The Graduate Program in Classics emphasizes the study of Greek and Latin literature and Greek and Roman history. Study is also available in such related areas as Greek and Latin stylistics, mythography, and metrics. Members of the faculty also participate in the Program in Comparative Literature, which offers a Ph.D. in comparative literature with a specialization in classics, and in the Ph.D. Program in History, which offers a Ph.D. in history with a specialization in ancient history. The M.A./Ph.D. Program in Classics is also the home of the Summer Latin/Greek Institute and the Database of Classical Bibliography.
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The Comparative Literature program offers coordinated courses in literature, theory, criticism, aesthetics, and translation, including literatures in English-American, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slavic languages, classical Greek, and Latin. Students take courses in the national and classical literature programs as well as in Comparative Literature. They may register for certificates in Film Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and Women's Studies. Texts and contexts range from ancient times to the present. Because more than thirty professors are on the Comparative Literature doctoral faculty, seminars and tutorials taught within the program cover a rich variety of subjects and methodologies ranging from the visual arts, music, and theatre, to history, political science, anthropology, psychoanalysis, philosophy, philology, and other disciplines. Ph.D. degrees in Comparative Literature are offered with specializations in Italian, Classical Greek, and Latin. With their adviser's consent, students are also allowed to take courses through the Interuniversity Doctoral Consortium at Columbia University, Princeton University, New York University, New School University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Teachers College, and Fordham University. The program also offers a master's degree in Comparative Literature.
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The Master of Arts in Journalism Program at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism is an intensive, three-semester course of study designed to train graduate students for a wide variety of careers in the field of journalism. Through the School’s converged curriculum, all students learn to tell stories using print, broadcast, and interactive formats while undergoing rigorous instruction in the traditional skills, standards, and ethics of journalism. The program also includes a required paid professional internship in the summer between the second and third semesters. In addition to the plentiful resources of New York City, the School boasts state-of-the-art media technology and a superb faculty composed of industry professionals and veteran journalists who have chosen to bring their expertise to the classroom. Students will have daily contact with working journalists across all media specialties, thus developing mentoring relationships and making the connections that will guide them both in and out of graduate school.
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The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies places an emphasis on rigorous scholarship, original research and intellectual collaboration within twenty-two tracks of interdisciplinary study. The MALS program is comprised of thirty-credits including an introductory course, two core track-based classes, six electives chosen from a vast array of offerings, and a final thesis. MALS classes are taught as seminars by the distinguished faculty of the Graduate Center, and students have the resources of New York City and the entire CUNY system at their disposal.
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The M.A./Ph.D. Program in Linguistics is designed to provide the student with a sound training in a wide variety of language-related areas, leading to a career in teaching and scientific research. Building on core offerings in current grammatical theory, the student may elect to specialize in either theoretical, experimental, or applied areas. The program maintains laboratories for research in Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics. The program also offers, at the M.A. level, a degree in general linguistics, and a concentration in Computational Linguistics.
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The Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to graduate study in issues and topics related to the Middle Eastern region. Students enrolled in the program gain a broad understanding of the history, politics, economics, religions, and cultures of this critical region, as well as develop special competence in their particular area of interest. The program is geared to those interested in academic careers as well as those pursuing a terminal MA degree in preparation for careers outside the academy such as public policy, journalism, social work, international relations, human rights, economic development, immigrant advocacy, education, or translation/interpretation. This program gives students, and the institutions they will later serve, the tools they need to think critically and creatively about the Middle East. Students will have access to diverse faculty and wide expertise as well as to the rich resources available in the city itself.
Students will also be able to enrich their studies through participation in the MEMEAC (Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center) events, programs, and resources.
Prior study of the Middle East is not required for admission nor is knowledge of a Middle Eastern language.
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The M.A./Ph.D. Program in Philosophy is designed to provide students with a sound general training in the history of ancient and modern philosophy and in the main areas of current philosophical inquiry. The Ph.D. program is intended for those who aspire to careers in teaching and research in philosophy at the college and university level. Degree requirements can be adjusted in individual cases to permit the student to work in related fields. The program encourages well-thought-out interdisciplinary work for its own sake and for the professional opportunities it may provide. The program also offers a terminal master’s degree in Philosophy.
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Designed to train professional political scientists, the M.A./Ph.D. Program in Political Science provides students with opportunities to develop a substantive knowledge of politics and to increase their analytical and critical skills. Although the program features a diversity of approaches, all students are expected both to specialize and to develop an understanding of the discipline as a whole.
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