A 7000-level classroom course may be substituted for one of the 4 seminars. May be waived if previously taken as an undergraduate upper division course. A minimum of 30 hours of doctoral dissertation credit with no more than 10 of these hours in any one semester. No more than 10 dissertation hours may be taken preceding the semester of taking the Oral Comprehensive Examination. Up to 10 hours may be taken during the semester in which the student passes the comprehensive examination.
Proficiency is tested by a one hour written translation test using a dictionary.
Students may take a Foreign Language Exam at any time by arrangement with the Director of Graduate Studies. Students should have passed both exams before the end of the third semester in the Ph.D. program. Greek and Latin Translation Exams. Two examinations of 3 hours of written translation in Greek and Latin of 2 out of three prose passages and two out of three verse passages for a total of c. 120 lines. There will be two administrations of each exam per year, in November and April.