M.A. Degree Requirements
The degree program consists of 30 hours, whether one chooses the
thesis or non-thesis option.
The student may stress either Latin or Greek or a combination of both.
Students who take only
one of the ancient languages on the graduate level must present at
least 10 hours of elementary
course work in the other (or, in the case of Latin, seven hours from
LAT 100 and
101); this
requirement may also be satisfied by passing a departmental
examination. For a research skill,
the student must demonstrate a reading knowledge of German, French, or
Italian before receiving
the M.A. (se the graduate catalog for details).
Students may select their 30 hours from graduate courses in Greek,
Latin, and Classics, as well
as certain courses in philosophy, history, art history, and
linguistics that have been approved
by the Department. Students with no undergraduate preparation in Greek
and/or Roman art and
archaeology must enroll in
CLSX 528 at some point in their
graduate career. A maximum of 12
hours may be taken in non-language courses.
Students who elect to write an M.A. thesis must complete at least 24
hours of graduate-level
courses, in addition to 6 hours of Thesis (
LAT 899 or
GRK
899). Each student shall select,
with the approval of the graduate faculty of the Department, a thesis
committee of three
members, at least two of whom, including the committee chair, must be
members of the Classics
Department.
The student selecting the non-thesis option must complete 30 hours of
courses on the graduate
level. In two of these courses the student must prepare research
papers that meet the approval
of the appropriate instructors and the graduate advisor. These papers
will be placed on file
in the Department office.
Examinations
- (a) Incoming graduate students will take a diagnostic reading
examination in Greek
and/or Latin. Student planning to take graduate-level courses in
both languages will be
tested in both languages. Students with no undergraduate
preparation in Greek and/or
Roman history must take a diagnostic exam in whichever area(s)
they are deficient.
Students who do not complete the exam(s) satisfactorily will have
the option of either
completing the appropriate undergraduate courses in the History
Department or of
passing an examination prepared by the Classics Department.
- (b) All students must write a final translation examination
prepared by a committee
of three members of the graduate faculty, at least two of whom,
including the committee
chair, must be members of the Classics Department. The members of
the examination
committee will be selected by the student, with the approval of
the graduate faculty
of the Department, and the examination will be prepared by the
committee in
consultation with the student.
One section of this examination will be drawn from material read in
graduate classes. The
student will present a reading list of no less than 400 O.C.T pages.
This will consist of
50-150 pages from at least four of the eight major ares of Greek and
Latin literature that
form the four-semester cycle of courses (see below). A second section
will be a sight
passage from one of the major genres of Greek or Latin literature
selected by the student.
Four-Semester Cycle of Courses
Headings Indicate areas from which instructors may draw material for
author or genre
courses. Author listings are representative, not exclusive
Greek
- Epic and Lyric Poetry: From Homer to the Hellenistic
poets
- Drama: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
- History and Oratory: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Attic
Orators
- Philosophy: Pre-Socratics, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle
Latin
- Epic Poetry: Lucretius, Ovid, Vergil
- Lyric and Elegy: Catullus, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius,
Ovid
- History, Oratory, Philosophy: Cicero, Livy, Seneca, Tacitus,
Augustine, Boethius
- Drama, Satire, and Novel: Plautus, Terence, Horace, Petronius,
Seneca, Juvenal, Apuleius
