DPT: Ancient History and Greek (MA Hons) (UTANHGK)

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

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.

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%

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Greek 2B

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

This course is recommended for your degree.

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

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 the first attempt, in Ancient History 2a and in Ancient History 2b, and
(iii) passes at 50% or above, at first attempt, in Greek 2A and Greek 2B or in 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.

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

Greek Language (A)

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

Ammianus Marcellinus and the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century

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 1

Greek History Seminar 2

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

Marine Archaeology

Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions

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

Mediterranean interactions in the Late Middle Ages: The Visual Culture of Byzantium, the Ottomans and the Italian penins

Troy after the Fall

Slavery in the Early Middle Ages

The End of an Empire: The Fall of Constantinople in 1453

AND

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

Herodotus

Greek Pastoral Poetry

Plato's Republic

Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture

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

Ammianus Marcellinus and the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century

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 1

Greek History Seminar 2

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

Marine Archaeology

Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions

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

Mediterranean interactions in the Late Middle Ages: The Visual Culture of Byzantium, the Ottomans and the Italian penins

Troy after the Fall

Slavery in the Early Middle Ages

The End of an Empire: The Fall of Constantinople in 1453

AND

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 Pastoral Poetry

Plato's Republic

Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture

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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: Ancient History and Greek (MA Hons) (UTANHGK)

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

Course options

Greek World and Roman World Courses

Group A

Greek 1A and Greek 1B

Greek 1C and Greek 1D

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

Greek 2A or Greek 2A ex-beginners

Group A

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

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

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

Compulsory courses

Course options

Ancient History Honours Courses

Greek Honours Courses Year 3

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

Compulsory courses

Course options

Group A

Ancient History Honours Courses

Greek Honours Courses Year 4