PhD Classics (Tri-Campus Program with UC Irvine and UC Riverside) at University of California, San Diego

The UC Tri-Campus Program in Classics is a shared graduate program of UC Irvine, UC Riverside and UC San Diego with more than twenty faculty; instruction and administration are based at UC Irvine. The curriculum studies ancient texts in their social, cultural and historical contexts, applies literary and sociological theory, examines reception of antiquity and uses computing technologies.

Faculty: UC Tri-Campus Program (UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego)  |  Department: Classics  |  Duration: 4 years to candidacy; 2 more years to dissertation approval; 7 years total (sample plan 6 years)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: La Jolla, CA, United States

What you will study

Minimum 18 seminar-level courses including CLASSIC 200A-C and 201 and twelve quarters of CLASSIC 220, plus two external graduate seminars. Qualifying exams in Greek and Latin translation, history, literature and a special area, reading proficiency in modern research languages, and a public dissertation defense; the MA can be earned en route.

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