DPT: Latin Studies (MA Hons) (UTLATIN)

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.

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

Course options

Latin 1A

Latin 1B

Latin 1C

Latin 1D

AND

'The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome' and 'The Roman World 1B: The Roman Empire', or 'Greek 1A' and 'Greek 1B', or 'Greek 1C' and 'Greek 1D' are recommended.

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

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

Latin 2B

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

Latin 2A

Latin 2a Ex-Beginners

AND

The Latin Beginners Language courses are compulsory for your degree and therefore cannot be taken as part of this collection of courses.

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

Greek 1A

Greek 1B

Greek 2A

Greek 2B

Greek 2a Ex-Beginners

Latin 1A

Latin 1B

Latin 2A

Latin 2B

Latin 2a Ex-Beginners

AND

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

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, and
(ii) passes at 50% or above, at first attempt, in Latin 2A and Latin 2B or in Latin 2a Ex-Beginners and Latin 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

Latin Language (A)

Course options

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

Latin Epic

Latin Satire

Late Latin: Autobiographical Narratives from the 4th and 5th Centuries AD

Scottish Latin Literature

AND

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

Latin 1Ha/1Hb/2Ha/2Hb are not available as Honours choices for this degree.

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

Greek 1Ha

Greek 1HB

Greek 2Ha

Greek 2Hb

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

Latin Epic

Latin Satire

Latin Language (B)

Late Latin: Autobiographical Narratives from the 4th and 5th Centuries AD

Scottish Latin Literature

AND

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

Latin 1Ha/1Hb/2Ha/2Hb are not available as Honours choices for this degree.

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)