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Classics (PhD)

The Department of Classics offers graduate programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. In addition to the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium, the department participates in a consortial agreement with the City University of New York and Fordham University, which makes course offerings in classics at all three institutions available to all NYU classics graduate students.

Program Description

The Department of Classics has close ties to the Center for Ancient Studies, the Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, the Institute of Fine Arts, the Program in Museum Studies, the Program in Religious Studies, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Program in Poetics and Theory, and the Medieval and Renaissance Center. The Aquila Theatre Company, London/New York, is in permanent residence at the Center for Ancient Studies.

The University sponsors excavations at Abydos (Egypt), Aphrodisias (Turkey), Yeronisos Island (Cyprus), and Samothrace (Greece). The department owns collections of coins, inscriptions, and papyri; it maintains a small museum of ancient artifacts and a small library with computing resources. Students also have access to the extraordinary collections of such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the American Numismatic Society, the Morgan Library, and the New York Public Library.

The Classics Department at NYU offers a wide range of courses in Greek and Latin literature, history, archaeology and material culture, and ancient philosophy, and offers the possibility of interdisciplinary study in a variety of areas in which the Department has particular strengths. These can be areas of focus leading to the doctorate.

Admissions

All applicants to the Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS) are required to submit the general application requirements, which include:

• Academic Transcripts
• Test Scores (if required)
• Applicant Statements
• Résumé or Curriculum Vitae
• Letters of Recommendation, and
• A non-refundable application fee.

Program Requirements

The Classics PhD program consists of four elements: 1) Coursework, 2) Seminar papers (eight in total), 3) Qualifying Exams; and 4) Dissertation. Students accumulate 72 credits of coursework, of which 36 credits must be completed in residence. The following courses (or equivalent substitutes) must be passed:

• Greek and Latin prose composition
• Both Greek and Latin Survey (two semesters each)
• One graduate course from each of the following areas:
  • Greek or Roman history
  • Archaeology or ancient art history Students must further complete a minimum of 2 courses in 5 fields outside Classics to broaden their methodological and interdisciplinary horizon.

Course List

• Major Requirements:
  • CLASS-GA 1011: Greek Rhetoric and Stylistics
  • CLASS-GA 1012: Latin Rhetoric/Stylistic
  • CLASS-GA 1003: Latin Lit Origins Repub Augustan Movement
  • CLASS-GA 1005: Latin Lit, Imperial Lit:
  • CLASS-GA 1009: Greek Literature
  • CLASS-GA 1013: Greek Literature Survey
• Additional Courses:
  • Select one course from each of the following areas:
    1. Graduate course in Greek or Roman history
    2. Course in archaeology or ancient art history
  • Compete at least two courses in fields outside Classics
• Electives:
  • Other Elective Credits

Additional Program Requirements

Qualifying Examinations

During the third year, students will complete any remaining coursework and take their qualifying exams, consisting of the following:

1. Four general field exams (written essays) in four of seven fields, chosen by the student, must be taken in Year 3, normally two in the fall and two in the spring.
2. A special field exam (oral) geared towards the dissertation topic, based on a reading list that includes both primary and secondary reading developed by the student in consultation with the future dissertation advisor.

Dissertation Proposal

The student submits a dissertation proposal to a committee consisting of the dissertation advisor and at least two other members of the Classics Department faculty. After review, the student circulates the proposal to the departmental faculty as a whole. An oral presentation must be scheduled before the committee and any interested member of the graduate faculty.

Dissertation Writing and Research

In the fourth year, students conduct dissertation writing and research. Normally one chapter should be completed within six months of the proposal defense.

Dissertation Defense

When the dissertation is completed and has been approved by the dissertation advisor and one other reader, who is selected (usually) from the faculty of the Classics Department by the candidate and his or her dissertation advisor, an oral defense is scheduled.

Departmental Approval

All Graduate School of Arts & Science doctoral candidates must be approved for graduation by their department for the degree to be awarded.

Sample Plan of Study

Plan of Study Grid 1st Semester/Term | Credits

• CLASS-GA 1003: Latin Lit Origins Repub Augustan Movement | 4
• Course in Greek or Roman History | 4
• Course in Archaeology or Ancient Art | 4
• Other Elective Credits | 4 | Credits | 16 2nd Semester/Term
• CLASS-GA 1005: Latin Lit, Imperial Lit: | 4
• CLASS-GA 1012: Latin Rhetoric/Stylistic | 4
• Major Requirement | 4
• Interdisciplinary Electives | 4 | Credits | 16 3rd Semester/Term
• CLASS-GA 1009: Greek Literature | 4
• Elective Course | 4
• Interdisciplinary Electives | 4 | Credits | 12 4th Semester/Term
• CLASS-GA 1011: Greek Rhetoric and Stylistics | 4
• CLASS-GA 1013: Greek Literature Survey | 4
• Elective Course | 4 | Credits | 12 5th Semester/Term
• Dissertation Proposal Seminar | 4 | Credits | 4 6th Semester/Term
• Classics Electives | 12 | Credits | 12 | Total Credits | 72

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will have achieved the following skills and abilities:

1. Mastery of the two languages, Greek and Latin, in all their aspects.
2. The skills of reading texts written on vases, stones (epigraphy), papyri (papyrology), and parchment (paleography).
3. Ability to attain a critical facility in assessing the ideas, arguments, and themes of ancient literary, dramatic, historical, technical, and philosophical texts.
4. Familiarity with material culture as found in art (vases, statuary), architecture, city planning, agricultural practices.

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