Welcome to the OWU Department of Humanities-Classics

At Ohio Wesleyan University, undergraduates can take advantage of the increasingly rare opportunity to study and major in the "great books" and comparative literature. The Department of Humanities-Classics offers an array of courses with varied focus, such as thematic courses, genre courses, and period courses. In the non-Western tradition, Humanities-Classics embraces the extraordinary wealth of ancient and recent texts from India, Latin America, and the Far East that have become essential for an educated citizenry in the world today. Humanities-Classics also offers instruction in Greek and Latin languages and literatures at all levels, from elementary to advanced.