DPT: Ancient History (MSc) - 2 Years (Part-time) (PTMSCANHIS1P)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, 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.

Students will normally audit Skills and Methods in Classics (PGHC11413) in Year 1.

Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

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

Elementary Latin (PG) 1

Elementary Latin (PG) 2

Elementary Greek (PG) 1

Elementary Greek (PG) 2

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.

Intermediate Latin (PG) 1

Intermediate Latin (PG) 2

Intermediate Greek (PG) 1

Intermediate Greek (PG) 2

Latin Text Seminar 2

Island Worlds: Prehistoric Societies in the Mediterranean Sea from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age

Greek Text Seminar 2

The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation

A Topic In Ancient History 1

Byzantine Text Seminar 1

A Topic in Ancient History 2

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

Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom

Urban Labour in Classical Attica

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

Archaeological Illustration

Conceptualising the Neolithic

Human Evolution

Elementary Latin (PG) 1

Elementary Latin (PG) 2

Elementary Greek (PG) 1

Elementary Greek (PG) 2

Roman Archaeology

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.

Intermediate Latin (PG) 1

Intermediate Latin (PG) 2

Intermediate Greek (PG) 1

Intermediate Greek (PG) 2

Latin Text Seminar 2

Greek Text Seminar 2

The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation

Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments

A Topic In Ancient History 1

Byzantine Text Seminar 1

A Topic in Ancient History 2

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

Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists

Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom

Urban Labour in Classical Attica

The Archaeology of Technology: from prehistory to the present

Handling Greek Pottery

The Archaeology of Migrations: Revisiting Human Mobility

AND

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

These courses are taught online and are prioritised for students taking an online degree, limited numbers of places may be available to on-campus students.

Roman Sculpture (online)

Herod the Great and the End of Hellenism (online)

The Athenian Akropolis (online)

Ancient Literature from a Comparative Perspective (online)

Year 2 Academic year: 2021/22, 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.

Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.