BA Classical Studies
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 5,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Classics, exploring the history, literature, and material culture of the ancient Mediterranean. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can study ancient languages including Greek and Latin alongside modules on Greek and Roman worlds, ancient Egypt, and the archaeology of Eurasia.
Modules
- FRAMING ANTIQUITY
- INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL LITERATURE
- GREEK WORLDS 1
- ROMAN WORLDS 1
- ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EAST
- INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT EGYPT
- INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE EGYPTIAN I
- ANCIENT GREEK 1A
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- LATIN 1A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE EGYPTIAN II
- ANCIENT GREEK 1B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- LATIN 1B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- GREEK LITERARY CULTURES
- ROMAN LITERARY CULTURES
- GREEK WORLDS 2
- NOMADS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EURASIA
- ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH AND MORTUARY PRACTICES
- MIDDLE EGYPTIAN TEXTS I
- BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
- SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- PLACEMENT YEAR PREPARATION
- ANCIENT GREEK 1A
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- LATIN 1A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
- IMPERIAL EPIC
- CYPRUS AND THE PTOLEMAIC POSSESSIONS OUTSIDE EGYPT
- ACE WORK PLACEMENT
- ROMAN WORLDS 2
- ROMAN WORLD 2
- AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- MIDDLE EGYPTIAN TEXTS II
- COPTIC LANGUAGE AND TEXTS
- THE CELTS (IRON AGE EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN)
- SOCIAL LIFE IN EGYPT
- FIRST CIVILISATION: MESOPOTAMIA AND THE SUMERIANS
- ANCIENT GREEK 1B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- LATIN 1B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- HERODOTUS' HISTORIES
- RULES FOR THE MUSE: ANCIENT LITERARY CRITICISM
- INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
- ANCIENT DRAMA IN PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW
- DISSERTATION
- SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- FROM FORAGING TO FARMING; EPIPALAEOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN SOUTH WEST ASIA
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (1550 - 1200 BCE)
- ADVANCED EGYPTIAN TEXTS
- EGYPTIAN RELIGION
- ANCIENT GREEK 1A
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- ANCIENT GREEK 4A
- ANCIENT GREEK 5A
- LATIN 1A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- LATIN 4A
- LATIN 5A
- CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
- IMPERIAL EPIC
- CYPRUS AND THE PTOLEMAIC POSSESSIONS OUTSIDE EGYPT
- AUGUSTUS AND THE FOUNDATION OF EMPIRE
- AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- ANCIENT WARFARE
- LATE EGYPTIAN
- ANCIENT GREEK 1B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- ANCIENT GREEK 4B
- ANCIENT GREEK 5B
- LATIN 1B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- LATIN 4B
- LATIN 5B
- RULES FOR THE MUSE: ANCIENT LITERARY CRITICISM
- HERODOTUS' HISTORIES
- ANCIENT DRAMA IN PERFORMANCE: THEN AND NOW
- INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD