TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I. Conspectus of Requirements for the Ph.D. II. Summary Chronological Table of Progress Toward the Ph.D. III. Requirements for the MA IV. Distribution of Course Work V. Direction of Work During Progress Toward the Ph.D VI. Teaching as a Component of Graduate Education VII. Examinations VIII. The Dissertation IX. Finances X. Conclusion XI. Reading Lists

I. CONSPECTUS OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE Ph.D.
The formal requirements for the Ph.D. set by the Graduate School are: at least six semesters of tuition; fulfillment of the residence requirement (at least two consecutive semesters of full-time registration); passing of the Preliminary Examination; an acceptable dissertation; and a final examination by the student's Ph.D. committee.

These requirements, as administered by the Department and combined with additional departmental requirements, produce the following general rules of procedure:

• The normal course load will be four courses per semester for the first two years, and at least three in the first semester of the third year;
• During that period each student will successfully complete both Reading-List examinations (in ancient Greek and Latin) by May 15 of the second year.  Students will also complete the German and French Qualifying Examinations by Sept. 1 of the third year;
• By the end of the sixth semester, each student will have completed the Preliminary Examination (articulated in a sequence of examinations outlined below);
• In the seventh semester, each student will submit a prospectus of dissertation research, which will be discussed formally with and approved by the student's Ph.D. committee;
• Each student will teach under the supervision of a member of the faculty, normally one course per semester after successfully completing the Preliminary Examination, i.e., during the fourth through final year;
• The final examination by the student's committee will take the form of an oral defense of the dissertation.

IMPORTANT NOTE: An earlier version of the Duke University Classical Studies Department Graduate Manual remains in force only for those students who matriculated in Fall, 2006 or earlier. Please contact either Tolly Boatwright or Cathy Puckett for the earlier version.