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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Courses will run in either Semester 1 OR Semester 2, subject to staffing availability. The range of option courses available may vary. Students complete six courses and the MSc Dissertation over the duration of their degree. Credits are normally split across the two academic years.

Students are not able to take more than three Greek or Latin language courses.

Compulsory courses

Skills and Methods in Classics

Course options

Students must study 60 credits from this list over the duration of their degree.

Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)

Elementary Latin (PG) 1

Elementary Latin (PG) 2

Elementary Greek (PG) 1

Elementary Greek (PG) 2

Roman Archaeology

Epicurus and Epicureanism

The Hellenistic City

Intermediate Latin (PG) 1

Intermediate Latin (PG) 2

Intermediate Greek (PG) 1

Intermediate Greek (PG) 2

Latin Text Seminar 2

A Period of Ancient History 2

Approaches to the Long Late Antiquity

Greek Text Seminar 3

A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2

Byzantine Text Seminar 1

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent

The Athenian Akropolis

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

Judaea under Roman Rule

The Maccabaean Revolt

The Roman Emperor: the Nature of His Rule

The Archaeology of the 'Greek Miracle'

Archaeology of Late Antique Religion

AND

Students must study 0-40 credits from this list over the duration of their degree.

Further to discussion with the Programme Director a student may also choose an option from the suite of courses offered by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology or from other Schools

Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)

Archaeological Illustration

Conceptualising the Neolithic

The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the Third Century BC

Elementary Latin (PG) 1

Elementary Latin (PG) 2

Elementary Greek (PG) 1

Elementary Greek (PG) 2

Roman Archaeology

Epicurus and Epicureanism

The Hellenistic City

Intermediate Latin (PG) 1

Intermediate Latin (PG) 2

Intermediate Greek (PG) 1

Intermediate Greek (PG) 2

Latin Text Seminar 2

A Period of Ancient History 2

Greek Text Seminar 3

A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2

Byzantine Text Seminar 1

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent

Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence

The Athenian Akropolis

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists

Judaea under Roman Rule

The Maccabaean Revolt

The Roman Emperor: the Nature of His Rule

The Archaeology of the 'Greek Miracle'

Archaeology of Late Antique Religion

AND

Students can choose to study 0-20 credits from this list over the duration of their degree.

There are no Classics online courses running in 2019/20

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Courses will run in either Semester 1 OR Semester 2, subject to staffing availability. The range of option courses available may vary. Students complete six courses and the MSc Dissertation over the duration of their degree. Credits are normally split across the two academic years.

Students are not able to take more than three Greek or Latin language courses.

Compulsory courses

MSc Dissertation in Classics

Course options

Students must study 60 credits from this list over the duration of their degree.

Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)

Elementary Latin (PG) 1

Elementary Latin (PG) 2

Elementary Greek (PG) 1

Elementary Greek (PG) 2

Roman Archaeology

Epicurus and Epicureanism

The Hellenistic City

Intermediate Latin (PG) 1

Intermediate Latin (PG) 2

Intermediate Greek (PG) 1

Intermediate Greek (PG) 2

Latin Text Seminar 2

A Period of Ancient History 2

Approaches to the Long Late Antiquity

Greek Text Seminar 3

A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2

Byzantine Text Seminar 1

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent

The Athenian Akropolis

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

Judaea under Roman Rule

The Maccabaean Revolt

The Roman Emperor: the Nature of His Rule

The Archaeology of the 'Greek Miracle'

Archaeology of Late Antique Religion

AND

Students must study 0-40 credits from this list over the duration of their degree.

Further to discussion with the Programme Director a student may also choose an option from the suite of courses offered by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology or from other Schools.

Greek Philosophy (Plato's Republic)

Archaeological Illustration

Conceptualising the Neolithic

The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the Third Century BC

Elementary Latin (PG) 1

Elementary Latin (PG) 2

Elementary Greek (PG) 1

Elementary Greek (PG) 2

Roman Archaeology

Epicurus and Epicureanism

The Hellenistic City

Intermediate Latin (PG) 1

Intermediate Latin (PG) 2

Intermediate Greek (PG) 1

Intermediate Greek (PG) 2

Latin Text Seminar 2

A Period of Ancient History 2

Greek Text Seminar 3

A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 2

Byzantine Text Seminar 1

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent

Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence

The Athenian Akropolis

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists

Judaea under Roman Rule

The Maccabaean Revolt

The Roman Emperor: the Nature of His Rule

The Archaeology of the 'Greek Miracle'

Archaeology of Late Antique Religion

AND

Students can choose to study 0-20 credits from this list over the duration of their degree.

There are no Classics online courses running in 2019/20

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