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Classics with Teaching Licensure

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Application Deadlines
Fall: Jan 15
Spring: Dec 1 (domestic only), Oct 15 (international)
Summer: n/a
School/Department
Classical Studies
Program Director
Andreola Rossi
Contact
gradadmissions@tufts.edu
Location
Medford/Somerville
Format
On-campus
Commitment Options
Full-time
Average Duration
2 years
Credits
39
Eligible for Aid/Scholarship
Yes

Overview

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: While each application is evaluated holistically, an important part of a successful application is the writing sample. The ideal writing sample should best demonstrate your writing skills and the ability to engage critically with the cultures, histories, and literatures of the ancient Mediterranean world, though it does not necessarily need to be a paper written specifically for a Classics course. The ideal length is approximately 15 double-spaced pages.
     

Tuition and Financial Aid

See Tuition and Financial Aid information for GSAS Programs. Note: This program is eligible for federal loans and Tufts tuition scholarships.

Faculty

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Andreola Rossi

Associate Teaching Professor
Classical Studies
Latin and Greek Epic; Roman Historiography
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Marie-Claire Beaulieu

Associate Professor
Classical Studies
Greek religion, Greek epigraphy, Medieval Latin, Digital Humanities
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Gregory Crane

Professor, Winnick Family Chair in Technology and Entrepreneurship, and Department Chair of Classical Studies
Classical Studies
Greek & Latin Language, Digital Humanities
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Jennifer Eyl

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Religion
Religion
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
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R. Bruce Hitchner

Professor
Classical Studies
Roman history, archaeology, North Africa in Antiquity, Ancient History, Balkans and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and International Relations
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J. Matthew Harrington

Teaching Professor
Classical Studies
Ancient Art and Archaeology, Digital Humanities, Comparative Greek and Latin Grammar (PIE Linguistics), Roman Satire, Post-Augustan Literature, Latin and Greek Pedagogy
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Anne Mahoney

Associate Teaching Professor
Classical Studies
Classical tradition and reception; linguistics; ancient drama; ancient mathematics; Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit language and literature
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Brandon McDonald

Rumsey Family Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies
Classical Studies
Environmental history of antiquity; Roman history and archaeology, especially the Eastern Mediterranean; health and disease in antiquity; Roman economy; climate history; ancient urbanism
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David Proctor

Teaching Professor
History
Late Antique & Medieval Western Europe, Byzantium, Southeastern Europe, Papal-Imperial relations
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Christiana Olfert

Associate Professor
Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Ethics
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Joanne Phillips

Associate Professor
Classical Studies
Greek and Latin Languages, Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine, Lucretius
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Riccardo Strobino

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

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