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Degree Programme Table: Classical Art and Archaeology (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCCARTA1F)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: September

Notes:
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, normally three per Semester, and the MSc Dissertation.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
MSc Dissertation - Classical Art and Archaeology
PGHC11194 60 credits
Skills and Methods in Classics
PGHC11413 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

Classical Art and Archaeology MSc Courses

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students may ONLY choose one online course in this collection. Online courses are prioritised for students taking an online degree, limited numbers of places may be available to on-campus students

Further to discussion with the programme director a student may also choose an option from the suite of courses offered by the School.
Archaeological Illustration
PGHC11060 20 credits
Conceptualising the Neolithic
PGHC11064 20 credits
Human Evolution
PGHC11080 20 credits
Roman Archaeology
PGHC11146 20 credits
Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
PGHC11239 20 credits
Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.
PGHC11260 20 credits
The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation
PGHC11344 20 credits
Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments
PGHC11412 20 credits
Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent
PGHC11438 20 credits
Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence
PGHC11448 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists
PGHC11460 20 credits
Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom
PGHC11463 20 credits
Debating Marriage Between Antiquity and the Middle Ages (online)
PGHC11481 20 credits
The Archaeology of Technology: from prehistory to the present
PGHC11524 20 credits
Roman Sculpture (online)
PGHC11527 20 credits
Herod the Great and the End of Hellenism (online)
PGHC11529 20 credits
The Athenian Akropolis (online)
PGHC11530 20 credits
Handling Greek Pottery
PGHC11531 20 credits
Ancient Literature from a Comparative Perspective (online)
PGHC11532 20 credits
The Archaeology of Migrations: Revisiting Human Mobility
PGHC11534 20 credits
Prehistory of Egypt: major steps for humankind millennia before the pyramids (online)
PGHC11535 20 credits
Egypt and its neighbours during the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE) (online)
PGHC11537 20 credits
AND

Optional courses for Classics postgraduate degrees

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
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
PGHC11060 20 credits
Conceptualising the Neolithic
PGHC11064 20 credits
Human Evolution
PGHC11080 20 credits
Elementary Latin (PG) 1
PGHC11086 20 credits
Elementary Latin (PG) 2
PGHC11087 20 credits
Elementary Greek (PG) 1
PGHC11088 20 credits
Elementary Greek (PG) 2
PGHC11089 20 credits
Roman Archaeology
PGHC11146 20 credits
Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
PGHC11239 20 credits
Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.
PGHC11260 20 credits
Intermediate Latin (PG) 1
PGHC11267 20 credits
Intermediate Latin (PG) 2
PGHC11268 20 credits
Intermediate Greek (PG) 1
PGHC11269 20 credits
Intermediate Greek (PG) 2
PGHC11270 20 credits
Latin Text Seminar 2
PGHC11282 20 credits
Greek Text Seminar 2
PGHC11318 20 credits
The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation
PGHC11344 20 credits
Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments
PGHC11412 20 credits
A Topic In Ancient History 1
PGHC11427 20 credits
Byzantine Text Seminar 1
PGHC11431 20 credits
A Topic in Ancient History 2
PGHC11433 20 credits
Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent
PGHC11438 20 credits
Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence
PGHC11448 20 credits
The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism
PGHC11454 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeologists
PGHC11460 20 credits
Themes in Egyptian archaeology: the foundations of the state to the end of the Middle Kingdom
PGHC11463 20 credits
Urban Labour in Classical Attica
PGHC11480 20 credits
The Archaeology of Technology: from prehistory to the present
PGHC11524 20 credits
Handling Greek Pottery
PGHC11531 20 credits
The Archaeology of Migrations: Revisiting Human Mobility
PGHC11534 20 credits
AND

Classics MSc online courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students can only take 20 credits of online courses. This includes any online course selected as part of the Classical Art and Archaeology course collection.

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)
PGHC11527 20 credits
Herod the Great and the End of Hellenism (online)
PGHC11529 20 credits
The Athenian Akropolis (online)
PGHC11530 20 credits
Ancient Literature from a Comparative Perspective (online)
PGHC11532 20 credits
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