It is a cosponsor of the Texas Tech Comparative Literature Symposium, founded in 1968, which annually attracts national and international attention, and it periodically hosts other symposia, all of which contribute to its characteristically lively intellectual climate. Applying An undergraduate major in Latin, Greek, Classics, or its equivalent is required of entering candidates. Prospective applicants whose native language is other than English are invited to request further information. Texas Tech University encourages applications from well qualified individuals at any time. The final selection process for the academic year beginning the following fall starts on February 1 and continues until all positions are filled.
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Nontraditional students are welcome. Completed applications for admission should be forwarded to the Office of Graduate Admissions. Texas Tech is an Equal Opportunity Institution. In all areas, Dr. Christiansen believes that the key to significant contributions lies in trying to understand the world as the ancients did, no matter how difficult that may be. Her dissertation, R enegotiating Ovid's Heroide s , examines how Ovid expands the traditional epistolary form in order to bring a clarity to the suffering of the abandoned woman.