CLASSICS --Master of Arts --Doctor of Philosophy Facilities for Graduate Work The Department of Classics has its own library, with a full-time librarian and a separate archaeological section. The holdings, which total over twenty-three thousand volumes, cover all classical texts and most major commentaries, critical studies, and works of reference, as well as English-language periodicals. All current issues of classical periodicals are available in the reference room. Bound volumes of foreign-language journals, together with specialized monographs, are housed in the Perry- Castaneda Library. Students also have access to the Swenson Coin Collection and to the holdings of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, which include a collection of Greek papyri from Egypt and many Renaissance editions of classical texts. The department also has a computer laboratory with TLG, Pandora, and Perseus. The Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory has a complete photographic archive of Aegean and Cypriote prehistoric inscriptions and related research materials. The department also has a large, well-equipped slide library with over fifty thousand slides and its own slide librarian and darkroom. The Battle Collection of plaster casts is housed in the Harry Ransom Center. The department sponsors archaeological fieldwork at Metaponto and Croton in southern Italy and at Chersonesus in the Crimea. Participation is open to graduate students in the department. Areas of Study Classics is an interdisciplinary field of study that includes all areas of classical antiquity: literature, history, art, archaeology, linguistics, religion, philosophy, and so on. Within these wide limits the only restrictions on possible programs are the interests of the student and the availability of competent specialists to direct the student's work. The department offers a joint program with the Department of Philosophy, and maintains close links with the Departments of History, English, Linguistics, and Art and Art History and with the Comparative Literature Program. A cooperative arrangement with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University makes courses in nautical archaeology and ancient seafaring available for University of Texas at Austin credit. Graduate Studies Committee The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester of 1994-1995. David Armstrong Joseph Coleman Carter Erwin F. Cook Lesley Ann Dean-Jones Ingrid E.M. Edlund-Berry Michael Gagarin Karl Galinsky Barbara E. Goff Peter Green Thomas K. Hubbard John H. Kroll Jacqueline F. Long David G. Martinez Timothy J. Moore Gareth Morgan M. Gwyn Morgan William R. Nethercut Thomas G. Palaima Douglass Stott Parker Paula J. Perlman Andrew M. Riggsby Cynthia W. Shelmerdine Stephen A. White Degree Requirements MASTER OF ARTS Course requirements are thirty semester hours of coursework, including the thesis course; or thirty-three semester hours, including the report course. No more than nine hours of upper- division coursework may be included in the program. Eighteen to twenty-four semester hours must be in the major program, which is planned individually by the student in consultation with the graduate adviser. The minor consists of at least six semester hours outside the major field; it is most often Latin or Greek for a Greek or Latin major, but philosophy, history, archaeology, and linguistics are acceptable substitutes. By studying Greek and Latin the student automatically fulfills the department's foreign language requirement. The master's degree student has no formal qualifying examinations prior to the report or thesis. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Admission to the Doctor of Philosophy degree program is subject to the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee. Course requirements. There are no universal course requirements. Year-long surveys of Greek and Latin literature are offered in alternate years to prepare students for the literature examinations. Similar one-semester courses in Greek and Roman history are offered in alternate years to prepare students for the history examinations. Students are further required to take two topical seminars and to designate a special field by their eighth semester of study. Examination requirements. To be admitted to candidacy for the doctoral degree, the student must pass the following examinations: translation in Greek; translation in Latin; Greek history; Roman history; Greek literature (a written followed by an oral examination); Latin literature (a written followed by an oral examination); and translation examinations in German and a second modern language. Students must pass the translation examination in either Greek or Latin by the end of their fourth semester of study and the other by the end of their sixth semester of study. Students who concentrate in classical archaeology have more flexible ancient language requirements and special course requirements and must pass special archaeological examinations in lieu of those in Greek and Latin literature. Students with a particular interest in Greek philosophy may pursue a degree program under the joint auspices of the Department of Classics and the Department of Philosophy. For More Information Campus address: Waggener Hall (WAG) 123, Phone (512) 471-5742, Fax (512) 471-4111 Mailing address: Graduate Program, Department of Classics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1181 E-mail: classics@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu WWW: http://www.dla.utexas.edu/ Graduate Courses The faculty expects to offer the following courses in the academic years 1995-1996 and 1996-1997; however, all courses are not taught each semester or summer session. Students should consult the Course Schedule, published before registration, and the supplement to the Course Schedule, published before classes begin, to determine which courses and topics will be offered during a particular semester or summer session. These publications also may reflect changes that have been made to the courses listed here since this catalog was printed. Unless otherwise stated below, each course meets for three hours a week for one semester. CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION: C C C C 380. Seminar in Classical Archaeology. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Topics given in recent years include Greek vase painting, monuments and topography of Athens, Minoan palaces and Mycenaean citadels. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. C C 381. Conference Course in Classical Civilization. May be repeated for credit. Studies in classical antiquity. A knowledge of the ancient languages is not required. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. C C 382. Field Archaeology. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Involves the participation of the student in an archaeological excavation; the study of field techniques includes excavation procedure, documentation, conservation, and interpretation. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. C C 383. Studies in Classical Civilization. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Studies in various aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and culture. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. GREEK: GK GK 180K. Proseminar. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. An introduction to the research methodology and the ancillary disciplines used in current classical studies, or to certain disciplines such as meter, textual criticism. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. One hour a week for one semester. Topic 1: Research Methods in Classical Studies. Topic 2: Sight Translations. GK 383. Studies in Classical Greek Literature. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Topics given in recent years include Euripides, Greek oratory, Thucydides, lyric poetry. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. GK 385. Graduate Reading Course. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Topics given in recent years include Sophocles, Aeschylus, Pindar and Bacchylides, Greek historians. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. GK 386K. Conference Course in Greek Literature. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. GK 390. Seminar in Classical Studies. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics in ancient philosophy, epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology, paleography. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. The equivalent of three hours a week for one semester. GK 698. Thesis. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: For 698A, graduate standing in Greek and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Greek 698A. The equivalent of three hours a week for two semesters. GK 398R. Master's Report. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Greek and consent of the graduate adviser. The equivalent of three hours a week for one semester. GK 399R, 699R, 999R. Dissertation. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree. GK 399W, 699W, 999W. Dissertation. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Greek 399R, 699R, or 999R. LATIN: LAT LAT 180K. Proseminar. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. An introduction to the research methodology and the ancillary disciplines used in current classical studies, or to certain disciplines such as meter, textual criticism. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. One hour a week for one semester. Topic 1: Research Methods in Classical Studies. Topic 2: Sight Translations. LAT 383. Graduate Reading. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Topics given in recent years include Horace's lyric poetry, Catullus, Vergil's Georgics and Aeneid, Roman history: the early empire. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. LAT 385. Studies in Classical Latin Literature. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Topics given in recent years include Ovid, Caesar, Lucretius, Augustan poetry, and Hellenism. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. LAT 386. Conference Course in Latin Literature. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. LAT 390. Seminar in Classical Studies. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Supervised study in a wide variety of writers and fields, under personal direction of members of the Graduate Studies Committee. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. The equivalent of three hours a week for one semester. LAT 698. Thesis. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: For 698A, graduate standing in Latin and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Latin 698A. The equivalent of three hours a week for two semesters. LAT 398R. Master's Report. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Latin and consent of the graduate adviser. The equivalent of three hours a week for one semester. LAT 398T. Supervised Teaching in Latin. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. LAT 399R, 699R, 999R. Dissertation. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree. LAT 399W, 699W, 999W. Dissertation. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Latin 399R, 699R, or 999R.