DPT: Classical Studies (MA Hons) (UTCLSST)

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 to be eligible to progress into Year 2.

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.

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

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

You must take two of these courses as core courses. You can take more credits from these options as electives from the Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y collection 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

Ancient Greek 1A

Ancient Greek 1B

Ancient Greek 1C

Ancient 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.

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

Ancient Historiography

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Classical Literature: 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.

Selected courses must be passed 1st time

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

Themes and Theories in Ancient History

Roman Art and Archaeology

Greek Art and Archaeology

Ancient Greek 2A

Ancient Greek 2B

Ancient 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.

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 Ancient History 2a and in Classical Literature 2 (from 2025/6 the courses will be renamed Ancient Historiography and Classical Literature), 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.

The Greek World and Rome

The World of St Augustine

Ancient Greek Slavery

Roman Judaea

Religion and War in Byzantium and in Comparative Perspective

Childhood and Youth in Ancient Rome

War, Trauma and Survival: from Antiquity to the Present

Roman Greece

Greek History Seminar 1

Athenian Democracy: Key Issues and Debates

Popular unrest, revolts, and rebellions in the Byzantine world

The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A World between Empires

Women and Agency in the Imperial Greek East

Centre, Province and Periphery in the Age of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos: Byzantium and its Neighbours in the Tenth

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 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

Marine Archaeology

Island Worlds in Mediterranean Prehistory

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

Early Greek Philosophy in Translation

Classical Receptions

Ancient Literature from a Comparative Perspective

Civil War and the Roman Imagination

Roman Tragedy

Reading Greek Prophecy

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 Tragedy

Homer

Lyric

Early Greek Philosophy

Ancient Greek Language (A)

AND

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

Latin Language (A)

Lucretius, 'De rerum natura'

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

Later Latin Poetry

Latin Tragedy: Medea on the Roman Stage

AND

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

Ancient Greek 1Ha

Ancient Greek 1Hb

Ancient Greek 2Ha

Ancient Greek 2Hb

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

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

The Greek World and Rome

The World of St Augustine

Ancient Greek Slavery

Roman Judaea

Religion and War in Byzantium and in Comparative Perspective

Childhood and Youth in Ancient Rome

War, Trauma and Survival: from Antiquity to the Present

Roman Greece

Greek History Seminar 1

Athenian Democracy: Key Issues and Debates

Popular unrest, revolts, and rebellions in the Byzantine world

The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A World between Empires

Women and Agency in the Imperial Greek East

Centre, Province and Periphery in the Age of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos: Byzantium and its Neighbours in the Tenth

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 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

Marine Archaeology

Island Worlds in Mediterranean Prehistory

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

Early Greek Philosophy in Translation

Classical Receptions

Ancient Literature from a Comparative Perspective

Civil War and the Roman Imagination

Roman Tragedy

Reading Greek Prophecy

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 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.

Latin Language (B)

Lucretius, 'De rerum natura'

The Latin Manuscript: Palaeography, Codicology, Textual Criticism

Later Latin Poetry

Latin Tragedy: Medea on the Roman Stage

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.

Ancient Greek 1Ha

Ancient Greek 1Hb

Ancient Greek 2Ha

Ancient Greek 2Hb

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

General Disclaimer

THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, 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

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Course options

Classical Studies Year 2 Courses

Group A

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

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Course options

Group A

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

Ancient Greek Honours Courses (including Ancient Greek Language A)

Latin Honours Courses (including Latin Language A)

Ancient Greek and Latin Beginner Languages Courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Course options

Group A

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

Ancient Greek Honours Courses Year 4

Latin Honours Courses Year 4

Ancient Greek and Latin Beginner Languages Courses