About the Program
The program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the integrated
study of Greek and Roman culture as revealed by its art, literature,
and history. The purpose of the program is to provide broad and
coherent training in classical studies, crossing the traditional
departmental barriers and moving toward a less particularized view of
classical antiquity.
Each student follows a carefully designed program in the major
fields of classical studies (i.e., ancient history, archaeology, and
classics), leading to an effective concentration on topics of research
that involve more than one field of study.
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M.A. and Free-Standing M.A.Languages: Competence in one ancient language, Greek or Latin, to be
demonstrated by either course work or examination, and one modern,
preferably German, by examination.
Courses: Eight courses in classics, history (ancient history
section), and art history and archaeology (classical section), or
related fields, with at least six taken for a letter grade. No more
than four of these courses can be taken in any one department. At least
two terms of a seminar or colloquium must be included in the total of
eight.
Written work: Each student is required to submit a substantial
seminar or colloquium paper to be evaluated by the subcommittee before
he or she is permitted to continue on to the M.Phil. degree.
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M.Phil.Candidates are admitted upon completion of the M.A. program or upon
completion of the M.A. program in the Department of Classics, History,
or Art History and Archaeology at Columbia, or if they have a
comparable M.A. degree from another university. Decisions on admission
are made by the steering committee of the subcommittee.
Languages: Competence in a second ancient language, Greek or Latin,
to be demonstrated by course work or examination, and in a second
modern language (one of the two must be German, the other may be French
or Italian), by examination.
Courses: Six additional courses for a letter grade, to be taken in
the Departments of Classics, History, or Art History and Archaeology.
No more than three of these courses may be in any one department, and
at least two of them must be colloquia or seminars.
Teaching requirement: Participation in the instructional activities
of one or more of the participating departments for three years. As a
rule, in the second, third and fourth years of study, students gain
exposure to teaching as assistants to professors in undergraduate
courses, as section leaders in lecture courses or as language
instructors. Students who are interested in broadening their teaching
apprenticeships are eligible to teach in the Core Program once they
have received the M.Phil. Students may only apply to be a Preceptor if
they have or expect to have the M.Phil. by the May prior to being
appointed as a preceptor, and if they are not past their sixth year of
registration during the first year of the preceptorship. Students may
not hold instructional appointments after year seven.
Qualifying examination: To be taken after the completion of all
language and course requirements. Each student is examined on selected
topics within two or all three fields: Greek and Latin language and
literature; classical art history and archaeology; Greek and Roman
history. The examination includes both written and oral sections.
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Ph.D.
Continuation beyond the M.Phil. degree is authorized by the steering committee of the subcommittee.
Dissertation: Topics approved by the subcommittee, and signed by two
members thereof as sponsors, usually require a substantial amount of
scholarly expertise in more than one of the three disciplines. The
student must present and successfully defend the dissertation.
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