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Information
for Applicants
The Department offers several programs of
study leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. MA programs are designed
to prepare students for doctoral level work in classical studies,
though from different perspectives and with varying requirements.
The PhD program is designed for more advanced students and
seeks to prepare students for careers in research and teaching
at the secondary school and college levels.
Detailed information about the department's graduate programs can be
found in its Graduate Student Handbook.
Students are encouraged to study the particulars
of each program with care and to consult with the Director
of Graduate Studies when making decisions about which program
to enter. Students in some programs may also prepare themselves
for a career teaching Latin in the schools, and the Department
cooperates with the Foreign Language Education Program in
the University in order to help future teachers to meet state
certification requirements.
All graduate students are required, during
their first fall semester in residence, to take CLA 5936 (proseminar).
All students must also demonstrate competence in a modern
foreign language (French, German or Italian): this is accomplished
(i) by completing 12 semester hours of college level work
with a grade point average of 3.0 or above, (ii) by earning
a 480 or above on the appropriate examination in the Graduate
School Foreign Language Tests administered by ETS, or (iii)
by successfully completing FRE 5060, GER 5060 or ITA 5060.
Graduate students are required to maintain a 3.0 grade point
average in all graduate work, and no course in Classics for
which a student receives a grade of C or below may count toward
any graduate degree in the Department. No more than three
hours at the 4000 level will count toward any MA degree.
All students are expected, before arranging
their comprehensive or translation exams or commencing work
on a thesis, to select a major professor. The major professor
will help the student to select his or her MA or PhD committee,
will direct the student's exams or thesis and will work with
the Director of Graduate Studies in order to be certain that
the student has met every requirement for the MA or PhD degree.
Students are urged to select a major professor by the conclusion
of their first year (the selection is not irrevocable). Comprehensive
and translation exams will ordinarily be given during one
week of each term: in the fall term, it will be the second
week in November; in the spring term, it will be the week
following the spring break. Exams may also be given during
the summer, but it will be the student's responsibility to
arrange them well in advance and there is no obligation on
the part of the faculty to agree to summer exams. |
