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M.A. in Classics for Ph.D. Students (Double Degree)

Coursework

Students will collect 36 credits during the time in which they are enrolled as Ph.D. students (but, as discussed below, some of the courses taken in their own departments can count towards this number). The curriculum is structured (as in the charts below), but includes room for adjustment based on students’ individual needs and interests. The details of any particular student’s coursework will depend on the Director of Graduate Studies in consultation with the Graduate Committee. Here's a list of our current courses.

Before reading the Charts, please note the following:

• Greek or Latin Advanced Courses 
  These courses include all Greek and Latin language classes with the exception of Beginning I, Beginning II and Intermediate (both for Greek and Latin). Students will enroll in each of these advanced courses via the 600XX option, as is typical of graduate students. Please note that both ‘Reading and Writing Greek Prose’ and ‘Reading and Writing Latin Prose’ count as advanced courses.
• Surveys of Latin and/or Greek Literature
  These are mandatory courses. Since the Department offers one Survey each semester, students should plan ahead how to fit them into their schedules. In all the survey courses, final examinations must be comprehensive (i.e., they should cover the whole of the course’s readings). At the discretion of the instructor, the examination may cover additional texts of the student’s choice. Please note that ‘Medieval Latin Survey’ and ‘Introduction to Christian Latin Texts’ do not count as surveys, but as Latin Advanced Courses. 

If a student receives a grade lower than a B (3.0) in a Greek or Latin survey course, the Director of Graduate Studies will hold a meeting with the Graduate Committee to discuss the student’s standing in the program. If the Graduate Committee decides that the student is unlikely to succeed in the program, the case will be brought before the faculty of the Department for a formal vote to decide whether the student should remain in the program. 

• Disciplinary Courses
  By Disciplinary Courses, we refer to any course in the Ph.D. student’s own field (Philosophy, Theology, any branch of Medieval Studies) which focuses on the ancient and/or the medieval worlds. 
• Cross-Listed Seminars
  If students are taking a course which is not cross-listed with the Department of Classics, but in which a focus is placed on the ancient Greek and/or Roman world, we encourage them to reach out to the Director of Graduate Studies, since the course may still count as cross-listed (but would not qualify for the first category of language advanced courses).

Please note that no additional exam and no thesis are required to obtain the Masters in Classics within the Double Degree program. 

MA in Classics or Greek or Latin for PhD students

1. MA in Greek

2. MA in Latin

3. MA in Classics, emphasis in Greek

4. MA in Classics, emphasis in Latin