Professor Ron Vernon, Acting Chair
307 McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College

Professor Moysey
Associate Professor Capps
Assistant Professor Ajootian

MASTER OF ARTS
The Master of Arts degree in classics is offered with emphases in Greek, Latin, and classical civilization, or in combination of any of these fields.
Prerequisite o The department will consider each application on its merits; every applicant must have completed, however, at least 18 semester hours of undergraduate study in Greek or Latin.

Language Requirement
Students emphasizing either Greek or Latin must demonstrate a minimum reading knowledge of the other language; students emphasizing classical civilization must demonstrate a minimum reading knowledge of both Greek and Latin. All candidates must demonstrate reading ability in either French or German.

Thesis and Nonthesis Options
The M.A. degree in classics is offered with thesis or nonthesis options.
The thesis option requires 24 semester hours of courses, 6 semester hours of thesis credit, and an oral examination consisting of a defense of the thesis.

The nonthesis option requires 36 semester hours of course work. During the fourth semester of graduate work, the candidate will submit a revised term paper of the student's choice from one of his or her courses and must pass an oral defense of the revised term paper before the graduate faculty.

Students planning to enter a doctoral program should take the thesis option.

Archaeology
Available for graduate study are the Greek and Roman objects of art in the University Museums. This extensive collection of ancient sculpture, vases, coins and other artifacts is used for laboratory work by students in archaeology. Related work in American archaeology is offered by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

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Course Descriptions

Greek - GR

503. NEW TESTAMENT. Study of extensive passages of selected books of the New Testament; consideration of recent trends in New Testament scholarship. (3).

507. SPECIAL READING. Reading and study, arranged according to needs of individual students. (May be repeated for additional reading and credit). (1-3).

601. GREEK PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS. Selected readings from the works of Plato and Aristotle in Greek. (3).

603. GREEK TRAGEDY. Selected readings from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in Greek. (3).
691. DIRECTED READING IN GREEK LITERATURE. Reading and study, arranged according to needs of individual students. (May be repeated for additional reading and credit). (1-3).

697. THESIS. (1-12).

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Latin - LAT

507. SPECIAL READING. Reading and study, arranged according to needs of individual students. (May be repeated for additional reading and credit). (1-3).

601, 602. WRITERS OF THE AUGUSTAN AGE. The chief authors of the period and the political and literary background which influenced them. (3, 3).

603. LATIN LITERATURE OF THE REPUBLIC. Translation and analysis of the works of major authors of the Republican period such as Plautus, Terrence, Caesar, Cicero, Lucretius, and Sallust. (3).

604. SILVER LATIN LITERATURE. Translation and analysis of the works of major authors of the post-Augustan period such as Petronius, Juvenal, Tacitus, Suetonius, and Pliny. (3).

608. MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE. The development of secular and religious prose and poetry. Particular attention to the beginnings of modern biography, drama, rhyming verse, and historical writing. (3).

697. THESIS. (1-12).

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Classical Civilization - CLC

501. TOPICS IN GREEK HISTORY. (May be repeated once for credit). (3).

502. TOPICS IN ROMAN HISTORY. (May be repeated once for credit). (3).

511. INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP. An introduction to the methodology used in classical scholarship. Information about research tools, the history of classical scholarship, textual transmission, paleography, papyrology, epigraphy, numismatics, linguistics, and art and archaeology. (3).

523. ANCIENT ART. Special topics within the field of ancient art. Content varies. (May be repeated for credit). (Same as ARHI 581). (3).

601. CLASSICAL ATHENS. A detailed survey of the political, social and intellectual history of Athens from the birth of democracy to the death of Socrates (509-399 B.C.). (3).

602. THE AGE OF ALEXANDER. A detailed examination of the history of Greece, Macedonia and Persia in the latter half of the fourth century B.C. (3).

606. PROBLEMS IN GREEK VASE PAINTING. CLC 606 is designed to provide graduate students with an introduction to Greek vase painting and to encourage them to work on material in the Robinson Collection at the University Museums. (3).

607. PROBLEMS IN GREEK SCULPTURE. CLC 607 is designed to introduce graduate students to current issues in Greek sculpture, and to encourage further study of the sculpture of Greece and Rome. (3).

608. PROBLEMS IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE. CLC 608 introduces graduate students to important issues and approaches to ancient architecture; the course will benefit those specializing in classical civilization, as well as students focusing on ancient literature or history. Graduate students in history or political science also may find this course a complement to their major studies. (3).

611. STUDIES IN GREEK HISTORY. An investigation of significant phases of Greek history based on a study of source materials. (1-3).

612. STUDIES IN ROMAN HISTORY. A similar consideration of Roman history. (1-3).

621. GREEK ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY. Greek architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts. Papers required on special problems. (1-3).

622. ROMAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY. Roman architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts. Papers required on special problems. (1-3).

691. INDIVIDUAL STUDY. Directed research on topics in ancient art and archaeology arranged according to needs of individual students. (1-6).

697. THESIS. (1-12).

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