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Degree Programme Table: Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCLATEA1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: For this degree students take one compulsory course, 40 credits of skills courses, 60 credits of specialist option courses, and complete a dissertation. Normally, students will take a skills course and at least one specialist option course in each semester. Some variation may be permitted where appropriate in consultation with the Programme Director."


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGHC11360 Approaches to the Long Late Antiquity Full Year 20
    PGHC11100 MSc Dissertation in Classics As available 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGHC11088    Elementary Greek (PG) 1   20  
    PGHC11089    Elementary Greek (PG) 2   20  
    PGHC11086    Elementary Latin (PG) 1   20  
    PGHC11087    Elementary Latin (PG) 2   20  
    IMES11064    Arabic 1A for MSc LAIBS   20  
    IMES11065    Arabic 1B for MSc LAIBS   20  
    PGHC11269    Intermediate Greek (PG) 1   20  
    PGHC11270    Intermediate Greek (PG) 2   20  
    PGHC11267    Intermediate Latin (PG) 1   20  
    PGHC11268    Intermediate Latin (PG) 2   20  

    Notes:Students must take a paired set of language courses.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGHC11333    Constantinople, the creation of 'the city of a world's desire' (330-565)   20  
    PGHC11260    Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.   20  
    PGHC11171    Contacts and Conflicts between East and West 600-900: the Pirenne Thesis Re-examined   20  
    PGHC11055    The Fall of Rome   20  
    HIAR11044    Rome across Time and Space. Visual Culture and Cultural exchanges, c. 300-1300   20  
    HIAR11035    Mosques, Palaces and Gardens in the Golden Age of Islam   20  
    PGHC11281    Latin Text Seminar 1   20  
    PGHC11279    Greek Text Seminar 1   20  
    ECHS11003    Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Patristic and Medieval   20  
    ECHS11016    Byzantine Theology 451-1672   20  
    IMES11078    The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book (PG version)   20  
    PGHC11314    A Period of Ancient History 1   20  
    PGHC11315    A Period of Ancient History 2   20  
    PGHC11429    A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1   20  
    PGHC11423    Greek Palaeography   20  
    PGHC11431    Byzantine Text Seminar 1   20  

    Notes:Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2, the range of specialised courses will vary depending on staffing availability.


     


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