Resources for Graduate Students


When requesting a letter of reference from one of the Classics Departmentā€™s Faculty members, the more info/details you can provide the more easily and quickly your request can be expedited. Examples of helpful information include:


  1. Information regarding courses you took with the professor
    • Course code and name
    • Academic year and term in which you took course
    • Note any assignments that you did in the course
    • Final grade
  2. Copy of any comments the Faculty member made on your assignments
  3. List of courses that you TAā€™d for the professor
    • Course code and name
    • Academic year and term of TA-ship
  4. In support of what program/job application(s) are you asking the professor to write?
  5. Prospectus accompanying the application for which you are requesting this reference letter
  6. Your curriculum vitae/rƩsumƩ

Please e-mail as much of the info outlined above as possible to the professor, with the required Academic Reference Request (Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information) form attached to your e-mail (form can be found at http://www.queensu.ca/accessandprivacy/home in the ā€œResources for Studentsā€ sidebar on the left).

Students should be aware that, if they do not authorize a referee to use more comprehensive information from an academic transcript or other related material when providing a reference, the comments that the referee can provide will be limited in scope (e.g., performance in just one course).

Please note that if a transcript is printed and used, it will be destroyed after the reference letter is completed.

Further information about all matters concerning access to information and protection of privacy at ¾ÅŠćÖ±²„ is available at the Records Access and Privacy Office at ¾ÅŠćÖ±²„.

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More resources for graduate students can be found on the School of Graduate Studies website.