The Program in Classics offers an M.A. in Greek and Latin with a thesis and non-thesis option, and an MAT in Latin in conjunction with the College of Education. We usually enroll 3-4 new students each year and typically are able to offer some assistance to the most qualified applicants in the form of a Graduate Teaching Assistantship and/or through the program's Prindle-Myrick-Kidder scholarship.
Classics applicants have also fared well in the competition for graduate fellowships from the College of Arts and Sciences. Our program is strongly philological and geared toward students who want excellent preparation in Greek and Latin language and in the craft of scholarship.
Recent Graduates of Our Program Have Gone on Fully-Funded to Ph.D. Programs
Grads have gone on to obtain Ph.D.s at institutions including the University of Chicago, University College London, Indiana University, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Cornell, University College Dublin, and Florida State. Other graduates are employed as secondary school teachers across the country, with several right here in Vermont.
Learning Goals for M.A. in Greek and Latin:
- That students acquire advanced knowledge of the morphology, vocabulary, syntax, and idiom of ancient Greek and Latin prose and poetry (sufficient to pursue PhD work if they so desire);
- That they have detailed, accurate knowledge of, and sensitivity to, the historical and literary context of key works of Greek and Latin literature (e.g., authors, genres, periods, characters/persons, reception/influence);
- That they be conversant with contemporary scholarship in classics and the research methods (both literary and historical) used in interpreting ancient literature and culture.
Reading the classics from Homer to Euripides
The richness of the reading list reflects the program itself. Explore the M.A. in Greek and Latin reading list (PDF)
Applying to the Classics Graduate Programs:
- Graduate Catalogue listing for the M.A. in Greek and Latin
- GRE requirement for the M.A. in Greek and Latin: satisfactory scores on the general test only. Applicants with a UVM degree can direct a formal request to the UVM Classics Program that this requirement be waived.
- Graduate Catalogue listing for the M.A.T. in Latin
- Graduate Catalogue listing for the C.G.S. in Greek and Latin Languages