Classics and Ancient History

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

You will complete:

Core Course THEORIES AND METHODS FOR ANCIENT HISTORY & CLASSICS

Optional Courses THUCYDIDES (IN TRANSLATION) EXPLORATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION ANCIENT DRAMA DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE: CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT TOPICS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE 1 AND TOPICS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE 2

Other optional courses may include (depending on the year): RHETORIC AT ROME THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE, 270-400 AD ANCIENT MEDICINE ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT CLASSIC TRAVEL: TOPOGRAPHY AND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION CLEOPATRA: LIFE AND LEGEND THE INVENTION OF HISTORY: HERODOTUS, THUCYDIDES, XENOPHON RELIGION IN ANCIENT GREECE THE MATERIAL WORLD IN GREEK RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PRACTICE ANCIENT WARFARE GREEK ART ROMAN ART

Some of our courses are open only to postgraduate students and taught in seminar format, while others are taught together with Honours students usually through a combination of lectures and seminars.

You can also take courses in elementary and advanced Greek and Latin languages. It is also possible to take masters-level courses offered by other subject areas in the College of Arts. The programme convenor will work with you to ensure a sensible portfolio of courses is constructed, according to your personal aims and objectives.

The programme convenor will work with you to ensure a sensible portfolio of courses is constructed, according to your personal aims and objectives.

Dissertation A dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words, which will be mainly written after teaching finishes (April-August)