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

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, 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

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)

Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric

Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Society with Big Data: Computational Social Science

Health in a Changing Climate

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Navigating Energy Transitions

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, 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

Greek Art and Archaeology

Must be passed

Ancient Greek 2B

Must be passed

Course options

Selected courses must be passed

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)

Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric

Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Society with Big Data: Computational Social Science

Health in a Changing Climate

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Navigating Energy Transitions

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 3 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

Entry into the third year normally requires:
(i) passes in 240 credits of courses taken in the first two years
(ii) passes in in Roman Art and Archaeology and Greek Art and Archaeology, and
(iii) passes in Ancient Greek 2A and Ancient Greek 2B or Ancient Greek 2a Ex-Beginners and Ancient 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

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.

Herodotus

Greek Literature of the Roman Empire

Plato's Republic

AND

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

Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia

Greece and the Near East: Contacts, Conflicts, Exchanges

Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology

Roman Architecture

The Art and Archaeology of Sparta and Laconia

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

Art and Society in the Byzantine World

Race and Ethnicity in the Roman World

Classical Mythology in the Renaissance

Jewish Greek Literature

AND

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

Year 4 Academic year: 2026/27, 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.

Herodotus

Greek Literature of the Roman Empire

Plato's Republic

Ancient Greek Language (B)

AND

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

Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia

Greece and the Near East: Contacts, Conflicts, Exchanges

Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology

Roman Architecture

The Art and Archaeology of Sparta and Laconia

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