The MA in Classics with Teaching Licensure offers students an opportunity to pursue intensive study of the classical world, while acquiring the credentials for a career in public education or further graduate study.

Program Outcomes

As a student in the MA in Classics with Teaching Licensure Program, you will expand your knowledge of languages, history, and archaeology, as well as gain extensive research experience in classical studies. Graduates go on to pursue careers in secondary school education with Massachusetts licensure (grades 5-12) and pursue further study in PhD programs. Students typically complete the program in two or three years, and benefit from supervised teaching experience offered through the Education Department at Tufts. The program follows Massachusetts requirements for initial teaching licensure.

Application Requirements

Application fee
Resume/CV
Personal statement
Official TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test scores, if applicable
Transcripts
Three letters of recommendation
Writing sample

Tuition and Financial Aid

See Tuition and Financial Aid information for GSAS Programs.

Faculty

Riccardo Strobino

Associate Professor

Medieval Latin Philosophy; Classical Arabic Philosophy; History and Philosophy of Logic; Aristotle; Avicenna

Marie-Claire Beaulieu

Associate Professor

Greek religion, Greek epigraphy, Medieval Latin, Digital Humanities

Gregory Crane

Professor and Winnick Family Chair in Technology and Entrepreneurship

Greek & Latin Language, Digital Humanities

Jennifer Eyl

Associate Professor

Pauline Studies, New Testament, Christian Origins Divinatory Practices and so-called "Magic" Gender & Sexuality in Antiquity Hellenistic Philosophy and Moral Psychology Apocryphal Acts and the Greek Novels Saint and Relic Veneration Constructions of the Afterlife Translation Theory and New Testament Studies Theory of Religion Digital Humanities