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<blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 2652018" data-attributes="member: 83">Rebarton,Wow...I feel honored that you &quot;delurked&quot; to toss some denarii into my question.&nbsp; I am assuming that this UNCG lies between WS and RTP?I have been doing some research into the expectations at the PhD level and the language issue definitely seems to be the case.&nbsp; The expectation on every program I have looked at is high working level knowledge of at least 2 modern (with French/German or French/Italian being the most common) and at least 1 older (Greek, Latin, Hebrew, etc) language.The good new is, I am a pretty quick study on languages.&nbsp; The bad news is, that is a lot of languages!&nbsp; I have 1-2 skill ranks (on a 5-rank scale) in both French and Italian and about 1/2-rank in German (lived there for 3 years back in the 1990s...but that was a long time ago <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />).&nbsp; I read all three much better than I speak or write them.&nbsp; Latin is another story, especially with false cognates <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />...Is the expectation that you know all of these going into the program or that you demonstrate/develop proficiency by the time you start your thesis work?One option would be to pick up the terminal MA, work on the language subskills and then just plan on full-time studenthood around age 60...which brings me to another question...how old is too old?&nbsp; My impression is that there are a alot of crusty ol' codgers bouncing around colleges...but that may not be the case.&nbsp; I guess one potential benefit is that I am right at the tail end of the &quot;baby boomers&quot;, so there are likely to be wholesale retirements in the 10-15 years that I am working on my evil master plan <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />!Also, thanks for the offer to pick your brain...medievalist...that has a good ring to it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />!~ OO</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old One, post: 2652018, member: 83"] Rebarton, Wow...I feel honored that you "delurked" to toss some denarii into my question. I am assuming that this UNCG lies between WS and RTP? I have been doing some research into the expectations at the PhD level and the language issue definitely seems to be the case. The expectation on every program I have looked at is high working level knowledge of at least 2 modern (with French/German or French/Italian being the most common) and at least 1 older (Greek, Latin, Hebrew, etc) language. The good new is, I am a pretty quick study on languages. The bad news is, that is a lot of languages! I have 1-2 skill ranks (on a 5-rank scale) in both French and Italian and about 1/2-rank in German (lived there for 3 years back in the 1990s...but that was a long time ago :p). I read all three much better than I speak or write them. Latin is another story, especially with false cognates :p... Is the expectation that you know all of these going into the program or that you demonstrate/develop proficiency by the time you start your thesis work? One option would be to pick up the terminal MA, work on the language subskills and then just plan on full-time studenthood around age 60...which brings me to another question...how old is too old? My impression is that there are a alot of crusty ol' codgers bouncing around colleges...but that may not be the case. I guess one potential benefit is that I am right at the tail end of the "baby boomers", so there are likely to be wholesale retirements in the 10-15 years that I am working on my evil master plan ;)! Also, thanks for the offer to pick your brain...medievalist...that has a good ring to it :D! ~ OO [/QUOTE]

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