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Essential Information
| UCAS Code: |
Q820 BA/CIC |
| Typical Offer (A/AS Levels): |
ABB + AS level C or A level AB + AS level BBC (other typical offers) |
| Duration: |
3 Years |
| Essential Subjects |
None |
| Language Requirements |
None |
Introducing Classical Civilisation
Students without any previous knowledge of either ancient language at AS or A level should apply initially for Classical Civilisation, with the option of transferring to Classics at the end of their first year should this prove desirable.
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Modules
Year One
- Module 1: (Core) Greek Culture and Society.
- Module 2: (Core) Roman Culture and Society.
- Modules 3 and 4: (Options) either Greek Language (for beginners in the language); or Greek Language and Literature (for students with GCSE Greek); or Greek Literary Texts (for students with A level Greek); or Latin Language (for beginners in the language); or Latin Language and Literature (for students with GCSE Latin); or Latin Literary Texts (for students with A level Latin); either Introduction to Ancient Philosophy; or Introduction to Greek and Roman History.
Year Two
- Module 1: (Core) The Hellenistic World.
- Modules 2, 3 and 4: (Options) chosen from lists of optional modules under Year Three below, including at least one from List B.
Year Three
- Module 1: (Core) Dissertation.
- Modules 2, 3 and 4: (Options) chosen from the lists of optional modules, including at least one from List B.
Optional Modules for Second and Third Years
- List A: Alexander the Great; Art and Architecture of Asia Minor; City of Rome; Domestic Space in the Roman World; Early Christianity; Food and Drink in the Ancient Mediterranean; Greek and Roman Coinage; Principles and Methods in Classical Archaeology; Roman Britain; Tiberius to Hadrian; Warfare in the Ancient World; The World of Late Antiquity; The Transformation of Roman Society under Augustus; Roman Near East; An approved Option.
- List B: Latin Language and Literature (for students who have taken Latin Language); Latin Literary Texts (for students who have taken Latin Language and Literature); Horace: Odes; Greek Language (for beginners in the language who took Latin Language in the First Year); Greek Literary Texts (for students who have taken Greek Language and Literature); Greek Language and Literature (for students who took Greek Language in the First or Second Year); Art and Death in Neronian Culture; Classical Views of Visual Art and Literature; Epic and Epyllion; Greek Comedy; Greek Tragedy; Origins of the Modern Novel; Roman Comedy; Sexuality and Gender in the Greek World, 700 BCE-300 CE; Epic Ancient and Modern; Aristotle; Presocratic Philosophy; Greek Ethics.
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Assessment
All students present a dissertation on an approved topic in their Third Year. This is one aspect of the Department’s general pattern of examination, in which up to 50% of marks may be obtained by continuous assessment in the form of essays, projects and practical work. All modules are examined in the year in which they are taught. Part-time variants of the degree courses are also available. Students enrolled for these must complete their degree within a minimum of four years and a maximum of ten years.
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