Portfolio Program
Admissions
In addition to meeting the requirements for admission to the Graduate School, applicants to the medieval studies program are expected to have the following qualifications:
- A master's degree or the equivalent in the field in which the applicant plans to teach. The applicant's undergraduate and graduate experience should provide appropriate training for teaching lower-division courses in the field.
- Adequate to strong academic preparation through the master's degree level for medieval studies. If the Admissions Committee determines that the applicant's background is inadequate for doctoral work in the chosen area of specialization, admission may be conditional on further coursework or other study to correct the deficiency.
- Reading proficiency in Latin and the two modern foreign languages most important for scholarship in the student's dissertation area; these are normally French and German. (The student of Slavic languages may substitute an appropriate language for Latin.) Deficiencies in Latin or one of the modern languages may be made up in the first year. Proficiency may be demonstrated by superior performance in two years of college-level coursework, by equivalent achievement on the standard national proficiency examination, or by satisfactory performance on a written or oral translation test administered by a qualified faculty member.
