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Study Details: MSc: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Study the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, through their material remains including; sculpture, funerary art, topography and visual cultures.
These entry requirements are for the 2026-27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027-28 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2026.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, a minimum US 3.25 GPA or its international equivalent, in a subject related to this programme, preferably Classics, Classical Civilization, Ancient History or Classical Archaeology.
We will also consider an honours degree in another subject if your personal statement demonstrates how you are equipped to undertake the programme. Relevant experience, or professional or other qualifications will also be considered.
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The compulsory course is:
Skills and Methods in Classics
Option courses
Option courses previously offered include those listed below:
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond
Archaeological Illustration
Archaeology of 'Celtic' Europe: Communities and Interactions
Archaeomaterials Analysis
Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence
GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists
Greek Text Seminar 1
Heritage Studies and the Archaeology of the Contemporary World: Investigating How the Past Shapes the Present
Island Worlds: Prehistoric Societies in the Mediterranean Sea from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age
Judaea under Roman Rule
Marine Archaeology
Popular unrest, revolts, and rebellions in the Byzantine world
Roman Archaeology
Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments
The Archaeology of Children and Childhood
The Athenian Akropolis
The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation
The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A World between Empires
Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom
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