DPT: Classical Archaeology and Greek (MA Hons) (UTCLARG)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

First year students on this programme will be asked to complete a pre-course enrolment form online, prior to arriving in Welcome Week. Full details on how to do this will be provided in the email we send to you in late August. Please consider the following courses.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

Compulsory courses

Classical Archaeology in the Field and the Museum

Must be passed

Course options

1. 20 credits should be taken in Semester 1 and 20 credits in Semester 2.
2. It is recommended students take the two 'Greek World' courses.

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making

The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons

The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome

The Roman World 1B: The Roman Empire

AND

Greek 1A

Greek 1B

Greek 1C

Greek 1D

AND

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

All second year students will be asked to complete a course enrolment form online from the selection below. Full details will be provided by email. During Induction Week, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor to confirm your attendance and discuss any queries you have in relation to your course preferences.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

Compulsory courses

Greek 2B

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Roman Art and Archaeology

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Greek Art and Archaeology

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

Greek 2A

Greek 2a Ex-Beginners

AND

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Entry into the third year normally requires:
(i) passes in 240 credits of courses taken in the first two years
(ii) a mark of 50% or above, at first attempt, in Roman Art and Archaeology and Greek Art and Archaeology, and
(iii) passes at 50% or above, at first attempt, in Greek 2A and Greek 2B or Greek 2a Ex-Beginners and Greek 2B.

Entry to honours in Classics remains at the discretion of the Head of Classics in the light of performance across all courses.

During Induction Week, please contact a Student Support Officer to confirm your attendance.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

Compulsory courses

Greek Language (A)

Course options

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

Herodotus

Greek Palaeography

Hesiod

Plato's Republic

AND

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca

The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)

The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Early Dynastic until the end of the Middle Kingdom (c. 3100-1650 BC)

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond

The Archaeology of Iron Age Europe: Hillforts, Burials and Landscapes

Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago

Marine Archaeology

Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology

Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions

Art and Archaeology of the Roman Near East and Egypt

The Near East from Justinian to the Fall of the Umayyads

Death and Burial in the Greek World

Piecing Together the Cultural Fragments of Ionia (Archaic Period)

Changing Bodies in Ovid's Metamorphoses

AND

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

During Induction Week, please contact a Student Support Officer to confirm your attendance. The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

Compulsory courses

Classics Dissertation

Course options

1. Greek Language (B) MUST be taken if Greek Language (A) was not completed in Year 3, unless exemption has been given by the Head of Classics.
2. Greek Language (B) cannot be taken if Greek Language (A) has already been studied in Year 3.

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

Greek Language (B)

Herodotus

Greek Palaeography

Hesiod

Plato's Republic

AND

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca

The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)

The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Early Dynastic until the end of the Middle Kingdom (c. 3100-1650 BC)