Financial Support

Diverse forms of support are available to qualified graduate students.

The typical graduate student support package offered by the Department consists of support for six years (contingent on successful progress through the program): two years of fellowship and four years of teaching appointments, which is the maximum teaching time allowed for graduate students at UCLA. In addition, the Graduate Division offers a wide variety of fellowship support for continuing students. The Department encourages students to apply for both the year-long and summer Research Mentorships and Dissertation Year Fellowships offered by the Graduate Division to supplement and/or substitute for teaching appointments.

Fellowships

Fellowships are awarded by the Department, the Dean of Humanities, and the Graduate Division. The Department is especially proud to acknowledge the generosity of Monte E. and Roseline Livingston for establishing and continuing their support of the Livingston Fellowship in the Department of Classics. Other named fellowships supported by the Dean of Humanities or the Graduate Division include the Chancellor's Fellowship, the Eugene Cota Robles Award, the President's Fellowship, the Dean's Del Amo Fellowship and the Pauly Fellowship.

Most entering students may expect in their first year a fellowship that includes all fees and non-resident tuition and a stipend (currently, $18,000). Students are expected to become California residents after their first year. The Department seeks to accommodate students' preferences of when to take their second year of fellowship but some fellowships have certain restrictions. Many students choose to take their second year of fellowship in their fourth or sixth year in the program.

Teaching Appointments

The Department places particular emphasis on the apprenticeship of graduate students for teaching. Departmental Teaching appointments cover a wide variety of undergraduate courses, and include the opportunity to teach both in language and in civilization courses. Courses include both elementary Greek and Latin (Greek and Latin 1-3); intermediate Latin (Latin 100); Greek and Roman Civilization courses (Classics 10 and 20); Classical Mythology (Classics 30); Writing Intensive Surveys of Greek and Latin Literature (Classics 40W and 41W); Cinema and the Ancient World (Classics 42); and Art and Archaeology of the Classical World (Classics 51A and B). Students can also be employed as Readers for upper-division courses of enrollments above 40 students. Summer teaching is also available for qualified graduate students.

Research Assistantships

Additional opportunities for financial support are available as Research Assistants for faculty in both the Classics Department and in such related programs and units as the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the J. Paul Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities.

Graduate students should visit the Graduate Division's website for further information.