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Classics

Master of Arts in Classics

Faculty Dean
Rosemary Drage Hale
Faculty of Humanities

Associate Faculty Dean
John Sainsbury
Faculty of Humanities

Graduate Faculty

Professors Emeriti
Noel D. Robertson (Classics)
David W. Rupp (Director, Canadian Institute in Greece)

Associate Professors
Michael J. D. Carter (Classics), Carol U. Merriam (Classics), Richard W. Parker (Classics), Danielle A. Parks (Classics)

Assistant Professors
Fanny Dolansky (Classics), Allison M. J. Glazebrook (Classics), Elizabeth S. Greene (Classics), Roberto Nickel (Classics), R. Angus K. Smith (Classics), Katharine T. von Stackelberg (Classics)

Graduate Program Director
Danielle A. Parks
dparks@brocku.ca

Administrative Assistant
Frances Meffe
905-688-5550, extension 3575
Mackenzie Chown A207
http://www.brocku.ca/classics/

Program Description
The Master of Arts in Classics emphasizes a holistic approach to the Greek and Roman worlds and encourages all students to study languages, literature, history, and material culture. The study of Greek and Latin is at the heart of the program in order to ensure students can access the wealth of literary and documentary sources that have survived and continue to surface. The program also assigns prominence to historical context and material culture, especially promoting active archaeological research and travel to the Mediterranean. The program is structured on the principle that these diverse approaches inform one another and produce a cross-disciplinary, well-rounded and thus broader understanding of the world and legacy of the Greeks and Romans.

Admission Requirements
Successful completion of an Honours Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Classics with a minimum overall average of B (second class), and a minimum average of 75% in Classics courses, with at least two years in Greek and two years in Latin at the university level.

The Graduate Admissions Committee will review all applications and recommend admission for a limited number of suitable candidates.

Individuals interested in part-time study should consult with the Graduate Program Director.

Degree Requirements
The M.A degree is a 2-year program.
Requirements for the M.A. degree are: Seven half-credit courses offered by the graduate program. Additional advanced undergraduate Greek or Latin courses may be recommended to address deficiencies in the languages.

Required courses are:
·   CLAS 5P00 Classics Pro-seminar, during the student's first year
·   One half-credit course designated GREE 5(alpha)00 or above
·   One half-credit course designated LATI 5(alpha)00 or above
·   One additional half-credit course designated either GREE 5(alpha)00 or LATI 5(alpha)00 or above
·   three additional half-credit courses designated CLAS 5V10-5V69, GREE 5(alpha)00 or above or LATI 5(alpha)00 or above.
In addition to the above course requirements, students must also fulfill the following requirements:
·   Demonstrate competence in reading knowledge of French or German; another modern language such as Italian may be substituted with permission of the supervisory committee and Graduate Program Officer. The competency evaluation should be done by the end of the first year of graduate study. Competence is demonstrated by a mark of 70% or higher on a reading comprehension examination: students are allowed to use a dictionary of the modern language on which they are being examined.
·   Pass (with a mark of 70% or higher) sight translation exams in Latin and Greek by the time of graduation.
·   Defend a satisfactory thesis on an approved topic. With the guidance of the Graduate Officer students will arrange for a supervisor and a second reader and shall choose a topic in consultation with the supervisor, the second reader and the Graduate Officer. The thesis is written in the second year of study. There is an oral examination to defend the thesis.

Facilities
·   Museum of Cypriote Antiquities (170+ objects, Chalcolithic through Mediaeval, mostly Geometric-Archaic ceramics)
Slide and Digital Image Collection (15,000+ images)
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
L'Année Philologique on-line
Archaeological Field Equipment (funded by Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Innovation Trust): Leica TCR750 reflectorless total station; Trimble Geoexplorer CE XT Global Positioning System
Institutional Memberships: American School of Classical Studies in Athens; Canadian Institute in Greece
Associated Archaeological Field Projects: Mochlos, Crete; Nemea, Greece; Kourion-Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus; Dreamer's Bay, Akrotiri, Cyprus; Palaipaphos Survey Project, Cyprus

Other Information
·   Courses Abroad, offered in the Mediterranean with opportunities for Graduate Student participation and/or Teaching Assistantships
·   Archaeological Practicum CLAS 4F75 (normally offered every other year, most recently: Crete; Cyprus)
·   Study in Mediterranean lands CLAS 3M20-3M29 (normally offered every other year, most recently: Greece; Rome)

Course Descriptions
Note: Not all courses are offered in every session. Students must consult with the Graduate Program Director regarding course offerings and course selection and must have their course selections approved by the Graduate Program Director each term. Refer to the Timetable for scheduling information:
http://www.brocku.ca/registrar/guides/grad/timetable/terms.php
CLAS 5F99
MA Research and Thesis
An extended research project involving the preparation and defence of a thesis that shall demonstrate capacity for independent work and original research and thought.

CLAS 5P00
Pro-seminar in Classics
A survey of the tools, resources and methodologies for a holistic study of Greco-Roman antiquity with emphasis on philology, history and material culture. Research writing for grant, abstract, conference proposal, and public presentation.

CLAS 5V10-5V29
Seminar in Mediterranean Archaeology
Topics and problems in current archaeological method, theory and research in the Mediterranean basin.

CLAS 5V10
2006-2007: Topics in Aegean prehistory
Study of a specific chronological, geographical or theoretical aspect of the Minoan, Mycenaean or Cycladic cultures of the Aegean basin.

CLAS 5V30-5V49
Seminar in the Art and Architecture of the Greco-Roman World
Topics and problems in current research in Greek and Roman art and architecture.

CLAS 5V30
2006-2007: Topography and Monuments of Rome
Study of the development of Rome, including its infrastructure and major monuments, using literary and archaeological sources and understanding the methodological challenges of integrating material and literary sources.

CLAS 5V50-5V69
Seminar in Greek and Roman Social and Cultural History
Study of a topic in Greek and/or Roman social and cultural history with emphasis on methodology and the use of sources from a variety of media.

CLAS 5V50
2006-2007: Augustus and the Roman Revolution
Study of the political and social changes in the transitional period of Roman history, integrating literary sources, documentary texts and the evidence of material culture.

CLAS 5V80-5V89
Advanced Archaeological Research
Intensive archaeological field work and study of material culture under supervision of a faculty member.
Note: students are expected to pay their own expenses, enrolment may be limited.

GREE 5V00-5V19
Readings in Greek Literature: prose
Intensive readings in a genre of Greek literary prose or the works of an individual prose author.

GREE 5V00
2006-2007: Classical Greek Historians
A survey of the development of Greek historical writing through the end of the Classical period with extensive Greek readings in the works of Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon.

GREE 5V20-5V39
Readings in Greek Literature: verse
Intensive readings in a verse genre or the works of an individual verse author.

LATI 5V00-5V19
Readings in Latin Literature: prose
Intensive readings in a genre of Latin literary prose or the works of an individual prose author.

LATI 5V20-5V39
Readings in Latin Literature: verse
Intensive readings in a verse genre or the works of an individual verse author.

LATI 5V20
2006-2007: Vergil
Readings in the works of Vergil.
Note: taught in conjunction with LATI 4V01.