Classical Studies with Study in Continental Europe

Classical Studies

Introduction
The staff and students of the Department of Classics and Ancient History are all engaged in the study of the Greco-Roman world. The department is one of the largest in the country in terms of teaching staff, allowing us to cover many different aspects of antiquity. Ranked among the best in Britain, the department enjoys an international reputation for the high quality of its research, particularly into Myth and the Classical Tradition. This means you can be assured of high-quality, exciting, teaching.

Teaching and Learning
Option topics may be taught in the form of large lectures. However, core topics and language classes are taught in smaller groups, where personal contact is ensured. All written work is discussed in individual tutorials. Third-year students are taught in seminar groups of no more than 15-20, ensuring an emphasis on group participation.

Assessment
You must complete all written work and pass the first-year examinations in order to enter the second year. The final degree result is partly determined by examinations at the end of the second and third years and partly by second- and third-year coursework.

BA Classical Studies with Study in Continental Europe

Programme structure
Year 1:

• Studying Written Texts and Using Visual Culture
• Two units of Greek or Latin language
• One option topic and a modern language option in place of one option topic

Year 2:

• Classical Legacy and Approaches to Myth
• Two units Greek or Latin Language
• One option topic and a modern language option in place of option topic

Year 3:

• Year abroad

Year 4:

• Two minor special subjects (eg Vergil and Ovid; Pompeii) or Greek or Latin Language
• Major special subject (eg Receptions of Greek Tragedy)
• Dissertation

Entry Requirements
A Levels

• AAB. Grade A in Classical Civilisation, History or English Literature is an advantage
• Q811: either a good A-level or demonstrable fluency in a modern European language

14-19 Advanced Diploma

• Grade A overall in the Diploma in Creative and Media to include grade A at A-level in Classical Civilisation, History or English (ASL)

BTEC

• DDM and an A-level in Classical Civilisation, History or English

Access

• Pass in Access to HE Diploma (Arts or Humanities) with at least 33 credits at Merit and / or Distinction
• Q811: Applicants will need to satisfy modern European language requirement to grade B at A-level or equivalent

SQA

• SH: AAAAB

Welsh Bacc

• Pass Advanced Diploma with two A-levels at AB

IB Diploma

• 35 points to include 6, 6, 6 at Higher level

EB: 80%

IELTS

• 6.5 in all parts

Selection:
UCAS form; occasionally interview

Deferred Entry:
Considered, but places are limited to ensure fairness to applicants applying the following year