Career Information for Classical Studies Majors

It is important to understand that employers hire people, not degrees. The skills and knowledge you develop as a result of your education, as well as in your work and community activities, have the greatest impact on hiring decisions. Listed below are some specific knowledge and transferable skills you will acquire as a result of your university education and your focus on Classical Studies.


Specific Knowledge Skills
Valuable Transferable Skills
Some Career Options for Classical Studies Majors
Potential Employers
Websites

Specific Knowledge Skills

• The skills to research, analyze, assess and understand cultural/societal development and history
• An understanding of the methods used to, and an ability to, interpret historical information and references with awareness of historical and cultural context
• An awareness of the influence and impact of art, culture, history, language and myth on modern society
• The ability to comprehend the thoughts and ideas of people from other times and places and give expression to these ideas in modern terms with relevant historical context
• An ability to interpret and/or create language and art to communicate ideas and information
• The ability to understand cultural/societal myths as a means of interpreting history and development
• Skills in the collection and cataloguing of individual, cultural and historical information and data
• The skills to assess the impact of language, art and literature on a culture and a people, and on modern society’s interpretation and understanding of previous societies

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Valuable Transferable Skills

Information-gathering and Communication Skills

• The skills required to identify and access a wide range of relevant information and resources
• The ability to compile and organize facts and information and to comprehend and apply new and/or unfamiliar information to different situations and settings
• Skills in preparing interesting, creative and informative presentations which target diverse audiences
• The ability to develop attractive/effective reports, presentations and materials using current technology

Thinking, Planning and Organizational Skills

• The ability to learn, understand and interpret information and apply knowledge to new situations 
• The ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and effectively plan/manage time, data and resources
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to make well-reasoned decisions, think creatively and search for, identify and consider all sides of an issue
• Skills to effectively analyze and interpret a wide range of information and data to discuss, support and/or reject ideas, opinions, reports, theories and proposals

Teamwork and Management Skills

• Skills enabling you to work effectively as part of a team by identifying your role and contributing, through leading, teaching, motivating and/or encouraging others, to the success of the team
• An understanding of how to successfully identify, plan and contribute to the goals of a project
• The ability to oversee, supervise and/or contribute to a project from beginning to end including determining outcomes, planning details, making decisions, assigning roles and completing tasks
  

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Some Career Options for Classical Studies Majors

(Additional education, training or experience may be required)

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Potential Employers

 
Entertainment Companies | Museums/Historical Sites | Cultural Programs
Publishers | Theatres/Performing Arts Centres | International Businesses
Media Companies | Retail Organizations | Art Galleries
Libraries | Community Service Organizations | Advertisers/Marketers

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 For more career options and job descriptions, visit the following sites:

Career Cruising - www.careercruising.com. Please contact the Career Centre at 519.884.0710 ext. 4495 or http://careercentre@wlu.ca for the username and password.
Career Insider (Vault) - Access through the library website at www.wlu.ca/library. Click ’Find Articles and More’, click ’Databases by Title (A-Z)’ and then ’C’ - Career Insider (Vault). You need to access this resource from a Laurier computer or through the library’s remote access service.
National Occupational Classification - www.hrsdc.gc.ca/noc

Websites

 
Ontario Classical Association 
Canadian Museum Associations 
Canadian Archaeology Association 
Society for Historical Archaeology 
The Heritage Canada Foundation 
American Classics League 
American Philological Association  

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