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The graduate program

Overview

The Department of Classics offers two closely related graduate programs: the M.A./Ph.D. program for students who have completed the B.A., and the Ph.D. program for those who come to UCSB with an MA in Classics from another institution. In addition to the M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics, we offer an Emphasis (M.A. and Ph.D.) in Ancient History and an Emphasis (M.A. and Ph.D.) in Literature and Theory.

All graduate degrees demand for successful completion a high degree of competency in both Classical languages. Applicants to the program should show a minimum of two years’ training in each language; in practice we prefer to see at least three years in the stronger language. (Students whose linguistic background is too weak to apply directly should consider one of the excellent Post-Baccalaureate programs available around the country, or alternatively taking the necessary courses at UCSB through UCSB Extension.) The Classics Department is strongly committed to linguistic training in both languages, and its MA program has been recognized by external reviewers as one of the best of its kind in the country.

Degrees

MA/PhD in Classics

Most of our graduate students pursue a degree in Classics. An M.A. in Classics provides solid preparation for students who wish to go on to do Ph.D. work in related disciplines, especially ancient history, philosophy, religious studies, medieval studies, English literature, and comparative literature. A Ph.D. in Classics provides full and thorough preparation for those who wish to pursue scholarly careers in Classics.

An M.A. with Latin Emphasis is occasionally an option for some students who wish to pursue Ph.D.s in non-Classical fields, or who wish to teach Latin in secondary schools. This degree requires that the student take at least 12 units of graduate Greek courses. It is not, however, a program in which the student receives a teaching credential. The department does not accept applications directly to the M.A. with Latin Emphasis.

M.A. Requirements

> Course Requirements
- A minimum of 36 letter-grade units is required with a grade of B or better, including:
- A minimum of 12 units in graduate Greek courses.
- A minimum of 12 units in graduate Latin courses.
- Classics 211, 212, and 213 (History of Greek and Latin Literature)
- Classics 201 (Proseminar)
- Either Greek Prose Composition (Greek 240) or Latin Prose Composition (Latin 210).
- History Requirement: One course in Greek History and one course in Roman History. Appropriate courses include History 111A-B-P, 211; History 113A-B-P; Classics 150. Students who have earned upper-division credit in ancient history may petition for exemption from all or part of the above requirement. If any one of these courses is not offered and a substitution is possible, students must obtain permission for such a substitution.
> Paper Requirements
- Two longer papers (3000 word minimum, quotations excluded) written in Classics seminars that the student has taken while in the M.A. program.
- Two shorter papers (2000 word minimum, quotations excluded) written in other courses while in the M.A. Program.
- For satisfaction of the requirement a paper must have received a grade of at least B+ from the instructor in the course for which it was written.
- A copy of graded papers should be submitted to the Graduate Advisor as soon as possible after each is written and judged by him/her to be of sufficient length to fulfill the requirement.
> Examinations
- Sight translation examinations in Greek and Latin.
- A two-hour translation examination in German, French, or Italian. Students are allowed to use a dictionary during the examination
> Reading List
- M.A. Reading List - GREEK
> M.A. Program Rules and Procedures
- Passages on the M.A. sight translation examinations will be drawn from the appropriate M.A. reading list. Each sight translation examination must be finished in four hours. Each exam consists of 6 passages, 10-20 lines long, 3 in prose and 3 in poetry. In order for an examination to be judged of 'passing' level, 4 of the 6 passages must have been translated at the 'passing' level or higher. All passages of a sight translation exam must be attempted or the exam will not be graded.
- Sight translation examinations in Greek and Latin for the M.A. degree will be scheduled in the Winter quarter only. Students will be required to take the examination(s) each Winter quarter in the language(s) they have not already passed. If a student's performance on the Winter quarter examination, although not passing, was sufficiently strong to warrant a second attempt, the faculty may grant permission to attempt the examination again in the Spring quarter.
- Each student's M.A. Examination Committee consists of four professors. The fourth professor is on the Committee to substitute for a professor on leave. All examinations are read and judged by at least two members of the student's Committee. A third member of the Committee is called upon to express an opinion when the student's performance is problematic.
- No student may take a 596 course (Directed Reading and Research) in Greek or Latin unless s/he has passed the sight examination in that language. Courses numbered 596, 597, 598 and 599 can only be taken S/U.
- A minimum of 36 units (with a grade of B or better) taken while in the program at UCSB is required, of which 24 units must be in graduate courses; the minimum in each language is 12 graduate units. Courses numbered 597 and 598 do not count toward the unit requirement; no more than 12 units of courses numbered 596 can be counted.
- Three courses is the normal load for a graduate student each quarter, but the minimum number of courses each quarter is two courses plus Classics 597 units (Preparation for Comprehensive Exams) to equal 12 units per quarter.
- Students are normally expected to complete the M.A. degree requirements in 2 years.
- Students' performance in the program is reviewed toward the end of each year by the Graduate Advisor and the Chair of the student's committee. The student may expect a frank and fair evaluation, with specific recommendations as appropriate.

Ph.D. Requirements

> Course Requirements
- Classics 201 (Proseminar) and Classics 211, 212, 213 (History of Greek and Latin Literature), unless an equivalent has been taken elsewhere.
- Students must have satisfied the department's M.A. history requirement or its equivalent.
- Greek or Roman History course from the following list: Classics 150, Classics 233, Classics 234, History 111 A-B-C, History 113 A-B, History 211 A-B, History 213 A-B
- Prose Composition in Greek and Latin. Students may satisfy this requirement either by examination, or by completing course work in Greek 240 and Latin 210. Work done for the M.A. degree will not have to be repeated; such work must have been completed with grades at the A/B level.
- Four seminars in Classics. One seminar may be taken in another department after consultation with the Graduate Advisor and the chair of the student's committee.
- All coursework must be completed with a grade of B or better.
> Paper Requirements
- Four seminar papers written while in the Ph.D. program. To satisfy this requirement a paper must be at least 3000 words in length, excluding quotations, and must have received a grade of at least a B+ from the instructor in the course for which it was written. Students should submit a copy of each graded paper to the Graduate Advisor as soon as possible after the completion of the course.
- Significant Paper on a topic or area that will contribute to the dissertation, to be presented in written and oral form to the department
> Examinations
- Author/Genre Exam in language of dissertation
- Greek sight translation
- Latin sight translation
- Second foreign language (German if not already passed)
- Oral Qualifying Examination
> Reading List
- Ph.D Reading List - GREEK
  Prose
  Aeschines Against Ctesiphon
  Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, five books including I, X; Politics I-III, Resp. Atheniensium, Poetics
  Demosthenes De Corona, Philippics, Olynthiacs, Against Conon, Against Meidias
  Herodotus I, II, VI, VII, VIII, IX
  Isocrates Panathenaicus, Panegyricus
  Lucian Dialogi Mortuorum, Dialogi Deorum, Charon
  Lysias Against Eratosthenes and four other speeches
  Plato Apology, Phaedrus, Phaedo, Republic, Symposium
  Plutarch Four famous Lives and one Syncrisis
  Thucydides I, II, III, V, VI VII
  Xenophon Anabasis and Hellenica I-II, Agesilaus
  Verse
  Aeschylus Oresteia, The Persians, Prometheus
  Aristophanes Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, Lysistrata, Frogs, Clouds
  Bacchylides Odes V, XVI
  Euripides Alcestis, Bacchae, Hippolytus, Electra, Iphigenia in Tauris, Medea, The Cyclops
  Hesiod complete
  Homer Iliad, Odyssey; Homeric Hymns: I - V
  Pindar Olympian and Pythian Odes
  Sophocles Ajax, Antigone, Philoctetes, Trachiniae, Electra, Oedipus Rex
  Theocritus Idylls I, II, XI, XIV, XVI
  
  Ph.D. Reading List - LATIN
  
  Prose
  Caesar Gallic War I, V, VII; Civil War I-III (OCT, Reynolds, 1991)
  Cicero, In Verrem I, II.4; Pro Archia; Pro Cluentio; Pro Murena; Pro Marcello; Philippics I, II, XIV; De Officiis; De Oratore I; In Catilinam all; all of Shackleton-Bailey's Select Letters (Cambridge Classics, 1980).
  Livy I-V, XXII, XXVII
  Petronius Cena Trimalchionis
  Pliny the Younger Westcott's Selections
  Sallust Catiline; Jugurtha; Fragments of Historiae
  Seneca De Beata Vita; De Constantia; Letters 7, 43, 47, 54, 77, 107.
  Tacitus Agricola, Histories I, II; Annals I-IV, XIV-XVI
  Verse
  Authorship unknown Pervigilium Veneris
  Catullus complete
  Ennius Annales, Fragments (Skutsch)
  Horace complete
  Juvenal I, III, VIII, X
  Lucan I or VII
  Lucretius I,II.1-61, III, V
  Martial Spec. 1,2: Epigrams I.I, 15, 32, 33, 35, 55, 61, 101, 109; II.53, 90, 91; III.4, 38, 43, 68; IV.5, 14, 42, 44, 49, 76; V.10, 13, 20, 34, 37, 58, 76, 81; VI.17, 19, 34, 40, 52, 82; VII.21, 40, 43, 85; VIII.3, 12, 19, 35, 40, 69; IX.18, 28, 68, 81, 97; X complete; XI.13, 18; XII.10, 18, 30, 31, 39, 46, 94; XIV.183-185
  Ovid Amores; Metamorphoses; Fasti; Ars Amatoria
  Plautus Captivi; Menaechmi; Rudens
  Propertius complete
  Seneca Medea; Octavia,
  Terence Adelphoe; Andria; Phormio
  Vergil Eclogues; Georgics; Aeneid
  Tibullus I, II

The UCSB Classics Department also offers two innovative and flexible emphases within the graduate program for those with special interests in ancient history or contemporary methods of literary interpretation.

MA/PhD in Classics, Emphasis in Ancient History

These interdisciplinary degrees involve significant coursework in the History Department, and are designed for those students who wish their training to emphasize ancient history, without sacrificing the classical languages. The course of study combines graduate courses in Greek and Latin with research seminars in ancient history, and allows students to choose a major and a minor language. Scholars who graduate from this program should be equally at home teaching in a Classics or History Department.

M.A. Requirements

> Course Requirements
- A minimum of 36 units are required, among which must be included:
- Classics 211, 212, 213 (History of Greek and Latin Literature)
- Classics 201 (Proseminar)
- A minimum of four graduate courses in Greek or Latin each year in the program.
- Four quarters of graduate courses in ancient history, selected from the following list, with the provisos that both Greek and Roman history be represented and at least two quarters be taken of graduate coursework in the History Department:
- Classics 233: Seminar in Greek History.
- Classics 233: Seminar in Roman History.
- History 201E: Advanced Historical Literature: Greek History.
- History 201E: Advanced Historical Literature: Roman History.
- History 211A-B: Seminar in Greek History or History 213A-B: Seminar in Roman History.
- Students may petition the graduate advisor for permission to apply any of the following courses to this requirement (success of the petition will depend on the relevance to ancient history of the actual content of the specific version of the course taken): Classics 231 (Literary Studies), Classics 232 (Cultural Studies), Classics 234 (Archaeology), Classics 235 (Specialized Studies), and Greek and Latin graduate reading courses in historical or historically relevant authors, including a historical or historically relevant paper that is submitted for the paper requirement. Courses may not be repeated for this requirement.
> Paper Requirements
- Two longer papers (3000 word minimum) written in Classics or Ancient History seminars that the student has taken while in the M.A. program.
- Two shorter papers (2000 word minimum) written in other courses while in the M.A. program.
- For satisfaction of the requirement a paper must have received a grade of at least B+ from the instructor in the course for which it was written.
> Examinations
- Greek Sight Exam (based on reading list)
- Latin Sight Exam (based on reading list)
- Modern Language Translation Exam
- Greek and Roman History Exam
  Note: The Greek and Latin sight exams are based on reading lists somewhat shorter than the straight Classics M.A. reading lists, with a greater emphasis on historical authors. The student must designate either Greek or Latin as the "major" language and the other as the "minor". The reading list will be longer for the "major" language. The standard of translation will be the same as for the straight Classics M.A. sight exams.
> Reading List
- Reading List for Greek as the Major Language
  Prose
  Aristotle Poetics; Nicomachean Ethics I, X
  Demosthenes Philippics; Olynthiacs
  Herodotus Historiae I, VI-IX
  Isocrates Panegyricus
  Plato Apology, Symposium
  Plutarch Life of Alexander
  Thucydides Books I-III, VI, VII
  Xenophon Anabasis I, Hellenica I, II
  Verse
  Aeschylus Agamemnon
  Aristophanes Clouds
  Euripides Hippolytus
  Hesiod Works and Days 1-382; Theogony 1-616
  Homer Iliad I, II, XXII, XXIV; Odyssey I, II, XIX, XX
  Homeric Hymns II and IV
  Lyric Poets Selections in Campbell of Archilochus, Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus, Solon, Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Xenophanes, Simonides, Theognis
  Pindar Olympian 1, 2, 7, 11; Nemean 4; Isthmian 3, 4, 7
  Sophocles Oedipus Rex
  Reading List for Greek as the Minor Language
  
  Prose
  Demosthenes Olynthiacs
  Herodotus Historiae I, VII
  Plato Apology
  Thucydides Books I-III
  Xenophon Hellenica I
  Verse
  Aeschylus Agamemnon
  Aristophanes Clouds
  Euripides Hippolytus
  Hesiod Works and Days 1-382
  Homer Iliad I, XXII, XXIV; Odyssey I
  Solon Selections in Campbell
  Sophocles Oedipus Rex
  
  Reading List for Latin as the Major Language
  
  Prose
  Augustus Res Gestae Divi Augusti
  Caesar Bellum Gallicum I, Bellum Civile I
  Cicero Cat. I, II; Pro Milone; Pro Caelio; Orator; Second Philippic; Re Publica; Letters: Ad Att. I.13, 14, 16, 19; II.1, 16, 18, 19, 24; IV.3, 5; VII.5, 9, 10; VIII.1, 3, XII.15, XIII.52, XV.11; Ad Fam. I.9, V.12, 16; VIII.6, 14; XII.3, XV.5, 6
  Livy Books I, V, XXI
  Pliny the Younger 1.1, 3.14 and 16, 4.19, 5.19, 6.16 and 20, 7.33, 9.33, 10.96 and 97
  Sallust Catiline, Jugurtha
  Seneca Letters 5, 18, 28, 57
  Suetonius Life of Augustus
  Tacitus Annales I, II, XIII, XIV, Agricola
  Verse
  Catullus 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 29, 49, 64, 72, 101
  Horace Odes, Book 1; Satires, Book 1
  Juvenal Satires I, III
  Lucretius Book I
  Martial Spec. 1, 2; Epigrams I.1, 15, 32, 33, 35, 55, 61, 101, 109; II.53, 90, 91; III.4, 38, 43, 68; IV.5, 14, 42, 44, 49, 76; V.10, 13, 20, 34, 37, 58, 76, 81; VI.17, 19, 34, 40, 52, 82; VII.21, 40, 43, 85; VIII.3, 12, 19, 35, 40, 69; IX.18, 28, 68, 81, 97; X.2, 4, 13, 23, 47, 53, 61, 72, 97, 103; XI.13, 18; XII.10, 18, 30, 31, 39, 46, 94; XIV.183-185
  Ovid Metamorphoses VI, X; Amores I; Ars Amatoria I
  Plautus Menaechmi
  Propertius Elegies I.1-3, 6, 11, 12, 16, 21, 22; IV.1, 6, 7
  Seneca Hercules Furens
  Terence Adelphi
  Vergil Eclogues 1, 2, 4; Georgics IV, Aeneid I, IV, VI, VIII, XII
  
  Reading List for Latin as the Minor Language
  
  Prose
  Caesar Bellum Civile I
  Cicero Cat. I, II; Pro Caelio; Second Philippic; Letters: Ad Att. IV.3 and 5; VII.5 and 10; VIII.1; XII.15, XIII.52, XV.11; Ad Fam. V.12 and 16; XII.3; XV.6
  Livy Books I, V
  Pliny the Younger 1.1, 3.14 and 16, 4.19, 5.19, 6.16 and 20, 7.33, 9.33, 10.96 and 97
  Sallust Catiline
  Suetonius Life of Augustus
  Tacitus Annales I, II
  Verse
  Catullus 1, 2, 29, 49, 64
  Horace Odes, Book 1
  Juvenal Satires III
  Lucretius Book I
  Ovid Metamorphoses VI; Amores I
  Plautus Menaechmi
  Propertius Elegies I.1-3, 6, 11, 12, 16, 21, 22; IV.1, 6, 7
  Vergil Aeneid I, IV, VI, XII
> M.A. Program Rules and Procedures
- Passages on the M.A. sight translation examinations will be drawn from the appropriate M.A. reading list. Each sight translation examination must be finished in four hours. Each exam consists of 6 passages, 10-20 lines long, 3 in prose and 3 in poetry. In order for an examination to be judged of 'passing' level, 4 of the 6 passages must have been translated at the 'passing' level or higher. All passages of a sight translation exam must be attempted or the exam will not be graded.
- Sight translation examinations in Greek and Latin for the M.A. degree will be scheduled in the Winter quarter only. Students will be required to take the examination(s) each Winter quarter in the language(s) they have not already passed. If a student's performance on the Winter quarter examination, although not passing, was sufficiently strong to warrant a second attempt, the faculty may grant permission to attempt the examination again in the Spring quarter.
- Each student's M.A. Examination Committee consists of four professors. The fourth professor is on the Committee to substitute for a professor on leave. All examinations are read and judged by at least two members of the student's Committee. A third member of the Committee is called upon to express an opinion when the student's performance is problematic.
- No student may take a 596 course (Directed Reading and Research) in Greek or Latin unless s/he has passed the sight examination in that language. Courses numbered 596, 597, 598 and 599 can only be taken S/U.
- A minimum of 36 units (with a grade of B or better) taken while in the program at UCSB is required, of which 24 units must be in graduate courses; the minimum in each language is 12 graduate units. Courses numbered 597 and 598 do not count toward the unit requirement; no more than 12 units of courses numbered 596 can be counted.
- Three courses is the normal load for a graduate student each quarter, but the minimum number of courses each quarter is two courses plus Classics 597 units (Preparation for Comprehensive Exams) to equal 12 units per quarter.
- Students are normally expected to complete the M.A. degree requirements in 2 years.
- Students' performance in the program is reviewed toward the end of each year by the Graduate Advisor and the Chair of the student's committee. The student may expect a frank and fair evaluation, with specific recommendations as appropriate.

Ph.D. Requirements

> Course Requirements
- A minimum of 36 graduate units, beyond courses required for the M.A., in Classics, History (Greek or Roman), or related subjects in Art History, Religious Studies, or Philosophy, among which must be included:
- 4 seminars, which may include those taken to fulfill the following required courses.
- 4 graduate courses in Greek or Latin, among which must be at least including 2 Classics seminars(231, 232, 233, 234, 235).
- 2 graduate courses in Ancient History, including 1 in Roman history if the exam is in Greek history, and vice versa. Courses must be taken from the following: Classics 233, 234, History 201E, 211A, 211B , 213A, 213B.
> Papers

Four seminar papers written while in the Ph.D. program. To satisfy this requirement a paper must be at least 3000 words in length, excluding quotations, and must have received a grade of at least a B+ from the instructor in the course for which it was written. Students should submit a copy of each graded paper to the Graduate Advisor as soon as possible after the completion of the course.
A significant paper on a topic or area that will contribute to the dissertation, presented in written and oral form to the department.

> Examinations
> Ph.D. Program Rules and Procedures
- Examinations
  The sight translation examinations will be given in the Winter quarter only. Ph.D. students must attempt in the Winter quarter any sight exam not already passed. If a student's performance on the Winter examination, although not passing, was sufficiently strong to warrant a second attempt, the faculty may grant permission to attempt the examination again in the Spring quarter.
  
  Passages on the Ph.D. sight translation examinations are not necessarily drawn from the Ph.D. reading list. Examinations must be finished in 4 hours. Each exam consists of 6 passages, 15-25 lines long, 3 in prose and 3 in poetry. All passages on the examination must be attempted or the examination will not be graded. In order for an examination to be judged as of 'passing' level, 4 of the 6 passages must have been translated at the 'passing' level or higher.
  
  The Oral Qualifying Examination is taken after all other written examinations have been passed. The oral qualifying examination is a comprehensive examination in Greek and Latin literature and Ancient (i.e. Greek and Roman) history. The successful candidate should demonstrate the breadth of knowledge of these fields appropriate for embarking successfully on a dissertation.
  
  The Graduate Advisor assigns members of examination committees for all new students. This committee consists of four faculty members, one of whom serves as chair. At least two members of the Ph.D student's committee read and judge ancient and modern language exams. A third member of the committee is called upon to express an opinion when a student's performance is problematic.
  
  At some point before taking the area examinations, Ph.D students should confer with the Graduate Advisor to select committee members to reflect the student's likely area of specialization. This committee also serves as the Oral Qualifying Examination committee and so should include both Hellenists and Latinists.
  
  Coursework
  Three courses is the normal load for a graduate student each quarter, but the minimum number of courses each quarter is two courses plus Classics 597 units (Preparation for Comprehensive Exams) to equal 12 units per quarter.
  
  All courses must be taken for letter grade, except Classics 211-212-213.
  
  No student may take a 596 course (Directed Reading and Research) in a language, unless s/he has passed the sight examination in that language. Courses numbered 596, 597, 598, and 599 can only be taken S/U.
  
  Dissertation
  On advancing to candidacy, each Ph.D. student has a Dissertation Committee which may or may not be different from the Examination Committee. The Dissertation Committee consists of four members; three must be members of the UC Academic Senate and at least two (including the chair or co-chair) must be members of UCSB's Classics Department. It has been the practice of the Classics Department to ask a professor from allied UCSB departments or from Classics departments at other universities to serve on the Dissertation Committee. The outside member of this Committee is chosen by the student after previous consultation with the Chair of the Dissertation Committee.
  
  Candidates writing their dissertations, who are in residence and receiving financial support, should submit a report on their progress each year to the Chair of their Dissertation Committee. This report should be submitted before financial award decisions are made (i.e. normally by the middle of Spring quarter).
  
  The Oral Defense of the dissertation is adminstered by the student's Dissertation Committee. It is a public event (i.e. the faculty and anyone interested may attend).
  
  Progress toward the Degree
  Students are encouraged to complete all coursework and exams within two years of entering post M.A. studies.
  
  To facilitate course selection that will lead to timely progress toward the dissertation, post MA students should obtain a pproval of quarterly schedules by the graduate advisor.
  
  The department sets 7 years as the normative time for completion of the Ph.D. from time of entry into a graduate program. Students are required to advance to doctoral candidacy within four years after entry into a graduate program.
  
  Students' performance in the program is reviewed toward the end of each year by the Graduate Advisor and the Chair of the student's committee. The student may expect a frank and fair evaluation, with specific recommendations as appropriate.
> Reading List
- Ph.D Reading List - GREEK
  Prose
  Aeschines Against Ctesiphon
  Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, five books including I, X; Politics I-III, Resp. Atheniensium, Poetics
  Demosthenes De Corona, Philippics, Olynthiacs, Against Conon, Against Meidias
  Herodotus I, II, VI, VII, VIII, IX
  Isocrates Panathenaicus, Panegyricus
  Lucian Dialogi Mortuorum, Dialogi Deorum, Charon
  Lysias Against Eratosthenes and four other speeches
  Plato Apology, Phaedrus, Phaedo, Republic, Symposium
  Plutarch Four famous Lives and one Syncrisis
  Thucydides I, II, III, V, VI VII
  Xenophon Anabasis and Hellenica I-II, Agesilaus
  Verse
  Aeschylus Oresteia, The Persians, Prometheus
  Aristophanes Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, Lysistrata, Frogs, Clouds
  Bacchylides Odes V, XVI
  Euripides Alcestis, Bacchae, Hippolytus, Electra, Iphigenia in Tauris, Medea, The Cyclops
  Hesiod complete
  Homer Iliad, Odyssey; Homeric Hymns: I - V
  Pindar Olympian and Pythian Odes
  Sophocles Ajax, Antigone, Philoctetes, Trachiniae, Electra, Oedipus Rex
  Theocritus Idylls I, II, XI, XIV, XVI
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  Ph.D. Reading List - LATIN
  
  Prose
  Caesar Gallic War I, V, VII; Civil War I-III (OCT, Reynolds, 1991)
  Cicero Pro Milone, Pro Caelio, Orator, In Verrem I, II.4; Pro Archia; Pro Cluentio; Pro Murena; Pro Marcello; Philippics I, II, XIV; De Officiis; De Oratore I; In Catilinam all; all of Shackleton-Bailey's Select Letters (Cambridge Classics, 1980).
  Livy I-V, XXI, XXII, XXVII
  Petronius Cena Trimalchionis
  Pliny the Younger Westcott's Selections
  Sallust Catiline; Jugurtha; Fragments of Historiae
  Seneca De Beata Vita; De Constantia; Letters 5, 7, 18, 28, 43, 47, 54, 57, 77, 107.
  Tacitus Agricola, Histories I, II; Annals I-IV, XIV-XVI
  Verse
  Authorship unknown Pervigilium Veneris
  Catullus complete
  Ennius Annales, Fragments (Skutsch)
  Horace complete
  Juvenal I, III, VIII, X
  Lucan I or VII
  Lucretius I,II.1-61, III, V
  Martial Spec. 1,2: Epigrams I.I, 15, 32, 33, 35, 55, 61, 101, 109; II.53, 90, 91; III.4, 38, 43, 68; IV.5, 14, 42, 44, 49, 76; V.10, 13, 20, 34, 37, 58, 76, 81; VI.17, 19, 34, 40, 52, 82; VII.21, 40, 43, 85; VIII.3, 12, 19, 35, 40, 69; IX.18, 28, 68, 81, 97; X complete; XI.13, 18; XII.10, 18, 30, 31, 39, 46, 94; XIV.183-185
  Ovid Amores; Metamorphoses; Fasti; Ars Amatoria
  Plautus Captivi; Menaechmi; Rudens; Amphitryo
  Propertius complete
  Seneca Medea; Octavia, Hercules Furens
  Terence Adelphoe; Andria; Phormio
  Vergil Eclogues; Georgics; Aeneid
  Tibullus I, II
Ancient History at UCSB

MA/PhD in Classics, Emphasis in Literature and Theory
These interdisciplinary degrees are designed for those students who wish to pursue interest in literature, theory, and cultural studies, without sacrificing the classical languages. The course of study combines advanced study in Greek and Latin literature with courses and seminars in fields such as cultural anthropology, literary criticism, feminist theory, and theory of drama. Scholars who graduate from this program will meet the increasing demand for classicists with training and expertise in literary and cultural theory.

M.A. Requirements
> Prerequisites
- As an undergraduate, students should have taken
  A) 1 upper-division class in Greek of Roman history
  B) 1 introductory course in literary, cultural or gender theory. If these undergraduate requirements have not been met, students should take equivalent courses as soon as possible after entering the MA program.
> Degree Requirements
- Degree requirements for the M.A. in Classics with Emphasis in Literature and Theory differ in these respects from those for the M.A. in Classics without Emphasis.
- (1) Greek or Latin Prose Composition is not required.
- (2) candidates must attend three additional meetings of the Proseminar designed to introduce students to theory-based classical scholarship.
- (3) Greek and Latin sight translation examinations will be based on a modified reading list
- (4) required coursework includes 3 graduate-level theory courses. The Graduate Advisor, in conjunction with the professors involved in the Literature & Theory Emphasis and the individual student, determine the suitability of particular theory courses.
- (5) the seminar papers should demonstrate the application of literary or cultural theory. One should be written for a Classics seminar, and one for a seminar outside the Classics department. For satisfaction of the requirement, the paper must receive a grade of at least B+ from the instructor in the course for which it was written.
> Reading List
- M.A. Reading List - Emphasis in Literature and Theory
  Prose
  Aristotle Poetics; Nicomachean Ethics I, X
  Demosthenes Philippics 1-3; Olynthiacs
  Gorgias Helen, Palamedes
  Herodotus Historiae I, VII-VIII
  Isocrates Panegyricus
  Longinus On the Sublime
  Plato Symposium, Phaedrus
  Thucydides Books I-III
  Xenophon Anabasis I, Hellenica I
  Verse
  Aeschylus Agamemnon; Prometheus Vinctus
  Apollonius Book 3
  Aristophanes The Frogs; The Clouds
  Bacchylides Ode V
  Callimachus Aetia prologue; Hymns 1 and 5
  Euripides Medea, Hippolytus
  Hesiod Works and Days 1-382; Theogony 1-616
  Homer Iliad I, III, XVIII, XXII, XXIV; Odyssey I, IV, VIII, XIX, XX
  Homeric Hymns II and IV
  Lyric Poets Selections in Campbell of Archilochus, Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Semonides, Mimnermus, Solon, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Xenophanes, Simonides, Theognis, Corinna
  Pindar Olympian 1, 2, 7, 11; Nemean 4; Isthmian 3, 4, 7
  Sophocles Antigone, Oedipus Rex
  Theocritus Idylls 1, 2, 7, 15, 16
  
  M.A. Reading List - LATIN Emphasis in Literature and Theory
  
  Prose
  
  Caesar Bellum Gallicum I
  Cicero Cat. I, II; Pro Caelio; Orator; Second Philippic; Letters: Ad Att.IV.3, 5; VII.5, 10; VIII.1, XII.15, XIII.52, XV.11; Ad Fam.V.12, 16; XII.3, XV.6
  Livy Books I, V
  Pliny the Younger 1.1, 3.14 and 16, 4.19, 5.19, 6.16 and 20, 7.33, 9.33, 10.96 and 97
  Sallust Catiline
  Seneca Letters 5, 18, 28, 57
  Tacitus Annales I, II, XIII, XV; Dialogus
  Verse
  Catullus 1-3; 5; 7; 8; 10; 11; 13; 17; 22; 29; 31; 34; 36; 39; 44-46; 49; 50; 51; 61-64; 70; 72; 75; 76; 83-87; 92; 96; 101; 109
  Horace Odes, Books 1-3; Satires, Book 1; Ars Poetica
  Juvenal Satires I, III, X
  Lucretius Books 1; 2.1-61; 3.894-end; 4.907-end; 5
  Martial Spec. 1, 2; Epigrams I.1, 15, 32, 33, 35, 55, 61, 101, 109; II.53, 90, 91; III.4, 38, 43, 68; IV.5, 14, 42, 44, 49, 76; V.10, 13, 20, 34, 37, 58, 76, 81; VI.17, 19, 34, 40, 52, 82; VII.21, 40, 43, 85; VIII.3, 12, 19, 35, 40, 69; IX.18, 28, 68, 81, 97; X.2, 4, 13, 23, 47, 53, 61, 72, 97, 103; XI.13, 18; XII.10, 18, 30, 31, 39, 46, 94; XIV.183-185
  Ovid Metamorphoses I, VI-VIII, X; Amores I, II.1, 6, 7, 10, III.1, 9, 14; Ars Amatoria I
  Plautus Menaechmi
  Propertius Elegies I.1-3, 6, 11, 12, 16, 21, 22; II.1, 7, 10, 11, 15, 26, 29, 34; III.1-3, 9, 16, 24, 25; IV.1, 6, 7
  Seneca Hercules Furens, Medea
  Terence Adelphi, Andria
  Vergil Eclogues 1, 2, 4; Georgics IV, Aeneid I, II, IV, VI, VIII, XII
> M.A. Program Rules and Procedures
- Passages on the M.A. sight translation examinations will be drawn from the appropriate M.A. reading list. Each sight translation examination must be finished in four hours. Each exam consists of 6 passages, 10-20 lines long, 3 in prose and 3 in poetry. In order for an examination to be judged of 'passing' level, 4 of the 6 passages must have been translated at the 'passing' level or higher. All passages of a sight translation exam must be attempted or the exam will not be graded.
- Sight translation examinations in Greek and Latin for the M.A. degree will be scheduled in the Winter quarter only. Students will be required to take the examination(s) each Winter quarter in the language(s) they have not already passed. If a student's performance on the Winter quarter examination, although not passing, was sufficiently strong to warrant a second attempt, the faculty may grant permission to attempt the examination again in the Spring quarter.
- Each student's M.A. Examination Committee consists of four professors. The fourth professor is on the Committee to substitute for a professor on leave. All examinations are read and judged by at least two members of the student's Committee. A third member of the Committee is called upon to express an opinion when the student's performance is problematic.
- No student may take a 596 course (Directed Reading and Research) in Greek or Latin unless s/he has passed the sight examination in that language. Courses numbered 596, 597, 598 and 599 can only be taken S/U.
- A minimum of 36 units (with a grade of B or better) taken while in the program at UCSB is required, of which 24 units must be in graduate courses; the minimum in each language is 12 graduate units. Courses numbered 597 and 598 do not count toward the unit requirement; no more than 12 units of courses numbered 596 can be counted.
- Three courses is the normal load for a graduate student each quarter, but the minimum number of courses each quarter is two courses plus Classics 597 units (Preparation for Comprehensive Exams) to equal 12 units per quarter.
- Students are normally expected to complete the M.A. degree requirements in 2 years.
- Students' performance in the program is reviewed toward the end of each year by the Graduate Advisor and the Chair of the student's committee. The student may expect a frank and fair evaluation, with specific recommendations as appropriate.

Ph.D. Requirements

> Course Requirements
- Candidates must satisfy the requirements for the M.A. with Emphasis in Literature and Theory if they have not already done so. A minimum of 36 further graduate units in Classics or related interdisciplinary courses are required, among which must be included:
- (1) 5 seminars, including at least 3 in the Classics department. 2 of these seminars should be predominantly concerned with theory.
- (2) prose composition in Greek or Latin
> Paper requirements

5 seminar papers. Papers written for Classics seminars should include at least 2 demonstrating the use of theory.
Significant paper on a topic or area that will contribute to the dissertaton, presented in written and oral form to the department.

> Examinations The following examinations are required before the student may advance to candidacy:
- Author/Genre Exam in the language of the dissertation.
- Sight translation examinations in Greek and Latin based on modified reading lists.
- Second modern foreign language examination. (German if not passed)
- An oral qualifying examination.
> Reading List
- Reading List for Greek - Emphasis in Literature and Theory
  Prose
  Aeschines Against Ctesiphon
  Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics I and X; Politics I-II; Athenaion Politeia; Poetics; Rhetoric I,
  Demosthenes De Corona, Philippics, Olynthiacs
  Gorgias Helen, Palamedes
  Herodotus Books I-II, VII-IX
  Isocrates Panathenaicus, Panegyricus
  Longinus On the Sublime
  Lucian Dialogi Mortuorum, Dialogi Deorum
  Lysias 1 (On the Murder of Eratosthenes),12 (Against Eratosthenes), 14 (Against Alcibiades)
  Plato Apology, Phaedrus, Phaedo, Republic, Symposium
  Plutarch parallel Lives of Pericles and Fabius Maximus
  Thucydides Books I-III, V-VII
  Xenophon Anabasis; Hellenica I
  
  Verse
  Aeschylus Oresteia, Persians, Prometheus
  Apollonius Argonautica Books I and III
  Aristophanes Acharnians, Clouds, Frogs, Thesmophoriazusae, Lysistrata,
  Bacchylides Poems 5 and 16
  Callimachus Aetia prologue; Hymns 1, 2 and 5
  Euripides Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Electra, Iphigenia in Tauris, Bacchae, Cyclops
  Hellenistic poets Hopkinson’s selections from Aratus, Nicander, Simias, Phanocles, Moschus, Bion, Lycophron and Herondas (Cambridge 1988)
  Hesiod all
  Homer Iliad, Odyssey
  Homeric Hymns 1-5
  Lyric Poets Campbell’s selection up to and including Corinna
  Menander Dyskolos
  Pindar Nemean 4; Isthmian 3, 4, and 7; Olympian and Pythian Odes
  Sophocles all
  Theocritus Idylls 1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16
  
  Reading List for Latin - Emphasis in Literature and Theory
  
  Prose
  
  Apuleius Metamorphoses Book I, Cupid and Psyche (IV.28-VI.24)
  Caesar Gallic War I,V,VII; Civil War I
  Cicero Pro Caelio; Pro Milone; In Verrem; Pro Archia; Philippics I, II, XIV; In Catilinam I-IV; De Officiis I; De Oratore I; Brutus; de re Publica VI; all of Shackelton-Bailey’s Select Letters (Cambridge 1980)
  Livy Books I-V, XXI, XXII
  Petronius Satyricon 1-25, 26-79
  Pliny the Younger Westcott’s Selections
  Quintilian Book X
  Sallust Catiline; Jugurtha
  Seneca De Beata Vita; De Constantia; Letters 5, 7, 18, 28, 43, 47, 54, 57, 77, 107
  Tacitus Agricola; Annals I-IV, XIII, XIV-XVI; Dialogus
  
  Verse
  Anon. Pervigilium Veneris
  Catullus all
  Ennius Annales, Fragments (Skutsch)
  Horace all
  Juvenal Satires I, III, VIII, X
  Lucan Books I-II
  Lucretius all
  Martial Spec. 1, 2; Epigrams I.1, 15, 32, 33, 35, 55, 61, 101, 109; II.53, 90, 91; III.4, 38, 43, 68; IV.5, 14, 42, 44, 49, 76; V.10, 13, 20, 34, 37, 58, 76, 81; VI.17, 19, 34, 40, 52, 82; VII.21, 40, 43, 85; VIII.3, 12, 19, 35, 40, 69; IX.18, 28, 68, 81, 97; X. all; XI.13, 18; XII.10, 18, 30, 31, 39, 46, 94; XIV.183-185
  Ovid Amores; Metamorphoses; Fasti; Ars Amatoria
  Persius all
  Plautus Amphitryo; Captivi; Menaechmi
  Propertius all
  Seneca Hercules Furens; Medea; Octavia
  Statius Thebaid I-II
  Terence Adelphoe; Andria; Phormio
  Vergil Eclogues; Georgics; Aeneid
  Tibullus Books I, II; and IV.7-14 (Sulpicia)
> Ph.D. Program Rules and Procedures
- Examinations
  The sight translation examinations will be given in the Winter quarter only. Ph.D. students must attempt in the Winter quarter any sight exam not already passed. If a student's performance on the Winter examination, although not passing, was sufficiently strong to warrant a second attempt, the faculty may grant permission to attempt the examination again in the Spring quarter.
  
  Passages on the Ph.D. sight translation examinations are not necessarily drawn from the Ph.D. reading list. Examinations must be finished in 4 hours. Each exam consists of 6 passages, 15-25 lines long, 3 in prose and 3 in poetry. All passages on the examination must be attempted or the examination will not be graded. In order for an examination to be judged as of 'passing' level, 4 of the 6 passages must have been translated at the 'passing' level or higher.
  
  The Oral Qualifying Examination is taken after all other written examinations have been passed. The oral qualifying examination is a comprehensive examination in Greek and Latin literature and Ancient (i.e. Greek and Roman) history. The successful candidate should demonstrate the breadth of knowledge of these fields appropriate for embarking successfully on a dissertation.
  
  The Graduate Advisor assigns members of examination committees for all new students. This committee consists of four faculty members, one of whom serves as chair. At least two members of the Ph.D student's committee read and judge ancient and modern language exams. A third member of the committee is called upon to express an opinion when a student's performance is problematic.
  
  At some point before taking the area examinations, Ph.D students should confer with the Graduate Advisor to select committee members to reflect the student's likely area of specialization. This committee also serves as the Oral Qualifying Examination committee and so should include both Hellenists and Latinists.
  
  Coursework
  Three courses is the normal load for a graduate student each quarter, but the minimum number of courses each quarter is two courses plus Classics 597 units (Preparation for Comprehensive Exams) to equal 12 units per quarter.
  
  All courses must be taken for letter grade, except Classics 211-212-213.
  
  No student may take a 596 course (Directed Reading and Research) in a language, unless s/he has passed the sight examination in that language. Courses numbered 596, 597, 598, and 599 can only be taken S/U.
  
  Dissertation
  On advancing to candidacy, each Ph.D. student has a Dissertation Committee which may or may not be different from the Examination Committee. The Dissertation Committee consists of four members; three must be members of the UC Academic Senate and at least two (including the chair or co-chair) must be members of UCSB's Classics Department. It has been the practice of the Classics Department to ask a professor from allied UCSB departments or from Classics departments at other universities to serve on the Dissertation Committee. The outside member of this Committee is chosen by the student after previous consultation with the Chair of the Dissertation Committee.
  
  Candidates writing their dissertations, who are in residence and receiving financial support, should submit a report on their progress each year to the Chair of their Dissertation Committee. This report should be submitted before financial award decisions are made (i.e. normally by the middle of Spring quarter).
  
  The Oral Defense of the dissertation is adminstered by the student's Dissertation Committee. It is a public event (i.e. the faculty and anyone interested may attend).
  
  Progress toward the Degree
  Students are encouraged to complete all coursework and exams within two years of entering post M.A. studies.
  
  To facilitate course selection that will lead to timely progress toward the dissertation, post MA students should obtain a pproval of quarterly schedules by the graduate advisor.
  
  The department sets 7 years as the normative time for completion of the Ph.D. from time of entry into a graduate program. Students are required to advance to doctoral candidacy within four years after entry into a graduate program.
  
  Students' performance in the program is reviewed toward the end of each year by the Graduate Advisor and the Chair of the student's committee. The student may expect a frank and fair evaluation, with specific recommendations as appropriate.

Graduate Advisor

Professor Helen Morales
Phone: (805) 893-3551
Email: hmorales@classics.ucsb.edu

Reading List for Latin as the Major Language

Reading List for Latin as the Minor Language