DPT: Classical and Middle East Studies (MA Hons) (UTCLMSTMAH)

Jump to: Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

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

PLEASE NOTE: This degree has now closed to new entrants.

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.

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

Course options

20 credits must be from either Ancient History 2a or Ancient History 2b.

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

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World

The Transformation of the Roman World, ca. 300-800: Towards Byzantium and the Early Medieval West

Roman Art and Archaeology

Greek Art and Archaeology

Classical Literature 2: Greek and Roman Epic

AND

Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges

Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict

Introduction to Islam

Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures

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 40 credits of second level Classics courses and in 40 credits of second level IMES course/s.

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

The courses chosen in Years 1 and 2 will determine a student's Classics course choices at Honours level.

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

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

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

Course options

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

Empresses and Others: Women of Imperial Rome

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

After Alexander

Ancient Greek Slavery

Sparta and Crete: Classical Greek Society Beyond Athens

Studying Ancient History 1

Studying Ancient History 3

Studying Ancient History 4

Roman Judaea

The formation of the medieval Roman Empire, 602-867

Macedonia from the Argeads to the Romans

The Long Twelfth Century: Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades (1071-1204)

Ammianus Marcellinus and the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century

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)

The Ancient Novel

Troy after the Fall

Roman Satire

Topic In Classical Literature 1

Poetry and Culture from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Stoic Philosophy at Rome

Lucretius in Translation

Plato's Republic in Translation

Changing Bodies in Ovid's Metamorphoses

AND

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

AND

The relevant language course is not available at Honours level if already taken in 1st and 2nd year.

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

Greek 1Ha

Greek 1HB

Greek 2Ha

Greek 2Hb

Turkish for Beginners at Honours Level

Persian for Beginners at Honours Level

Arabic for Beginners at Honours Level (b)

Undergraduate Course: Arabic for Beginners at Honours Level (a)

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.

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