Classics

Master of Arts

Thirty credits of graduate courses, no more than six of which may be Non-Topical Research; translation exam in Greek or Latin; oral exam on Greek or Roman literature; written exam in Greek or Roman history; reading knowledge of either French or German; master’s paper.

Master of Teaching

Program in Latin offered through the Curry School of Graduate Education.

Doctor of Philosophy

Thirty credits of graduate courses in addition to those required for the Master of Arts; translation examinations in Greek and Latin; oral and written examinations on Greek and Roman literature and history; reading knowledge of both French and German; exam on special author or special field to be chosen by the candidate; dissertation; and oral defense.

Classics

• CLAS 501 - Proseminar Credits: 3
• CLAS 525 - Ancient Greek Religion Credits: 3
• CLAS 615 - World Mythology Credits: 3

Greek

Note: Six credits of Greek language courses above GREE 202 are prerequisite for all graduate courses in Greek.

• GREE 501 - Survey of Greek Literature to the end of the Fifth Century Credits: 3
• GREE 502 - Survey of Later Greek Literature Credits: 3
• GREE 503 - Classical Greek Prose Credits: 3
• GREE 504 - Later Greek Prose Credits: 3
• GREE 508 - Greek Epigraphy Credits: 3
• GREE 509 - Prose Composition Credits: 3
• GREE 510 - Homer Credits: 3
• GREE 511 - Hesiod Credits: 3
• GREE 512 - Greek Lyric Poetry Credits: 3
• GREE 513 - Pindar Credits: 3
• GREE 514 - Aeschylus’ Oresteia Credits: 3
• GREE 515 - Sophocles Credits: 3
• GREE 516 - Herodotus Credits: 3
• GREE 517 - Euripides Credits: 3
• GREE 518 - Thucydides Credits: 3
• GREE 519 - Aristophanes Credits: 3
• GREE 520 - New Comedy Credits: 3
• GREE 521 - Plato Credits: 3
• GREE 522 - Aristotle Credits: 3
• GREE 523 - Hellenistic Poetry Credits: 3
• GREE 801 - Seminar on Select Topics in Greek Literature Credits: 3
• GREE 806 - Greek Textual Criticism Credits: 3
• GREE 810 - Greek Religion Credits: 3
• GREE 813 - Greek Literary Criticism Credits: 3
• GREE 897 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Credits: 3 to 12
• GREE 898 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 3 to 12
• GREE 997 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research Credits: 3 to 12
• GREE 999 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 3

Latin

Note: Twelve credits of Latin language courses above LATI 202 are prerequisite for all graduate courses in Latin.

• LATI 501 - History of Republican Latin Literature Credits: 3
• LATI 502 - History of Latin Literature of the Empire Credits: 3
• LATI 503 - History of Medieval Latin Literature Credits: 3
• LATI 504 - Prose Composition Credits: 3
• LATI 505 - Latin Paleography Credits: 3
• LATI 506 - Roman Comedy Credits: 3
• LATI 507 - Latin Elegy Credits: 3
• LATI 508 - Roman Satire Credits: 3
• LATI 509 - Roman Literary Criticism Credits: 3
• LATI 510 - Lucretius Credits: 3
• LATI 511 - Catullus Credits: 3
• LATI 513 - Cicero’s Philosophical Works Credits: 3
• LATI 514 - Cicero’s Rhetorical Works Credits: 3
• LATI 515 - Sallust Credits: 3
• LATI 516 - Vergil’s Aeneid Credits: 3
• LATI 517 - Vergil’s Eclogues and Georgics Credits: 3
• LATI 518 - Horace’s Odes Credits: 3
• LATI 519 - Livy Credits: 3
• LATI 520 - Ovid’s Metamorphoses Credits: 3
• LATI 521 - Ovid’s Love Poetry Credits: 3
• LATI 522 - Tacitus Credits: 3
• LATI 523 - Petronius Credits: 3
• LATI 524 - Juvenal Credits: 3
• LATI 525 - Seneca’s Philosophical Works Credits: 3
• LATI 526 - Latin Epic after Vergil Credits: 3
• LATI 527 - Apuleius’ Metamorphoses Credits: 3
• LATI 528 - Christian Latin Writings of the Roman Empire Credits: 3
• LATI 706 - Roman Religion Credits: 3
• LATI 709 - Julius Caesar Credits: 3
• LATI 801 - Seminar on Select Topics in Latin Literature Credits: 3
• LATI 806 - Latin Textual Criticism Credits: 3
• LATI 897 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Credits: 3 to 12
• LATI 898 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 3 to 12
• LATI 997 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research Credits: 3 to 12
• LATI 999 - Non-Topical Research Credits: 3 to 12