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BA Latin

Royal Holloway, University of London

Institution
Royal Holloway, University of London
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Latin
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
Q600
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB-BBB (Required subjects: A-level Latin grade B, or GCSE grade A or grade 7 if not taken at A-level We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher level or 32 points overall. Including 5 in Higher or Standard Level Latin

About this course

BA in Classics, focusing on Latin language and literature. Core topics include Research Methods and Historical Research. Half of study time is devoted to reading Latin texts in the original, with the option to add Greek alongside Latin. Royal Holloway is one of only five UK universities offering this course.

Modules

  • Beginner's Latin
  • Intermediate Latin
  • Latin Language and Reading
  • Beginner’s Greek
  • Intermediate Greek
  • Greek Language and Reading
  • Key Themes in Roman History
  • Studying Classical Antiquity
  • Ancient History: Methods and Approaches
  • Introduction to Roman Archaeology
  • Roman Literature of the Republic
  • Roman Literature of the Empire
  • Introduction to Greek Literature
  • Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
  • Greek History and the City State
  • Intensive Latin
  • 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
  • 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)