DPT: Classical Archaeology and Latin (MA Hons) (UTCLARL)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2023/24, 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 'Roman 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

Latin 1A

Latin 1B

Latin 1C

Latin 1D

AND

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2023/24, 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.

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 2. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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

Compulsory courses

Latin 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%

Latin 2A

Latin 2a Ex-Beginners

AND

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

Year 3 Academic year: 2023/24, 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 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.

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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.

Lucretius, 'De rerum natura'

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

Later Latin Poetry

Seneca the Younger

Latin Poets From North of the Po

AND

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

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation

Archaeology of Architecture

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

The Archaeology of Children and Childhood

Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire

A Topic in Classical Archaeology 1

Roman Architecture

Handling Greek Pottery

The City in the Late Antique Mediterranean World

Petra and the Nabataeans: Classicism in the Desert

Classical Greek Sculpture

AND

Greek 1Ha

Greek 1HB

Greek 2Ha

Greek 2Hb

Year 4 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

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 Language (B)

Lucretius, 'De rerum natura'

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

Later Latin Poetry

Seneca the Younger

Latin Poets From North of the Po

AND

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

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation

Archaeology of Architecture

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