DPT: Divinity and Classics (MA Hons) (UTDIVCL)

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

Students CANNOT take DIVI08006 Introducing New Testament Greek course AND Greek 1A

Students CANNOT take DIVI08008 Intermediate New Testament Greek course AND Greek 1B

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

AND

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

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

For entry to honours, students MUST achieve a pass of 50% or above, at the first attempt, in second year Classics, Greek Language and Latin Language Courses.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

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

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

Roman Art and Archaeology

Greek Art and Archaeology

Classical Literature 2: Greek and Roman Epic

Students who choose Greek language must take Greek 2B and one of Greek 2A or Greek 2A ex-beginners.

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

Greek 2A

Greek 2B

Greek 2a Ex-Beginners

Students who choose Latin language must take Latin 2B and one of Latin 2A or Latin 2A ex-beginners.

Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%

Latin 2A

Latin 2B

Latin 2a Ex-Beginners

AND

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

During Year 3 students must prepare for their dissertation. Further information about this will be provided

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

AND

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

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

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs II: Texts and Contexts

Hellenistic Art

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

Greek Archaeology Seminar 1

Greek Archaeology Seminar 2

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

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

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

Greek 1Ha

Greek 1HB

Greek 2Ha

Greek 2Hb

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

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

Latin Language (A) is compulsory for and only available to those following the Latin language pathway.

Latin Epic

Latin Satire

Latin Language (A)

Scottish Latin Literature

Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

Greek Language (A) is compulsory for and only available to those following the Greek language pathway.

Greek Language (A)

Herodotus

Greek Pastoral Poetry

Plato's Republic

Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture

AND

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

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

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs II: Texts and Contexts

Hellenistic Art

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

Greek Archaeology Seminar 1

Greek Archaeology Seminar 2

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

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

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

Greek 1Ha

Greek 1HB

Greek 2Ha

Greek 2Hb

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

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

Latin Language (A) is compulsory for and only available to those following the Latin language pathway.

Latin Epic

Latin Satire

Latin Language (A)

Scottish Latin Literature

Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

Greek Language (A) is compulsory for and only available to those following the Greek language pathway.

Greek Language (A)

Herodotus

Greek Pastoral Poetry

Plato's Republic

Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture

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

Students MUST pass DIVI10001 Theology & Religious Studies: Final Dissertation or CLGE10003 Classics Dissertation, in order to be awarded an honours degree.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Selected courses must be passed

Classics Dissertation

Theology and Religious Studies: Final Dissertation

AND

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

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

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs II: Texts and Contexts

Hellenistic Art

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

Greek Archaeology Seminar 1

Greek Archaeology Seminar 2

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

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

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

Greek 1Ha

Greek 1HB

Greek 2Ha

Greek 2Hb

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

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

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.

Latin Epic

Latin Satire

Latin Language (B)

Scottish Latin Literature

Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

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.

Greek Language (B)

Herodotus

Greek Pastoral Poetry

Plato's Republic

Greek Palaeography & Manuscript Culture

AND

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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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

Degree Programme Table: Divinity and Classics (MA Hons) (UTDIVCL)

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

Course options

Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity

Greek World and Roman World Courses

Greek 1A and Greek 1B

Greek 1C and Greek 1D

Latin 1A and Latin 1B

Latin 1C and Latin 1D

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

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

Course options

Classics Year 2 Courses

Greek Language Year 2 Courses

Latin Language Year 2 Courses

Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity

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

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

Course options

Level 10 courses in the School of Divinity

Ancient History, Classical Art/Archaeology, Classical Literature in Translation and Beginner Language courses

Latin Honours Courses (including Latin Language A)

Greek Honours Courses (including Greek Language A)

Ancient History, Classical Art/Archaeology, Classical Literature in Translation and Beginner Language courses

Latin Honours Courses (including Latin Language A)

Greek Honours Courses (including Greek Language A)

Level 10 courses in the School of Divinity

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

Course options

Divinity and Classics (MA) Dissertation

Ancient History, Classical Art/Archaeology, Classical Literature in Translation and Beginner Language courses

Latin Honours Courses Year 4

Greek Honours Courses Year 4

Level 10 courses in the School of Divinity