You will take several courses across two semesters of teaching, including a compulsory course and a range of optional courses. Core coursesThere 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 nameCreditsSkills and Methods in Classics20Optional coursesStudents 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 nameCreditsElementary Latin (PG) 120Elementary Greek (PG) 120Elementary Latin (PG) 220Elementary Greek (PG) 220Intermediate Latin (PG) 120Intermediate Greek (PG) 120Intermediate Latin (PG) 220Intermediate Greek (PG) 220A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 120A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 220Ancient Philosophy Seminar I20Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia20Archaeological Illustration20Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece20Conceptualising the Neolithic20Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence20Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent20Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture20Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)20Greek Text Seminar 320Hellenistic Art and Archaeology20Issues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)20Latin Text Seminar 120Religion and War in Archaic and Classical Greece20Scottish Latin Literature20The Archaeology of Children and Childhood20The Art and Archaeology of Sparta and Laconia20The Hellenistic City20The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation20The Jewish Diaspora under the Roman Empire20Women, Writing, Greece: From Sappho to Virginia Woolf and Beyond20Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy ^20Greek Pastoral Poetry ^20Latin Epic ^20Latin Satire ^20Plato's Republic ^20Herod the Great and the End of Hellenism (online) *20Popular Culture in the Roman World (Online) *20The 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 2023/24Elementary Greek (PG) 1Elementary Latin (PG) 1Elementary Greek (PG) 2Elementary Latin (PG) 2Intermediate Greek (PG) 1Intermediate Latin (PG) 1Intermediate Greek (PG) 2Intermediate Latin (PG) 2A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture (PG)Archaeological IllustrationArchaeology of Late Antique ReligionBronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and GreeceClassical Greek SculptureConflict archaeology: materialities of violenceDebating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle AgesDispute Resolution in the Roman EmpireEgypt under the PtolemiesGreek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)Greek Text Seminar 2Handling Greek PotteryHonour in Ancient GreeceHuman EvolutionIssues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)Latin Text Seminar 2Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environmentsThe Archaeology of Children and ChildhoodThe Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern CivilisationThe Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual CriticismThe 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 ^Honour in Ancient Greece (Online) *Roman Egypt (Online) *Sparta and Crete: Classical Greek Society Beyond Athens (Online) *^ 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. Option courses 2023/24 Elementary Greek (PG) 1Elementary Latin (PG) 1Elementary Greek (PG) 2Elementary Latin (PG) 2Intermediate Greek (PG) 1Intermediate Latin (PG) 1Intermediate Greek (PG) 2Intermediate Latin (PG) 2A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture (PG)Archaeological IllustrationArchaeology of Late Antique ReligionBronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and GreeceClassical Greek SculptureConflict archaeology: materialities of violenceDebating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle AgesDispute Resolution in the Roman EmpireEgypt under the PtolemiesGreek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)Greek Text Seminar 2Handling Greek PotteryHonour in Ancient GreeceHuman EvolutionIssues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)Latin Text Seminar 2Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environmentsThe Archaeology of Children and ChildhoodThe Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern CivilisationThe Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual CriticismThe 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 ^ Honour in Ancient Greece (Online) *Roman Egypt (Online) *Sparta and Crete: Classical Greek Society Beyond Athens (Online) * ^ 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. Option courses 2022/23 Elementary Greek (PG) 1Elementary Latin (PG) 1Elementary Greek (PG) 2Elementary Latin (PG) 2Intermediate Greek (PG) 1Intermediate Latin (PG) 1Intermediate Greek (PG) 2Intermediate Latin (PG) 2A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and BeyondArchaeological IllustrationBronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and GreeceConflict archaeology: materialities of violenceDebating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle AgesEarly and Archaic Greek Art and ArchaeologyEpicurus and EpicureanismExploring the Past with Data ScienceGIS and Spatial Analysis for ArchaeologistsGreek PalaeographyGreek Text Seminar 1Island Worlds: Prehistoric Societies in the Mediterranean Sea from the Palaeolithic to the Iron AgeIssues in Egyptian Archaeology: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)Judaea under Roman RuleLatin Text Seminar 1Law in the Roman ProvincesPiecing Together the Cultural Fragments of Ionia (Archaic Period)Scottish Latin LiteratureSparta and Crete: Classical Greek Society Beyond AthensThe Hellenistic City Greek Palaeography ^Herodotus ^Hesiod ^Late Latin: Autobiographical Narratives from the 4th and 5th Centuries AD ^Latin Epic ^ Athenian democracy and modern preoccupations (online) *Custodians of Empire: The Praetorian Guard (Online) *Seafaring and Society in the Ancient Greek World (Online) *The Jewish Diaspora in the Roman Empire (Online) *The Near East From Justinian to the Fall of the Umayyads (Online) * ^ 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. Teaching and assessmentTeaching takes place in small groups with most courses taught via weekly seminars. The majority of the 20-credit courses are assessed by single pieces of coursework, usually essays of 4-5000 words, while the language courses are assessed by weekly exercises and a final exam.Further informationYou can see more details about the 2024/25 programme structure on the Degree Programme Table for the MSc in Classics. We expect the 2025/26 programme structure to be available from May 2025. This article was published on 2024-08-01
