Philosophy

专业介绍

Students in the PhD program in Classical studies spend the first three years doing course work to improve and refine their command of Greek and Latin; gain a broader and firmer grasp of the development of Greek and Roman literature in their historical settings; and acquaint themselves with the various subfields and basic tools, methods, aims, and achievements of classical scholarship, and with the methodologies (literary, historical, linguistic) currently being applied to classical texts. Ten courses of specific types are required, as well as a range of qualifying and preliminary exams, before candidacy is achieved. The student then undertakes a dissertation under the supervision of an advisor and a committee. The usual time required for its completion is one to two years. The final oral examination is on the dissertation and related topics. The website for the Department of Classical Studies has full details about the PhD program and requirements. Information about fellowship opportunities and support can be found in the last section of that page. All students are guaranteed five years of support, with a mixture of fellowship and teaching.

Students on this track will develop their philosophical skills and knowledge by pursuing an MA in the Department of Philosophy. The MA requires six to seven graduate courses in philosophy, in a range of areas, as well as passing a logic requirement (through a course or examination). The website for the Department of Philosophy has full details about the MA requirements.

All graduate programs at Michigan require four credit hours in a cognate subject in a different program. But in dual programs such as ours, the courses for one degree can also serve as cognate credits for the other (by special application to the graduate school), so that no additional course work is required. This significantly reduces the time need to pursue both degrees.