“I would trade all my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.” -- Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple

Classical Studies provides students with more than knowledge of the language, art, literature, philosophy, and faith of the Greek and Roman world; Classical Studies also preserves the birth of humanity’s intellectual and artistic exploration of our world and ourselves. By studying how the ancients asked and answered questions about the nature of what it means to be human, we become better able to fully understand and participate in how we do so in the present. In keeping with that tradition, Classical Studies at Loyola is also a fundamental part of the Ignatian values of engaged and conscious living, of being women and men for others, and of the dictum of magis.

Throughout their major or minor coursework, our students learn to think critically, write well and, more importantly, to fall in love with the Classical tradition of a life-long engagement with learning.

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Greek and Latin Placement Exams