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BA Classical Studies with Philosophy

Royal Holloway, University of London

Institution
Royal Holloway, University of London
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Classical Studies with Philosophy
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
Q9V5
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.

About this course

BA in Classics and Philosophy, combining Classical Studies with Philosophy. Core topics include research methods and historical research. The course is weighted 75% Classical Studies and 25% Philosophy. Greek and Latin can be studied at beginner through advanced level, and the programme includes a supervised Extended Essay of 8,000 to 10,000 words.

Modules

  • Studying Classical Antiquity
  • Introduction to Modern Philosophy
  • Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
  • Introduction to Logic
  • Mind and Consciousness
  • Introduction to Aesthetics and Morals
  • 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
  • Individual and Community
  • Greek History and the City State
  • Key Themes in Roman History
  • Introduction to Greek Archaeology
  • Introduction to Roman Archaeology
  • Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
  • Intensive Latin
  • 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
  • The Built Environment in Classical Antiquity
  • Greek and Roman Art in Context
  • Understanding Pompeii and Herculaneum
  • Perspectives on Roman Britai
  • Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy
  • The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy
  • Extended Essay (Dissertation)
  • 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
  • Perspectives on Roman Britain
  • City of Rome
  • City of Athens
  • The Archaeology of the Roman Near East
  • Philosophy Dissertation
  • Modern European Philosophy 1: Husserl to Heidegger
  • Modern European Philosophy 2: Critical Theory and Hermeneutics
  • Philosophy and the Arts
  • The Varieties of Scepticism
  • The Philosophy of Religion
  • Philosophy of Religon
  • Philosophy and Literature