Study plan

The goal of the doctoral exam is to prove that the student is adequately educated in the field in which they are seeking to gain a degree and that they are sufficiently theoretically prepared for further research. The student will prepare commentary on five topics relating to classical philology and not coinciding with the topic of their dissertation. They will choose these topics in cooperation with their supervisor and then submit them in written form no later than 2 months before the state doctoral exam (each topic spanning ca 4–5 pages, including works cited). During the exam, the candidate will explain and, in the subsequent discussion, defend at least two of these topics based on the wishes of the examination committee – the candidate will be informed about the committee’s choice prior to the exam. The condition for being admitted to the dissertation defence is the submission of a dissertation with all necessary formal requirements as outlined in the “Doctoral thesis” course and being awarded credit for said course by the supervisor.

The obligatory courses during the doctoral studies are mainly individual and depend on the dissertation topic. They are primarily concerned with writing the thesis, which represents a comprehensive scholarly publication based on individual research. Students progress from theoretical and methodological preparations and research of sources, through work on individual chapters, to the preparation of the main thesis and text finalization. This is focused on especially in doctoral seminars. The control mechanism for tracking the students' progress is in the form of the following list of milestones:
1) at the end of the second semester, as part of "Doctoral Seminar II", every doctoral student must hand in an outline of their thesis, a list of works cited, and their methodology;
2) before the end of the fourth semester, every doctoral student must successfully complete the course "Conference Paper I" (i.e., contribute to a conference);
3) before the end of the sixth semester, every doctoral student must hand in an article to be printed in a magazine (approved of by the supervisor), thus completing the course "Article I".Other obligations formulated in the individual study plan, in addition to the doctoral courses and the mastery of two foreign languages, include presenting their research by participating in two academic conferences (at least one of them abroad) during their studies and publishing at least one study in a foreign language in a scholarly magazine, as mentioned in milestones.
Another necessary part of the studies is a stay at a university (or other academic institution) abroad (at least one month), selected with regards to the dissertation topic and the possibility of consulting with foreign experts and doing research on secondary literature. This can be done through Erasmus or other programmes. As part of the compulsory-optional set of requirements, students may elect to prove their scholarship by publishing more papers, broaden their academic competences by taking classes from the faculty’s selection of courses for doctoral students of linguistics and literature, apply for a dean’s grant, teach some courses at the Department of Classical Studies, organize workshops and conferences, take part in more stays, or publish studies or reviews of other works. Students may also choose to enrol in other optional courses, whether those concerned with further exploration of their field of study or those offered to the entire university.

Užití slovesného způsobu v nepřímých otázkách archaické latiny (https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/dipts/)
Second Sophistic as a Unifying Force in the Greco-Roman World (https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/eze9c/)
Repertoár postav v římské komedii: palliata, togata, atellana, mimus. (https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/tdjle/)
Vznik a vývoj satiry v římské literatuře (https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/v1092/)
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https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/zub35/