Graduate

  • Egyptology MA Requirements

    Students must be enrolled full time and complete a minimum of 36 units (nine courses) of graduate (200 or 500 series) or undergraduate upper division (100 series) coursework with a minimum cumulative 3.5 grade point average. Within this overall requirement, students must complete 24 units (six courses) at the graduate level for a letter grade. In addition, students must successfully complete the exams listed below within two years of entering the M.A. program. If these requirements are not met by the end of the summer quarter of the student’s second year of enrollment, the student will be dismissed without degree from the program. To prepare for an exam, the student enrolls in Exam Preparation (ANE 597) under the faculty member who administers the exam. The History exam is based on a reading list, which will be provided to the student at the beginning of the quarter for which the student is enrolled in exam prep. The material culture exam is based on coursework and independent student preparation. The ancient language exam will consist of a selection of seen and unseen texts, based on coursework and independent student preparation. Ancient languages included in the comprehensive exam will be at the discretion of the professor, depending on the time period in which the student is specializing. The student must pass one modern research language for the MA, usually French or German. The exams are generally taken in final’s week of the quarter in question.

    MA Exams:
    • Language: Middle Egyptian (exam with Prof. Ashby)
    • History and historiography of Pharaonic Egypt (exam with Prof. Cooney)
    • Material culture (exam with Prof. Cooney or Ashby)
    • Foreign research language (exam administered by NELC Graduate Advisor)
    • Bibliography (tutorial)

  • Egyptology PhD Requirements

    Students must be enrolled full time, complete a minimum of 32 units (eight courses) of graduate (200 or 500 series) coursework with a minimum cumulative 3.5 grade point average, complete successfully the comprehensive exams listed below within three years of entering the Ph.D. program (9 quarters) or four years of entering the MA program (12 quarters), and pass the Oral Qualifying Examination workshopping your prospectus. If these requirements are not met by the end of the summer quarter of the student’s third/fourth year of enrollment, the student will be dismissed without degree from the program. To prepare for a comprehensive exam, the student enrolls in Exam Preparation (ANE 597) under the faculty member who administers the exam. The art history exam is based on coursework and independent student preparation. The ancient language exam will consist of a selection of seen and unseen texts, based on coursework and independent student preparation. Ancient languages included in the comprehensive exam will be at the discretion of the professor, depending on the time period in which the student is specializing. The archaeology exam will be conducted by reading list based on the student’s chosen area of specialization. The graduate student can choose to pursue either 1) an exam in out-of-area archaeology (generally of the Mediterranean, Levant, Mesopotamia, or ancient Iran) based on a reading list prepared with an outside instructor, or 2) an exam in an out-of-area ancient language (including Akkadian, Hebrew, ancient Persian, Latin, or Greek), based on coursework of seen texts and independent preparation with an outside instructor. The student must pass the second research language, usually French, German, or Arabic, before the oral exam. The research language can also be passed with a B or above in the final quarter of the second year of that language. The exams are generally taken in final’s week of the quarter in question. For the Oral Qualifying Examination, students prepare an original written dissertation proposal for the doctoral committee, present a short presentation on their chosen topic, and defend their topic in a workshop setting.

    Comprehensive Exams:
    • Ancient Egyptian and Nubian language: Old Egyptian to Coptic (exam with Prof. Ashby)
    • Art history and architecture of Egypt and Nubia (exam with Prof. Cooney)
    • Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia (exam with Prof. Cooney and/or Ashby; one field-work season is preferred)
    • Archaeological region other than Egypt /ancient language other than Egyptian (exam with outside faculty member)
    • Second Foreign research language (exam administered by NELC Graduate Advisor; or second year course work with grade of B or above)
    Requirements for PhD Degree

    Students must submit an approved dissertation that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research and constitutes a distinct contribution to the field of Egyptology.