This Classics course deepens your appreciation and knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome through language-based study. You will explore cultural and historical texts in original Greek or Latin, including speeches, drama, epic, and satire, while examining how language shapes culture. Whether starting from scratch or building on existing skills, you can study both languages, gaining insights into translated works and developing linguistic analysis abilities valued by employers.Course structure varies by entry level: beginners receive intensive first-year tuition in one language, adding the second in year two. Those with A-level Greek or Latin study both from the outset. All students take core modules on history, culture, and reception, plus optional topics, with opportunities for advanced language work and a potential dissertation in later years. By graduation, you'll apply these skills to interpret ancient art, literature, and mythology, connecting them to modern contexts.
Our first-year core modules are designed as an introduction. Even if you haven’t studied classics before, we’ll build everyone's knowledge to the same level, so you can progress through to year two. Your split of core and optional modules will be dependent on your current language abilities. If you have an A level in either Greek or Latin, then you will study both languages from the start. If you are a beginner in both languages then you will choose either Greek or Latin in year one. In year one, if you have an A level in either Greek or Latin, you will receive an integrated introduction to the history and culture of Greece and Rome and their reception. You will take text modules in your A level language, and beginners modules in the second language. You will also choose one optional classics module from a range. If you are a beginner in both Greek and Latin, you will receive an integrated introduction to the history and culture of Greece and Rome and their reception. You will also start to learn either Greek or Latin, and have a choice of optional modules. If you started at post-A level Greek or Latin, you will take text modules in your A level language, and intermediate modules in your second language. You will also choose from a range of modules, including a work placement module. If you started the course as a beginner in both Greek and Latin, you will take intermediate modules in your year one language and start as a beginner in your second language. You will also choose from a range of optional modules including a work placement module. Irrespective of language pathway, if you are planning a dissertation in your third year, you must take the Studying Classical Scholarship modules. In year three, if you started the course with an A level in either Greek or Latin, you will continue with Greek or Latin language modules at the appropriate level. If you started the course as a beginner in both Greek and Latin, you will continue with Latin and Greek language modules at the appropriate level. In addition to your language modules, you will also choose from a range of optional modules, including continuing with your second language at the appropriate level, and a Dissertation (if you took the 'Studying Classical Scholarship' module in year two).
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