MSc Classics

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 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. Previous study of Ancient Greek or Latin is not required, but sufficient expertise in some of the areas covered in this degree is required to show that you will be able to succeed in your chosen course options.

Relevant experience, or professional or other qualifications will also be considered.

International qualifications

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The compulsory course is:

Skills and Methods in Classics
Option courses
Option courses previously offered include those listed below:

• Elementary Latin (PG) 1
• Elementary Greek (PG) 1
• Elementary Latin (PG) 2
• Elementary Greek (PG) 2
• Intermediate Greek (PG) 1
• Intermediate Latin (PG) 1
• Intermediate Greek (PG) 2
• Intermediate Latin (PG) 2
• Latin Text Seminar 1
• Greek Text Seminar 1
• A Period of Ancient History 1
• A Period of Ancient History 2
• Byzantine Text Seminar 1
• A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1
• Epicurus and Epicureanism
• Topics in Byzantine Literary History
• The Hellenistic City
• Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent
• Latin Text Seminar 2
• Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments
• Archaeological Illustration
• Principles of GIS for Archaeologists
• Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.
• Classical Greek Sculpture
• Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence
• Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
• Etruscan Italy, 1000 - 300 BC
• Gallia from the Third Century BC to Augustus
• Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC