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The First Two YearsCourse Requirements• Combination of 16 half-courses, 301s, or units of TIME. • The requirements for the seven different tracks (Classical Philology, Classical Archaeology, Classical Philosophy, Ancient History, Medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek), and the stages at which they need to be completed, are set out on the departmental website. • Policy on Incompletes: A student may carry a grade of Incomplete (INC) for coursework not completed by the end of the term, but only until the last day of the following term, unless with special permission of the graduate committee. Accumulation of Incompletes is strongly discouraged.
Master of Arts (AM)• No terminal AM offered.
Teaching• Teaching is considered part of a student’s preparation for eventual employment, and candidates are normally expected to be involved in undergraduate teaching beginning in their third year. Teaching may consist of assisting in a large lecture course in the Core or in a departmental literature survey, in conducting an undergraduate tutorial, or in full responsibility for undergraduate language courses under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
Advising• All graduate students throughout their program receive general advising from the graduate committee, which meets formally with each student every term. • In the course of their preparation for the special examinations, students work closely with three faculty members who direct their special authors and special field. • From the beginning of the dissertation stage, the role of special individual advisor is assumed by the dissertation director. • In the event of a disagreement or dispute between student and dissertation director, mediation will be provided through the director of graduate studies and the chair of the department.
General Examinations• All students will, normally by the end of their second year, take general examinations as described on the departmental website.
Special Examinations• By the end of the third or, at the latest, the fourth graduate year, the candidate must take a two-hour • By the end of the third or, at the latest, the fourth graduate year, the candidate must take a two-hour oral examination in three chosen categories, as set out on the departmental website. The choice of categories should be submitted for approval by the graduate committee at the time of the general examinations or within a month following them. Preparation for this examination will be by independent study, with regular supervision by a faculty member for each part of the examination (Class. Phil. 302). These examinations may be repeated only once in the event of failure.
Dissertation• At the end of the special examinations, or at the latest within one month thereafter, the candidate should specify the area in which the dissertation is to be written and the name of the dissertation director. This person shall be a member of the Harvard faculty. • The candidate, after consultation with the director, and within two months of the special examinations, will then invite two other faculty members to serve as readers. In exceptional cases, and with the prior approval of the graduate committee, one of these two members may be drawn from another department, another university, or an equivalent institution. • Before the end of the term following the special examinations, the candidate shall meet with the director and the two readers for approval of the prospectus of the dissertation. The director shall promptly, by means of the appropriate form (available in the department office), notify the graduate committee of the approved title and the name of the members of the dissertation committee. • The director shall, by April 1 of each year, submit the appropriate form (available in the department office) notifying the graduate committee of the student’s progress toward completion of the dissertation. • Not later than the end of the sixth graduate year (except by permission of the graduate committee), the candidate must present a dissertation as evidence of independent research. The dissertation shall be written in accordance with the following directions (students’ attention is also drawn to the GSAS publication The Form of the PhD Dissertation, available in the Registrar’s office or on the website): (a) The dissertation must be written in an acceptable English style. • The completed work must be accompanied by two copies of a summary of not more than 1,200 words, which the director will promptly forward to the editor of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology for publication. • When the dissertation is completed and submitted, the director and the two readers will read and vote on it. A majority of votes shall decide whether or not it is accepted. Approval of the dissertation constitutes the final requirement for the degree. The final copy should conform to the requirements described in The Form of the PhD Dissertation (see above).
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