This program
requires 33 hours of coursework plus a comprehensive final examination,
or 27 hours of coursework plus a thesis. Either option must include
18 hours of coursework in Latin.
Students
may combine a graduate major in Latin with a minor in another field (see
the adviser for approval). This can be done by completing 18 semester hours in Latin courses and 12 semester hours in another
department. Graduate students in other programs may elect a Latin
minor by completing 12 semester hours in Latin.
This program
is designed for those interested in, or who currently teach Latin
at the secondary level. It requires 36 hours of coursework and
a final project. Students take courses in both Latin literature
and foreign language pedagogy, including the use of computers
and the Internet for foreign language teaching.
- LAT 66211
(Composition)
- CLAS/HIST 51006
(Roman History) or CLAS 51301 (Greek Mythology)
- 6 hours in
Latin genre- or period-based
literature courses
- 12 Hours from
the following education courses:
- ENG/63040/MCLS
60601 (Linguistics for the Language Professions)
- ENG 63033/MCLS
60661 (Second Language Acquisition)
- ENG 63001
(Methodology of TESL: adults) or MCLS 50660 (Methods of Teaching
Foreign Languages, K-12) or MCLS 60094 (College Teaching of Second
Languages)
- 9 Hours from
the following education courses:
- ENG 63039/MCLS
60664 (Second Language Curriculum and Testing)
- ENG 63035/MCLS
50654 (Computers for Second Language Teaching)
- ENG 63037/MCLS
60621 (Teaching Conversation Strategies)
- ENG 63038/MCLS
60622 (Teaching Literature and Culture)
- 3-6 hours of
electives (within the department or with prior approval of the
adviser outside the department)
For further
information on MCLS Classics programs, contact Dr.
Jennifer Larson (jlarson@kent.edu) at (330) 672-1803.
For admissions
materials, contact
Barbara Bauer
(bbauer@kent.edu)
at (330) 672-2150,
by mail at 109 Satterfield Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242,
or
request the application
on line.
