BA Classics
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 cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can study from beginner to advanced levels in both Ancient Greek and Latin across multiple stages.
Modules
- FRAMING ANTIQUITY
- INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL LITERATURE
- ANCIENT GREEK 1A
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- LATIN 1A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- ANCIENT GREEK 1B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- LATIN 1B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- ANCIENT GREEK 4A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- LATIN 4A
- LATIN 5A
- GREEK LITERARY CULTURES
- GREEK WORLDS 2
- ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EAST
- NOMADS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EURASIA
- ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH AND MORTUARY PRACTICES
- MIDDLE EGYPTIAN TEXTS I
- SETTLEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY IN EGYPT
- SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- PLACEMENT YEAR PREPARATION
- CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
- IMPERIAL EPIC
- CYPRUS AND THE PTOLEMAIC POSSESSIONS OUTSIDE EGYPT
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- ANCIENT GREEK 4B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- LATIN 4B
- LATIN 5B
- ACE WORK PLACEMENT
- ROMAN LITERARY CULTURES
- RULING THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- 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
- 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
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- ANCIENT GREEK 4A
- ANCIENT GREEK 5A
- LATIN 3A
- LATIN 4A
- LATIN 5A
- GREEK WORLDS 2
- 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)
- EGYPTIAN RELIGION
- CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
- IMPERIAL EPIC
- CYPRUS AND THE PTOLEMAIC POSSESSIONS OUTSIDE EGYPT
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- ANCIENT GREEK 4B
- ANCIENT GREEK 5B
- LATIN 3B
- LATIN 4B
- LATIN 5B
- ROMAN WORLD 2
- AUGUSTUS AND THE FOUNDATION OF EMPIRE
- AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- ANCIENT WARFARE
- 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