PhD Greek and Latin

Welcome to the graduate section of the Department of Greek and Latin, The department offers four graduate degree programs: the MA in Greek and Latin, the MA in Greek, the MA in Latin, and the PhD in Greek and Latin. The strong foundations that we provide in the ancient languages--and their literatures, from Homer to the Middle Ages--form the background to all that we do, and to all that we want to help our students accomplish.The MA in Greek and Latin consists of 30 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in both ancient languages and related fields, a modern language exam in French or German, comprehensive exams in translation and literary history, and the submission of two approved research papers written for classes or seminars. This 'bilingual' MA is the program that the department recommends for students who already know that they are planning professional careers in classics, whether in the university world, in archaeology, or in museum work; it provides the strongest preparation for a future PhD.