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Graduate Diploma in Classics at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Programme overview

Disciplinary graduate diploma allowing graduate-level study of ancient Greece and Rome without committing to a full master's programme.

Faculty: School of Graduate Studies (St. John's)  |  Department: Classics  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

What you will study

Flexible course of study with strengths in Roman studies, Greek literature and historiography, and the relation between literary texts and material culture.

Career pathways

Law, medicine, library and information sciences, museums and archives, academia.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree (minimum second class) in an appropriate area; basic Latin and/or ancient Greek grammar and demonstrated ability to read and translate ancient texts; a written sample of scholarly work. Application deadline January 31 for Fall.

Domestic applicants: CAD 3,780 for the whole programme. Newfoundland and Labrador resident; graduate diploma programme cost (tuition only) Source

International applicants: CAD 6,390 for the whole programme. Graduate diploma programme cost (tuition only) Source

Graduate diplomas follow the graduate intakes (Fall, Winter, Spring) by programme; most admit for Fall, and Marine Studies (Fisheries Resource Management) and Business Administration also list Winter or Spring deadlines.

Graduate diploma deadlines by programme: January 15 Anthropology, Applied Ocean Technology, Economics (international), English, Folklore, Gender Studies, Marine Studies, Medicine - Community Health, Nursing; January 31 Classics, Linguistics; February 1 Education (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; Educational Leadership; Post-Secondary Education streams) and Philosophy; March 15 Political Science; June 30 Business Administration (Canadian, Fall); December 1 Business Administration (international, Fall); November 1 Arctic and Subarctic Futures (Spring); May 15 Clinical Epidemiology (Canadian, Fall), 15 November (international). Graduate application fee: $60 Canadian, $120 non-Canadian.

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