Financial assistance Full-time students may apply for financial assistance through the School of Graduate Studies and the Department of Classics. Financial support is usually in the form of fellowships and graduate assistantships. Program description The MA in classics is a two-year program with a high language content. Specializations are offered in Greek and Latin literature, Greek and Roman history and historiography, and ancient philosophical texts. The program emphasizes wide reading in all genres of classical literature, and aims to provide the student with a thorough background in basic disciplines associated with classical scholarship and with practical knowledge of principal research methods.
Coursework is directed towards preparing the student to write a thesis on an original topic.
In some cases, students may be required to complete one or more upper-level undergraduate courses in Greek or Latin. Reading list Students are required to read a selection of Latin and Greek works covering representative genres, authors and periods, and to pass two written examinations on, respectively, the Latin and Greek works read. These may include some authors studied in graduate courses. Because much scholarly material is written in languages other than English, graduate students are expected to have a reading knowledge of German, French or Italian. Students shall satisfy this requirement by writing a translation exam set by the Department.