Doctor's degree Ancient History - Harvard University

Doctor's degree Ancient History from Harvard University is a Campus Ph.D Classical Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Department has been at the forefront of graduate education in Classics for well over a century. It offers a variety of approaches, emphasizing a wide range of knowledge and skills rather than a narrow early specialization. Traditionally, the Ph.D. in Classical Philology has been the degree taken by most doctoral candidates, but the Department also offers degrees in Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, Classical Philosophy, Medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek. All candidates admitted to the Ph.D. programs are expected to enter with competence in the pertinent languages, ancient and modern, on which they will build in the course of their graduate study. Ideally, the doctoral program is conceived as lasting five years, divided into three segments. The first two years, defined as "academic residence" for administrative purposes, are largely devoted to seminars, to lecture- or reading-courses, and to independent reading in preparation for the General Examinations While all these formats are designed to broaden experience of the languages and literature needed for the degree , the seminars form the core of the Department's program of graduate education. Summers are often spent in reading to prepare for examinations. In the third year, students prepare for their Special Examinations in three chosen categories, and begin to gain experience of teaching, which the Department regards as an essential part of graduate preparation. In the last two years, they continue to teach, but otherwise work towards the completion of the degree , especially the writing of the dissertation. Though the Department views the training of future university teachers as a major part of its mandate, its primary concern is to foster as thorough an expertise as possible in those classical , medieval, and modern fields which are centered on Greek and Latin language and literature. For this reason, the Department emphasizes the acquisition not only of knowledge, but also of skills - in teaching, in analysis, in research - which will enable its graduates to find careers both within and outside the traditional fields. Great emphasis is laid in the process of graduate admission on the adaptability of students to a flexible job-market, and the Department assists the career development of its students by placement advice and other practical assistance with the application process. View more details on Harvard University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Classical Studies courses.