DPT: Classical Studies (MA Hons) (UTCLSST)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, 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

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

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

Greek 1A

Greek 1B

Greek 1C

Greek 1D

Latin 1A

Latin 1B

Latin 1C

Latin 1D

AND

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

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, 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

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

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Classical Literature 2: Greek and Roman Epic

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

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

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

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

Roman Art and Archaeology

Greek Art and Archaeology

Greek 2A

Greek 2B

Greek 2a Ex-Beginners

Latin 2A

Latin 2B

Latin 2a Ex-Beginners

AND

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

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, 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 Ancient History 2a and in Classical Literature 2, and
(iii) a further 40 credits, at first attempt, of second level Classics courses.

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 course choices at Honours level.

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.

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

The Jewish Diaspora under the Roman Empire

Money, Men and Gods in Archaic and Classical Greece

The formation of the medieval Roman Empire, 602-867

Labour, Wealth, and Inequality: The Economy of the Classical Greek City-States

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

Seafaring and Society in the Ancient Greek World

Religion and War in Archaic and Classical Greece

Roman Egypt

The Rise and Fall of a Star: Julius Caesar in Politics and War

Romans Overseas

Honour in Ancient Greece

Greek History Seminar 2

Roman History Seminar 1

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation

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

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs II: Texts and Contexts

Hellenistic Art

Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology

Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions

The Art and Archaeology of Sparta and Laconia

Archaeology, Politics, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Süleyman the Magnificent

Popular Culture in the Ancient World

Race and Ethnicity in the Roman World

Religion and the Gods in Classical Greek Culture

Women, Writing, Greece: From Sappho to Virginia Woolf and Beyond

Troy after the Fall

Stoic Philosophy at Rome

Plato's Republic in Translation

Greek and Roman Letters

Tiberius, the "Reluctant Princeps"

Classical Literature Seminar 1

Classical Literature Seminar 2

Classical Literature Seminar 3

Virtue, Contemplation, and Happiness: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

After Byzantium: An Intellectual History of the Greek world, 15th-19th c.

AND

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

Greek Language (A)

Herodotus

Greek Pastoral Poetry

Plato's Republic

Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture

AND

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 (A)

Scottish Latin Literature

Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

AND

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

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, 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

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

The Jewish Diaspora under the Roman Empire

Money, Men and Gods in Archaic and Classical Greece

The formation of the medieval Roman Empire, 602-867

Labour, Wealth, and Inequality: The Economy of the Classical Greek City-States

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

Seafaring and Society in the Ancient Greek World

Religion and War in Archaic and Classical Greece

Roman Egypt

The Rise and Fall of a Star: Julius Caesar in Politics and War

Romans Overseas

Honour in Ancient Greece

Greek History Seminar 2

Roman History Seminar 1

Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece

The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation

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

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs II: Texts and Contexts

Hellenistic Art

Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology

Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions

The Art and Archaeology of Sparta and Laconia

Archaeology, Politics, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Süleyman the Magnificent

Popular Culture in the Ancient World

Race and Ethnicity in the Roman World

Religion and the Gods in Classical Greek Culture

Women, Writing, Greece: From Sappho to Virginia Woolf and Beyond

Troy after the Fall

Stoic Philosophy at Rome

Plato's Republic in Translation

Greek and Roman Letters

Tiberius, the "Reluctant Princeps"

Classical Literature Seminar 1

Classical Literature Seminar 2

Classical Literature Seminar 3

Virtue, Contemplation, and Happiness: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

After Byzantium: An Intellectual History of the Greek world, 15th-19th c.

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 Pastoral Poetry

Plato's Republic

Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture

AND

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)

Scottish Latin Literature

Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

AND

The relevant beginner 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

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

Degree Programme Table: Classical Studies (MA Hons) (UTCLSST)

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Course options

Greek World and Roman World Courses

Group A

Classical Studies Year 1 Courses

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Course options

Classical Studies Year 2 Courses

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Course options

Group A

Ancient History, Classical Art/Archaeology and Classical Literature in Translation Courses

Greek Honours Courses (including Greek Language A)

Latin Honours Courses (including Latin Language A)

Greek and Latin Beginner Languages Courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Course options

Group A

Ancient History, Classical Art/Archaeology and Classical Literature in Translation Courses

Greek Honours Courses Year 4

Latin Honours Courses Year 4

Greek and Latin Beginner Languages Courses