Program Requirements
Before proceeding to the researching and writing of the thesis, a student must:
- take and pass CLASS 501 (*1), graded pass/fail (if not previously passed).
- take and pass nine (*27) courses at the graduate level, including at least three (*9) in GREEK and three (*9) in LATIN and two (*6) in History and/or Art History and Archaeology. Of these nine courses, one (*3) may be a directed study in the proposed area of research and one (*3) may be taken outside the Classics division.
- fulfill the Departmental language requirement in two modern languages (German plus either French or Italian).
- fulfill the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research ethics training requirement. NOTE: This requirement applies to all University of Alberta graduate students who started their program on or after 1 September 2004; it does not apply to those who started their program prior to that date.
- prepare for, take, and pass three written and one oral comprehensive examinations in three fields. NOTE: The exams will be sat after the completion of course work and must be successfully completed before proceeding to the candidacy.
- take and pass the oral candidacy examination, for which the student prepares a thesis proposal of ten to twenty double-spaced pages (including bibliography), based on some preliminary research.
After passing the candidacy examination, the student must:
- register with the Graduate Committee the subject of his/her thesis, as approved by the candidacy examining committee.
- research and write a thesis that represents the result of original historical research, makes a genuine contribution to knowledge, and meets the standards laid down by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. The text of the thesis should normally be between 200 and 300 pages in length.
- successfully defend the thesis in a final oral examination.