
- [00:01:24.189]It was amazing, time of my life.
- [00:01:25.912]I have the travel bug now.
- [00:01:28.045]We were able to go to Menu, Ireland over the summer.
- [00:01:31.433]We saw sites that are ancient,
- [00:01:35.330]even beyond written language.
- [00:01:37.069]We also got to see where vikings had actually landed
- [00:01:39.309]in Dublin, and I had a wonderful time.
- [00:01:42.850]I made really close friends I still talk to today.
- [00:01:46.160]I would like to become a teacher.
- [00:01:47.850]You can look at stuff like law, translation.
- [00:01:50.800]Religious studies is about cultural understanding,
- [00:01:53.410]and that is extremely helpful for anyone
- [00:01:55.230]who's going into the business or the medical field
- [00:01:57.694]in their studies.
- [00:01:59.124]Skills that I've gained.
- [00:02:00.673]You have to write a lot.
- [00:02:02.115]Writing is a skill that anyone needs in the future.
- [00:02:04.860]Close, analytical reading of texts.
- [00:02:07.124]Using my knowledge of the ancient Greek languages,
- [00:02:09.730]and applying that to research.
- [00:02:12.290]It expands your knowledge and
- [00:02:15.980]it expands your concept for ideas.
- [00:02:19.070]The teachers have passion for it,
- [00:02:21.480]and that makes me passionate about it.
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