Graduate
Degrees
The Department offers a master of arts degree in Classics (Latin and Greek together) and in Latin alone. Students typically come to our program to prepare themselves either for a career in teaching at the secondary level, or for careers in related fields (e.g. library science, law school, educational technology), a few may pursue entry into a Ph.D. program elsewhere.
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Requirements
The degree requires a combination of course work, independent study, and comprehensive examinations. The M.A. degree requires 30 credits in Latin and/or Greek language and classical civilization courses, typically within the department. Candidates are expected to complete a departmental reading list (through independent work supplemented by course work), and to pass both written and oral examinations. They are also required to demonstrate the ability to read a modern foreign language, usually French or German, with a dictionary.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the M.A. graduates should be able to:
- Translate without any dictionary as aid passages in Greek and Latin from a comprehensive reading list.
- Describe the significance of an ancient text to other works by the same author.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the importance of ancient texts or passages to broader developments in the literature and history of Greece and Rome.
- Incorporate research written in one modern foreign language into analysis and interpretation of ancient texts.
- Prepare seminar research papers using relevant literature (ancient and modern) and appropriate research methods.
- Present seminar and other research papers in classroom or conference settings.
- Teach ancient languages in secondary schools.
- Apply for admission to Ph.D. programs in Classical Philology or Ancient History.
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Financial Aid and Student Life
Limited scholarship aid is available, chiefly in the form of tuition remission. A teaching assistantship, which carries a stipend in addition to free tuition, is offered for one semester.
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Further Information
Electronic application forms for the M.A. degree(s) (M.A. in Classics, Greek, and Latin) are available directly from the .
For additional information please contact
Professor Hanne Eisenfeld
Director of Graduate Studies
Stokes S239
617-552-3661
Email: hanne.eisenfeld@bc.edu
Professor Gail Hoffman
Chair
Stokes 241S
617-552-2236
Email:听gail.hoffman@bc.edu