MA in Classics with Teaching Licensure

Program Requirements

Classical Studies courses: 

The student will have to take a total of 6 Courses

1. Four courses in Latin and Greek which can be divided as follow:
   1. Greek 111 and 112
   2. 2 upper level Latin courses (Lat. 120 will count as a  100 level courses). Students will be required to take Latin 132 prior to the Latin Language Exam

If the student places out of Greek 111 and 112, the student may choose to take upper level courses in Greek or take  more courses in Latin. The minimum number of language courses must 4.

2. Other courses taken in the Department. The student will have the option to take other language classes (Latin or Greek) or classes in a related field (Linguistics, History, Archeology of the Greco-Roman world. Philosophy, Digital Humanities)

Latin Language Exam

Before graduating the student will take a Latin Language Exam which is based on a reading list (see below). 

Oral comprehensive

Before graduating, the student will give a 30 minute oral presentation on a topic chosen by the candidate (Greco-Roman topic)

Education courses:

• ED 130: Human Development and Learning
• ED 160: Post-Colonial Theories in Education, ED 161: Anthropology and Sociology of Schooling, ED 162: Critical Histories of U.S. Education,
•  ED 163: Philosophies, or ED 167: Critical Race Theory
• ED 142: Education of the Exceptional Child or ED 144: Learning Disabilities
• ED 101: Intro to Teaching
• ED 102: Supervised Teaching/Seminar

Second Language Teaching:

• ED/CLS 114:  Second Language Acquisition
• ED/CLS 125:  Methods for Teaching Latin and Classical Languages

Reading List