The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics

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(UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego)

The UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics is a joint venture that combines faculty in Classics and related disciplines from the three southernmost UC campuses.

Students accepted into the program may enroll at any of the three campuses, but they normally apply for admission to the Tri-Campus program through UC Irvine, which is the main location for instruction and administration. Applications to the Tri-Campus program are reviewed by an admissions committee composed of faculty members from all three campuses.

The goal of the program is to provide a graduate education that unites the main currents of modern literary, cultural, and social-scientific theory with the traditional skills and methodologies of classical philology. Candidates for degrees must exhibit facility in Greek and Latin, competence in research, including theoretical approaches to texts and objects, technical mastery of computing for research and teaching, and experience in teaching.

These goals are realized through the four core courses (CLA 200A, CLA 200B, CLA 200C, and CLA 201), seminars (UC Riverside CLA 250/UC Irvine CLASSICS 220) and reading courses (UC Riverside CLA 292/UC Irvine CLASSICS 205).

All students are admitted into the Ph.D. program. With the exception of those granted advanced standing because they hold the M.A. degree in Classics from another institution, entering students are concurrently enrolled in the M.A. program.

Students are admitted into the Ph.D. program only. Entering students who do not already hold a master’s degree in Classics from another institution will be required to complete M.A. requirements while pursuing the Ph.D.

The requirements for the M.A. degree in Classics are two years (six quarters) of course work, passage of a special set of examinations, and completion of a master’s paper. The normal course load is three 200-level courses each quarter. Minimum course requirements are four quarters of CLA 200A, CLA 200B, CLA 200C, and CLA 201; four quarters of UC Riverside CLA 292/UC Irvine CLASSICS 205; and four quarters of UC Riverside CLA 250/UC Irvine CLASSICS 220. (UC Riverside CLA 290/ UC Irvine CLASSICS 280 may be substituted for these courses at the discretion of the faculty.) Requires a reading knowledge of either Germanic Studies, French, Italian, or equivalent language, demonstrated by examination or other means.

Normative Time to Degree Two years

The requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Classics are three years (nine quarters) of course work. Minimum course requirements are four quarters of CLA 200A, CLA 200B, CLA 200C, and CLA 201; five quarters of UC Riverside CLA 292/UC Irvine CLASSICS 205; and six quarters of UC Riverside CLA 250/UC Irvine CLASSICS 220 or an equivalent course. (UC Riverside CLA 290/UC Irvine CLASSICS 280 may be substituted for these courses at the discretion of the Program faculty.) Students are encouraged to take courses and seminars in relevant areas outside the program at any of the three campuses.

Students must demonstrate reading proficiency in a second modern language by the end of the third year. By the end of the third year and during the fourth year of study, students must have read extensively in the primary texts and in literary history and theory and in ancient history. To qualify as a candidate and enter the dissertation stage, a student must pass an individually designed set of qualifying examinations, including translation examinations in Greek and Latin, written examinations or lengthy papers in special authors and field, and an oral examination.

The facilities, course offerings, programs, and individual faculty mentorship of all three campuses are available to students in the Tri- Campus degree program. The resources of the program are enhanced through a cooperative teaching arrangement among the Tri-Campus program and the Classics graduate programs of UC Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.

Foreign Language Requirement Students must demonstrate reading proficiency in a second modern language by the end of the third year.

Teaching Requirement Experience in supervised teaching and/or research activity is normally required.

Normative Time to Degree Six years

Michele Salzman, Ph.D. Director

Professor of History, UCR; Late Antiquity; Roman History and Literature, Religion, Gender and Sexuality Studies Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy, UCSD; Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ethics, Metaphysics

Cynthia L. Claxton, Ph.D.

Lecturer in Classics, and graduate teaching supervisor, UCI; Greek prose, Historiography

Page duBois, Ph.D.

Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, UCSD; Greek Literature, Rhetoric, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies

Anthony Edwards, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature; Program Director, UCSD; Epic, Greek Comedy, Critical Theory

Zina Giannopoulou, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Classics, UCI; literary theory and Platonic hermeneutics, classical and Hellenistic philosophy, Greek tragedy and epic.

David Glidden, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, UCR; Greek and Roman Philosophy

Anna Gonosová, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Art History, UCI; Byzantine and Medieval Art

Denver Graninger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History, UCR; Greek and Roman History, Greek Epigraphy and Archaeology

Monte Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Philosophy, UCSD; Classical and Hellenistic Philosophy; Aristotle, Democritus and their later reception in philosophy and science

Dayna Kalleres, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History and Religious Studies, UCSD; Late Antiquity, Religious Studies, and Critical Theories of Religion

Andromache Karanika, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Classics, UCI; Greek Epic Poetry, Greek Lyric, Folklore

Benjamin King, Ph.D.

Lecturer in Classics, UCR; Greek Literature and Philosophy

Marianne McDonald, Ph.D.

Professor of Theatre and Classics, UCSD; Greek and Roman Theatre, Ancient Drama in Modern Plays, Film, and Opera

Margaret M. Miles, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Art History, UCI; Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, Ancient Sicily, Greek Religion

Jozef Muller, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, UCR; Ancient Philosophy, especially Aristotle, Plato, and the Stoics

Sheldon Nodelman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Visual Arts, UCSD; Classical Art and Architecture, Roman Portraiture, Critical Theory

Maria C. Pantelia, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Classics, and Director, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, UCI; Greek Epic Poetry, Hellenistic Poetry, Computer Applications to Classics

Lisa Raphals, Ph.D.

Professor of Chinese/Comparative Literature, UCR

Wendy J. Raschke, Ph.D.

Lecturer in Classics, UCR ; Roman Satire, Greek Art and Archaeology

Thomas F. Scanlon, Ph.D.

Professor of Classics, UCR; Greek and Roman Historiography, Ancient Athletics

Edward Watts, Ph.D.

Professor of History, UCI (Vassiliadis Endowed Chair in Byzantine Studies); Intellectual and Religious History of the Early Byzantine Empire; Late Antiquity 185 / Programs and Courses 185 / Programs and Courses

Andrew Zissos, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Classics; graduate advisor, UCI; Latin Epic; Medieval Latin; Roman Culture