DPT: Classical Archaeology and Greek (MA Hons) (UTCLARG)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, 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.
Students must pass a minimum of 80 credits, including a pass in Classical Archaeology in the Field and the Museum, to be eligible to progress into Year 2.

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 'Greek World' courses.

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

Selected courses must be passed

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

Selected courses must be passed

Ancient Greek 1A

Ancient Greek 1B

Selected courses must be passed

Ancient Greek 1C

Ancient 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.

AND

Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, 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

Roman Art and Archaeology

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Greek Art and Archaeology

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Ancient Greek 2B

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

Ancient Greek 2A

Ancient Greek 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.

AND

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, 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 Greek 2A and Greek 2B or Greek 2a Ex-Beginners and Greek 2B (from 2025/6 the courses will be renamed Ancient Greek 2A, 2B, 2A ex-beginners)

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

Ancient Greek Language (A)

Course options

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

Greek Tragedy

Homer

Lyric

Early Greek Philosophy

AND

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

The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A World between Empires

Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire

The Athenian Akropolis

The City in the Late Antique Mediterranean World

Death and Burial in the Greek World

Roman Archaeology Seminar 1

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

AND

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, 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. 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 Tragedy

Homer

Lyric

Early Greek Philosophy

Ancient Greek Language (B)

AND

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

The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A World between Empires

Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire

The Athenian Akropolis

The City in the Late Antique Mediterranean World

Death and Burial in the Greek World