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BA Classical Studies and Drama

Royal Holloway, University of London

Institution
Royal Holloway, University of London
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Classical Studies and Drama
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
QW84
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB-BBB (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher level or 32 points overall. Including Higher Level Essay-based subject

About this course

BA in Classics and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen. Core topics include Research Methods and Historical Research. Greek and Latin language modules are available at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels across all three years. The programme is based within a Classics Department and offers modules spanning ancient literature, history, philosophy and archaeology alongside theatre and performance practice.

Modules

  • Performance Making
  • Storytelling & Dramaturgy
  • Beginner’s Greek
  • Intermediate Greek
  • Greek Language and Reading
  • Beginner's Latin
  • Intermediate Latin
  • Latin Language and Reading
  • Introduction to Greek Literature
  • Roman Literature of the Republic
  • Roman Literature of the Empire
  • Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
  • Individual and Community
  • Greek History and the City State
  • Key Themes in Roman History
  • Studying Classical Antiquity
  • Introduction to Greek Archaeology
  • Introduction to Roman Archaeology
  • Intensive Greek
  • Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
  • Hellenistic Epic: Apollonius of Rhodes
  • Imperial Greek Poetry: Epic & Epigram
  • Homer (in Greek)
  • The Tragedy of Euripides
  • Greek Dramatic Texts II (Comedy)
  • Herodotus
  • Plato (in Greek)
  • Imperial Greek Literature
  • Greek Historiography (in Greek)
  • Greek Erotic Poetry in Greek
  • Horace
  • Lucretius and Virgil
  • Latin Love Elegy
  • Roman Satire
  • Latin Epic (in Latin)
  • Latin Historiography
  • Catullus and Horace
  • Latin Letters (in Latin)
  • Homer (In Translation)
  • Greek Drama (In Translation)
  • Cinema and Classics
  • Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Art and Power in Augustan Rome
  • Virgil’s Aeneid: The Empire in the Literary Imagination
  • Gender in Classical Antiquity
  • Greek Law and Lawcourts
  • Greek History to 322 BC
  • Spinning the Past: Greek Historiography from Herodotos to Diodoros
  • Augustus: Propaganda and Power
  • The Roman Republic: A Social and Economic History
  • The Rise of the Roman Empire: An Economic and Social history
  • Historiography of the Roman World
  • Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy
  • The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy
  • The Built Environment in Classical Antiquity
  • Greek and Roman Art in Context
  • Understanding Pompeii and Herculaneum
  • Perspectives on Roman Britai
  • Second Year Projects
  • Theatre and Performance Making: Devising
  • Theatre and Performance Making: Theatre Directing
  • Theatre and Performance Making: Acting for Camera
  • Theatre and Performance Making: Dance and Theatre
  • Theatre and Performance Making: Scenography
  • Theatre and Text: Staging the Real
  • Theatre and Text: Decoding debbie tucker green
  • Shakespeare, Ecology and Performance
  • Theatre and Culture: Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Theatre and Culture: Cultures of Memory
  • Dancing Bodies, Global Culture
  • Theatre and Ideas: Ideas of Gender and Sexuality
  • Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Tragedy
  • Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Adaptation
  • Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of the Musical
  • Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Acting
  • Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Money
  • Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Casting
  • Further Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
  • Roman Oratory
  • Ancient Literary Criticism
  • Roman Drama (In Translation)
  • Greek Lyric, Eros and Social Order
  • Nature and the Supernatural in Latin Literature
  • Greek Literature under the Roman Empire
  • Studying Ancient Myth
  • Culture and Identity from Nero to Hadrian
  • The Roman Novel
  • Augustus
  • Alexander the Great
  • The City from Augustus to Charlemagne: The Rise and Fall of Civilisation
  • The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy II
  • Perspectives on Roman Britain
  • City of Rome
  • City of Athens
  • The Archaeology of the Roman Near East
  • Extended Essay (Dissertation)
  • Love, Gender and Sexuality
  • Race Relations in Theatre, Film and Television
  • Shakespeare
  • Naturalist Theatre in Context
  • Creative Learning and Theatre
  • Physical Theatre
  • Shakespeare on Camera
  • The Actor's Voice
  • Actor Training in a Globalised World
  • Final Year Project - Special Study
  • Final Year Project - Dissertation
  • Taught Dissertation