The Classical World and its Reception

Postgraduate

In London

higher than £ 9000

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

Entry requirements & how to apply
Minimum requirements 2:1

Undergraduate degree with 2.1 honours in an appropriate subject, such as Classics, Classical Studies/Classical Civilisation, History, Archaeology, English Literature, Modern Languages, Comparative Literature, or Theatre Studies, Religious Studies, Film Studies, Liberal Arts, Politics, Philosophy; although applications from candidates qualified in any Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences are welcome.

In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.


International requirements   Visit our admissions webpages to view our International entry requirements.
English Language requirements Band C Visit our admissions webpages to view our English language entry requirements.
Application procedure

Applications must be made online using King’s online application portal apply.kcl.ac.uk and a non-refundable application fee of £60 applies.

Your application will be assessed by the Postgraduate Admissions Tutor, and by other academics as appropriate. We do not usually interview applicants, but we do encourage you to visit the department before applying, or after we have made you an offer. Alternatively we can arrange to talk to you by telephone or Skype. We aim to process all applications within four weeks although this may take longer in February and March, and over holiday periods.

Personal statement and supporting information

You will be asked to submit the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
.
Personal Statement Yes A personal statement of up to 4,000 characters (maximum 2 pages) is required

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
See map
10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Who would you like to address this question to?

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

Subjects

  • International
  • English
  • Teaching
  • Archaeology
  • English Language
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Classics
  • Art
  • Poetry
  • Training
  • Literature
  • Ancient Greek
  • Palaeography
  • Latin Literature

Course programme

Course detail Description

Our MA course focuses on the way the classical world has influenced the culture of later periods, and how it continues to do so. With a strong focus on research the course is taught in the Department of Classics by experts in the field of classical reception. Our Department’s research and teaching strengths stretch from the Aegean Bronze Age and the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome to Byzantine and Modern Greek literature and culture. This means we can offer you a breadth of expertise that is unmatched anywhere in the world. Through this advanced course of study, we will develop your literary, historical and archaeological analysis skills, and provide you with the opportunity to learn ancient and modern languages to extend these skills.

Further literature

Course format and assessment

Teaching
If you are a full-time student we will typically provide you with six to eight hours of teaching through lectures and seminars each week, and we will expect you to undertake 35 hours of independent study.

If you are a part-time student we will typically provide you with two to six hours of teaching through lectures and seminars each week, and we will expect you to undertake 17.5 hours of independent study.

For your dissertation, we will provide five hours of supervision, and we will expect you to undertake 575 hours of independent study.

Typically, one credit equates to typically 10 hours of work.

Assessment
We typically assess our modules through a combination of coursework and examinations, and the amount of coursework we expect you to produce will be greater for modules which are worth more credits. For your dissertation module you will write a 12,000-word thesis.

Regulating body
King’s College London is regulated by the Office for Students.

Read more

Structure

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

Required Modules

You are required to take:

  • Research Training & Dissertation in Classical Reception (60 Credits)

If you are a part-time student, you will take this module in your second year, along with 40 credits of optional modules from the list below. In your first year, you will take 80 credits of optional modules.

Optional Modules

In addition you are required to take three to six modules (totalling 120 credits) from a range of options that may typically include:

  • Beginners' Ancient Greek for Research (40 Credits)
  • Intermediate Ancient Greek for Research (40 Credits)
  • Medieval Latin Literature (40 Credits)
  • Skills for Medievalists: Palaeography (20 Credits)
  • Homer (40 Credits)
  • The Reception of Roman Comedy (20 Credits)
  • Homeric Presences in Greek Poetry & Shorter Prose Since 1890 (20 Credits)
  • Modern Greek Poetry and the Epic Tradition (20 Credits)
  • Tacitus & Nero (40 Credits)
  • Early Modern Latin Poetry I (20 Credits)
  • Latin Epigraphy (40 Credits)
  • Roman Britain (40 Credits)
  • C.P. Cavafy: the Making of a Modernist (20 Credits)
  • One God, One Sea: Byzantium & Islam, 600-800 (20 Credits)
  • Persepolis (20 Credits)
  • Classical Frontiers: Northern Black Sea in Antiquity (20 Credits)
  • The City of Rome (British School at Rome Annual Postgraduate Course) (40 Credits)
  • The Classical Art of the Body: Greek Sculpture & its Legacy (40 Credits)
  • The Art of Making: Craft Production from Classical Antiquity to Today (40 Credits)
  • Exhibiting Classical Antiquities (20 Credits)
  • Living in Byzantium I: Material Culture & Built Environment in Late Antiquity (20 Credits)
  • Living in Byzantium II: Material Culture and Built Environment in the Middle Ages (20 Credits)
  • A language module from the King’s Modern Language Centre (20 credits)
  • Other master’s modules offered by:
    • UCL Department of Greek & Latin
    • UCL Department of History
    • UCL Institute of Archaeology
    • RHUL Department of Classics
    • RHUL Department of History

All subject to approvals.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

The Classical World and its Reception

higher than £ 9000