Distance-learning Master's degrees in Classics

I. Master of Latin (M.L.)

• Course requirements. At least 30 credits beyond the bachelor's degree, including:
  • Latin Prose Composition (3 credits)
  • Five seminars (i.e., 15 credits of coursework in classes other than independent or directed study)
  • Participation in at least two Summer Latin Institutes
    
• Two comprehensive examinations:
  • Comprehensive Latin Reading Examination. A two-hour examination, based on the M.L. Latin Reading List. The examination will present the student with four passages (two in prose, two in poetry) selected from the reading list. The student will translate three of the four passages. This exam may be taken at UF or at a remote location under the supervision of an approved proctor.
    
  • Comprehensive Written and Oral Examination in Latin Literature and Culture, consisting of a two-hour written examination and a one-hour oral examination, based on the M.L. Literature and Culture Reading List. As the Final Exam for the M.L., both parts of this exam must be taken at UF, administered by a supervisory committee of two faculty members.

II. M.A. in Latin

• Course requirements. At least 30 credits beyond the bachelor's degree, including:
  
  • Latin Prose Composition (3 credits)
  • Four seminars (i.e., 12 credits of coursework in classes other than independent or directed study)
    
  • Thesis Research (6 credits)
  • Participation in at least two Summer Latin Institutes
• Comprehensive Latin Reading Examination
  
  • A two-hour examination, based on the M.A. Latin Reading List. The examination will present the student with four passages (two in prose, two in poetry) selected from the reading list. The student will translate three of the four passages.This exam may be taken at UF or at a remote location, under the supervision of an approved proctor.
    
• Thesis and Oral Defense
  • The student will submit the thesis to the supervisory committee, consisting of a director and at least one additional member, and will present a public oral defense of the thesis at UF, according to university regulation. (N.B.: the oral defense may include general questions on Latin literature in addition to specific questions on the thesis.)

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