Hands-On Learning
Many of our courses involve hands-on activities and real-world experiences: for example, Latin and Roman art students have reinforced their learning by reading and interpreting the legends and imagery on Roman coins in the Lora Robins Gallery.
Greek students have performed scenes of Greek comedy and tragedy in the Jenkins Greek Theatre; FYS, Greek, and Latin students have recreated Greek symposia and Roman convivia, using ancient recipes and reclining like ancient banqueters; and archaeology students have excavated right here on campus.
Community-Based Learning
Experiential learning also takes place off campus through Community-Based Learning supported by the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement.
Archaeology students have contributed to community efforts to recover, map, and document gravemarkers at historic African American cemeteries around Richmond, and students of classical languages have tutored local K-12 students in English word roots deriving from ancient Greek and Latin.
Field Trips
The department has also organized field trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and our classes regularly visit the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts here in Richmond.