Expectations
The Department has high expectations of the candidates it admits to its Ph.D. program. The terms above convey only part of our expectations. We ask that you prepare not only for classes, but read widely beyond your assignments in primary and secondary sources. We expect you to engage the full range of your intellectual gifts in your work, to exercise all your curiosity, tempered by all your self-discipline, in assimilating and thinking about an immense field of learning. In return, as your teachers (and fellow students of the ancient world), we commit ourselves to making available to you all the resources, facilities, and skills at our command to help your intellectual growth. We stand ready to match your efforts with our own in the common enterprise of learning.