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MA Classics

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MA Full-time: 12 months Part-time: 24 months

Course Description

This course will build your understanding of Classical antiquity and its modern reception, introducing a range of approaches for studying the Greek and Roman worlds.

Depending on your research interests, you can choose to specialise in the area you enjoy most, from Classical Literature, Ancient History, and Visual Culture of Classical Antiquity. Optional language modules let you further tailor your studies, learning Latin or ancient Greek at beginner, intermediate or advanced level. This route through the course is strongly recommended for those considering a research degree.

Entry Requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in classics, ancient or modern history, archaeology, art history, classical civilisation, Latin, Greek, or English

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Our graduates move into a wide range of careers, including:

  • PhD research
  • heritage, museums and archives
  • marketing, publishing and PR
  • teaching
  • central and local government

Module Details

Classics modules

All MA students take these two core taught modules as well as doing a dissertation.

  • Myth, Society and Religion
  • Telling Stories
  • Dissertation in Classical Antiquity

Faculty-wide modules

These two modules build your interdisciplinary skills.

  • Arts in Society
  • Mastering the Arts: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research

Special Topics

You will take up to two Special Topic modules depending on your interest in learning Latin or Greek.

  • Special Topic in Classics 1
  • Special Topic in Classics 2

Language modules

You can choose to study Latin or Greek at beginners’, intermediate or advanced levels. You will usually take two modules in the same language in both the autumn and spring semesters. Alternatively, you can study a language just in the autumn and take a Special Topic in the spring.

  • Beginners’ Latin 1 for MA
  • Beginners’ Latin 2 for MA
  • Intermediate Latin 1 for MA
  • Intermediate Latin 2 for MA
  • Advanced Latin 1 for MA
  • Advanced Latin 2 for MA
  • Beginners’ Greek 1 for MA
  • Beginners’ Greek 2 for MA
  • Intermediate Greek 1 for MA
  • Intermediate Greek 2 for MA
  • Advanced Greek 1 for MA
  • Advanced Greek 2 for MA

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