LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

For all fields, the Department's minimum language requirement is a reading knowledge of two languages that are relevant to the student's field of study and research interest (excluding his/her native language). The languages will have to be deemed necessary, and approved of, by a faculty member in the field and the DGS. The student will be required to provide proof of proficiency in the languages.

• The requirements for languages should be met by the end of the fourth term.

Moving on to the next stage of the Program (generals, teaching) is allowed only when the language requirements are met.

Field of study Languages

African
Indigenous African languages, Arabic

Ancient
Akkadian, Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek, Latin

Byzantine
Greek or Latin

Early Christian
Greek, Latin

Far Eastern
Literary Chinese or Literary Japanese

Indian
Sanskrit, Hindi/Urdu/Persian

Islamic
Arabic, Turkish/Ottoman, Persian, Urdu, Turkic Languages (Chagatay, Uzbek, etc.)

Northern Renaissance
Latin, Slavic Languages

Renaissance
Latin, Medieval Latin, Greek

Western Medieval
Latin, Greek

Latin American
Quechua, Latin, Nahuatl, Maya