You will take several courses across two semesters of teaching, including a compulsory course and a range of optional courses. Core courses There is one required training course in classical research methods and skills that runs across the two teaching semesters (20 credits). This course is specially designed for classicists and aims to introduce you to areas of the discipline beyond your own specialities and to help you with the practical skills of finding and presenting information; it also equips you with the independent skills you need to complete your dissertation. HTML Compulsory courses previously offered include: Course name Credits Skills and Methods in Classics 20 Optional courses Students will choose five courses from a list of options, subject to availability. Greek and Latin language courses will be offered every year, as will a number of Latin and Greek text seminars and core Ancient History and Classical Archaeology courses. Please note: at least three of your option courses must be on specific classics topics. You will choose a further 100 credits from a wide selection of optional courses, subject to availability. Option Courses 2024-2025 * * Please note that the list of courses below is provisional and subject to change. Course name Credits Elementary Latin (PG) 1 20 Elementary Greek (PG) 1 20 Elementary Latin (PG) 2 20 Elementary Greek (PG) 2 20 Intermediate Latin (PG) 1 20 Intermediate Greek (PG) 1 20 Intermediate Latin (PG) 2 20 Intermediate Greek (PG) 2 20 A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1 20 A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2 20 Ancient Philosophy Seminar I 20 Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia 20 Archaeological Illustration 20 Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece 20 Conceptualising the Neolithic 20 Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence 20 Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent 20 Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture 20 Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic) 20 Greek Text Seminar 3 20 Hellenistic Art and Archaeology 20 Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC) 20 Latin Text Seminar 1 20 Religion and War in Archaic and Classical Greece 20 Scottish Latin Literature 20 The Archaeology of Children and Childhood 20 The Art and Archaeology of Sparta and Laconia 20 The Hellenistic City 20 The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation 20 The Jewish Diaspora under the Roman Empire 20 Women, Writing, Greece: From Sappho to Virginia Woolf and Beyond 20 Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy ^ 20 Greek Pastoral Poetry ^ 20 Latin Epic ^ 20 Latin Satire ^ 20 Plato's Republic ^ 20 Herod the Great and the End of Hellenism (online) * 20 Popular Culture in the Roman World (Online) * 20 The Athenian Akropolis (online) * 20 ^ A maximum of one Level 10 course can be chosen. Priority for Level 10 courses goes to undergraduate students. *A maximum of one online course can be chosen. Courses for those studying from September 2025 will be available from April 2025. Option courses 2023/24 Elementary Greek (PG) 1 Elementary Latin (PG) 1 Elementary Greek (PG) 2 Elementary Latin (PG) 2 Intermediate Greek (PG) 1 Intermediate Latin (PG) 1 Intermediate Greek (PG) 2 Intermediate Latin (PG) 2 A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1 A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2 Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture (PG) Archaeological Illustration Archaeology of Late Antique Religion Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece Classical Greek Sculpture Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence Debating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle Ages Dispute Resolution in the Roman Empire Egypt under the Ptolemies Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic) Greek Text Seminar 2 Handling Greek Pottery Honour in Ancient Greece Human Evolution Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC) Latin Text Seminar 2 Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments The Archaeology of Children and Childhood The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism The Maccabaean Revolt Early Greek Philosophy ^ Greek Literature of the Roman Empire ^ Greek Tragedy ^ Later Latin Poetry ^ Latin Poets From North of the Po ^ Lucretius, 'De rerum natura' ^ Lyric ^ Seneca the Younger ^ The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism ^ This article was published on 2024-06-19