Postgraduate

In London

higher than £ 9000

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

Entry requirements & how to apply
Minimum requirements  2:1

2:1 BA degree with honours in Classics, Classical Studies, or a closely related subject. Applicants must be able to read texts in Latin and/or Greek.

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.

The Department offers a Graduate Diploma in Classical Studies, which can act as a conversion course for those with degrees in other areas who want to go on to take the MA Classics. 

Application procedure

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.

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

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. In your personal statement, please tell us briefly why you want to undertake the MA in Classics, and what you are hoping to do afterwards. 

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • International
  • Art
  • English
  • English Language
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Classics
  • Poetry
  • Intermediate
  • Research
  • Literature
  • Ancient Greek
  • Palaeography
  • Latin Literature

Course programme

Course detail Description

We have organised our MA course in Classics on an intercollegiate basis, so that we can combine the expertise of staff in all three of the participating colleges – King’s, UCL and Royal Holloway. The course centres on the University’s Institute of Classical Studies, which not only maintains a world-class research library, but also hosts the richest programme of seminars, conferences, and occasional lectures for this subject area in the UK. To further add to the breadth of our course, you can also take appropriate modules from other MA courses at King’s.

You will study modules through texts in the original languages as well as through translated texts. Besides purely literary and linguistic topics, you can also take modules in Ancient History, Classical Archaeology & Art and Late Antique & Byzantine Studies, including Latin and Ancient Greek at both a beginner’s and intermediate levels.

If you are looking to pursue further research in Classics, you are likely to find the unique opportunities to acquire technical skills in the handling of documentary evidence, provided by modules in Greek Papyrology, Greek & Roman Epigraphy, and Greek & Latin Palaeography, particularly valuable.

Research seminars
In the Department of Classics we run a research seminar series (which we encourage MA students to attend), where you will learn about the current research of our academic staff and PhD students. Our Department also regularly hosts major research conferences with speakers from around the world.

Personal tutor
We will give you a personal tutor in the Department of Classics, who will advise you and help you decide which modules to take, and can answer any questions or concerns you may have whilst at King’s.

Dissertation supervision
During your first term at King’s you will need to decide on your MA dissertation subject, if you have not done so before you arrive. The dissertation can be related to work you are doing in a taught module, or it can be in a completely different area. On the basis of your chosen subject area we will assign you a supervisor from the Department of Classics who will discuss the topic with you, and oversee your work on it.

Greek Play
Every year (since 1953), students in the Department of Classics have produced and performed a Greek play - the only production in the UK to be performed annually in the original Greek. Read more about the Greek Play (and its history) at King's:

Course format and assessment

Teaching
If you are a full-time student we will typically provide you with six to eight hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars, 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 each week through lectures and seminars, 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 around 575 hours of independent study.

Typically, one credit equates to 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 essay.

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

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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 Classics (60 Credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 120 credits, of which at least 40 credits must test your knowledge of Greek or Latin, from a range of optional modules, which 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 & the Epic Tradition (20 credits)
  • Tacitus & Nero (40 credits)
  • Early Modern Latin Poetry I (20 credits)
  • Latin Epigraphy (40 credits)
  • Roman Britain (40 credits)
  • CP 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 & Built Environment in the Middle Ages (20 credits)
  • Up to 20 credits from modules offered by King’s Modern Language Centre
  • Master’s modules offered by UCL Department of Greek & Latin, UCL Department of History, UCL Institute of Archaeology, RHUL Department of Classics and RHUL Department of History, subject to approvals

If you are a part-time student, you will take the required module in your second year, along with 40 credits of optional modules. In your first year, you will take 80 credits of optional modules, of which 40 credits must test your knowledge of Greek or Latin.

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.

Classics

higher than £ 9000