Classics BA
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In Exeter
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The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
The Classics degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.
Depending on your programme you can take up to 30 credits each year in another subject, for instance a language or business module, to develop career-related skills or just widen your intellectual horizons.
Please note that modules offered are subject to change, depending on staff availability, timetabling, and demand.
Year 1The first year gives you a foundational knowledge of classics theory, concepts, and texts, plus language learning. You will also gain important analytical techniques that will be useful across a range of subjects and research tasks.
Compulsory modulesOption A: Language and Texts module at the appropriate level: Latin (30 credits) and Language and Texts module at the appropriate level: Ancient Greek (30 credits).
Option B: Language and Texts module at the appropriate level: Latin (30 credits) and Fast Track Greek (60 credits).
CodeModuleCredits CLA1201Classical Language and Texts: Greek I 30 CLA1202Classical Language and Texts: Greek II 30 CLA1203Classical Language and Texts: Greek I and II 60 CLA1204Classical Language and Texts: Greek III 30 CLA1251Classical Language and Texts: Latin I 30 CLA1252Classical Language and Texts: Latin II 30 CLA1254Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30 Optional modulesOption A: Select 60 credits of Classics Level 1 optional modules; alternatively up to 30 credits can be taken from another programme.
Option B: Select 30 credits of Classics Level 1 optional modules; alternatively up to 30 credits can be taken from another programme.
CodeModuleCredits Greek and Roman CLA1002Roman History: Problems and Sources30 CLA1005Greek and Roman Narrative30 Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) CLA1303Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing15 CLA1308Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Comparing Empires and Imperialism15 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) CLA1354Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus15 CLA1357Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Globalisation and Identity in the Western Roman Empire15 Text and Context CLA1406Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy15 CLA1408Text and Context: Suetonius and Imperial Power15 CLA1410Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature15 Ancient World CLA1508Ancient World: Roman Philosophy15 Year 2In the second year you will advance your grasp of classics knowledge, methods, and texts, and continue your language learning through a set of compulsory modules. Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.
Compulsory modulesYou will take 30 credits of each language at the appropriate level.
CodeModuleCredits CLA2202Classical Language and Texts: Greek II30 CLA2205Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV 30 CLA2252Classical Language and Texts: Latin II 30 CLA2254Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV 30 CLA3204Classical Language and Texts: Greek III 30 CLA3254Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30 Optional modulesSelect 60 credits of Classics Level 2 optional modules.
CodeModuleCredits Greek and Roman CLA2002Roman History: Problems and Sources30 CLA2005Greek and Roman Narrative30 Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) CLA2303Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing15 CLA2308Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Comparing Empires and Imperialism15 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) CLA2354Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus15 CLA2357Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Globalisation and Identity in the Western Roman Empire15 Text and Context CLA2406Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy15 CLA2408Text and Context: Suetonius and Imperial Power15 CLA2410Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature15 Ancient World CLA2508Ancient World: Roman Philosophy15 Year 3 Compulsory modulesYou will take 30 credits of each language at the appropriate level.
CodeModuleCredits CLA2205Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV30 CLA2254Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV30 CLA3251Classical Language and Texts: Latin V: Epic 30 CLA3254Classical Language and Texts: Latin III 30 CLA3266Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Comedy30 Optional modulesSelect 60 credits of Classics Level 3 optional modules.
CodeModuleCredits CLA3009Dissertation 30 CLA3010Greek Mythology30 CLA3018Neronian Literature and Society30 CLA3020Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World30 CLA3028Philip II and Alexander the Great of Macedon30 CLA3108The World of Late Antiquity30 CLA3112Medicine in Antiquity15 CLA3116Britain in the Roman World15 CLA3255Greek Political Thought15 CLA3256Impact of Greek Culture15 CLA3258The Reception of Greek Culture15 CLA3259The Ancient Greek Novel15 CLA3260Tales of the Unexpected: Paradoxography, Fiction and the Culture of Wonder15 CLA3263Being and Not-Being in Greek Philosophy: from Parmenides to Aristotle15 CLA3264Ancient Science and Society15 CLA3265Art and Visual Culture in the Roman World15 CLA3267Dialogues with the Past: Creative Interpretative Project15 Full module descriptionsFor full module descriptions please visit the Classics and Ancient History website.
Classics BA