Graduate Faculty: Professors Hubert Martin, Jane Phillips and Louis Swift. Associate Professors Robert Rabel and Terence Tunberg.
Associate Member: Assistant Professors James A. Francis and Allen R. Scaife.
The Department offers the M.A. degree under both Plan A and Plan B. While there are no specific course prerequisites for admission, a strong undergraduate concentration in at least one classical language is recommended. The department offers a limited number of teaching assistantships.
Each student will normally elect either Latin literature, Greek literature, or a combination of the two as an area of concentration. A program of courses will be selected from the list below with the advice of the Director of Graduate Studies. Appropriate courses in other areas of graduate study outside of the Department may be added with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. Individualized course programs are arranged for students who are preparing for secondary school teaching or who have additional interests in fields other than Classics. A comprehensive examination over the Greek and Roman authors specified in the Department's graduate reading list is required of all degree candidates. All students are expected to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a modern foreign language or a substitute skill approved by the Department. Normally the M.A. program is completed in two years of full-time study.
For additional information and details about graduate study in the Department, contact the Director of Graduate Studies.
| 425G | The Heroic Ideal: Greek and Roman Epic | (3) |
| 426G | Classical Drama: Tragedy and Comedy in Greece and Rome | (3) |
| 450G | Special Topics in Classical Literature in Translation (Subtitle required) | (3) |
| 509 | Roman Law | (3) |
| 511 | Studies in Roman Philology | (3) |
| 512 | Studies in Roman Philology | (3) |
| 522 | Roman Republican Prose (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 523 | Roman Republican Poetry (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 526 | Roman Imperial Prose (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 527 | Roman Imperial Poetry (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 530 | The Teaching of Latin | (3) |
| 552 | Greek Epic and Lyric Poetry | (3) |
| 553 | Greek Philosophical Literature | (3) |
| 556 | Greek Dramatic Literature | (3) |
| 557 | Greek Historical Literature | (3) |
| 561 | Studies in Greek Philology | (3) |
| 562 | Studies in Greek Philology | (3) |
| 580 | Independent Work in Classics | (3) |
| 601 | Studies in Greek Literature I (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 602 | Studies in Greek Literature II (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 603 | Studies in Latin Literature of the Republic (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 604 | Studies in Latin Literature of the Empire (Subtitle Required) | (3) |
| 748 | Master's Thesis Research | (0) |
| 768 | Residence Credit for Master's Degree | (1-6) |
| 790 | Research in the Teaching of Classical Languages | (3) |