Classics (Greek & Latin)

King's College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

Benefit from studying Classics from a wide variety of angles – exploring literature, philosophy, religion, archaeology and ancient history. The Classics (Greek & Latin) BA embraces the study of all aspects of the cultures of Greece and Rome by developing your skills in Ancient Greek and Latin languages.

No prior knowledge of either Ancient Greek or Latin is necessary as we offer innovative pathways to support your rapid acquisition of practical skills in these languages, allowing you to reach an advanced level by Year 3.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

About this course

Top five for Classics in the UK (QS World University Rankings 2018), our Department is renowned for its quality of teaching, student experience and cutting-edge research.

If you have never studied Latin or Greek at school you may still join the Classics BA in the second year, after completing a first year in another programme and provided certain preconditions are met (see below).

King’s Classics Department is one of the largest in the UK, with unique coverage from the Bronze Age to Modern Greece.

The Department stages an annual Greek play in the original language, providing students with an opportunity to experience and participate in the Greek dramatic tradition.

Collaborations with the British Museum and other cultural institutions, which are incorporated into our undergraduate teaching.

Graduates go into a wide range of professions, including law, government service, journalism, teaching and the financial services industries.

• Assistant Tax Advisor, Ernst & Young
• Human Resources Administrator, Health Resources International
• Web Administrator, Intrico Products Ltd
• Illustrator, Self Employed Illustrator
• Marketing and Publishing Graduate scheme, The Telegraph Media group
• Research Intern, Environment Agency
• Sales Operations Admin, Associated Press TV news
• Latin Teacher at a university
• Client Relations Associate, Fidelity Investment Managers
Our graduates go on to work in a range of professions, including law, banking, the civil service, information technology, librarianship, education, heritage industries, the media, journalism and the performing arts; While others choose to stay and pursue postgraduate qualifications at King’s.

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A-levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Archaeology
  • Ancient History
  • Classics
  • Philosophy
  • Drama
  • Art
  • Prose
  • Literary texts
  • Greek language

Course programme

1st Year

King's reviews its optional modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that any particular optional modules will run in a given year and the options listed below are subject to change.

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take up modules totalling 120 credits.Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Greek & Latin Literary Texts: An Introduction (30 credits)
  • Greek Language 1, 2 or 3, depending on language experience (30 credits)
  • Latin Language 1, 2 or 3, depending on language experience (30 credits)
Optional Modules

Additionally, you will take 30 credits from a range of optional modules, (each worth 30 or 15 credits), which may typically include:

  • Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome (30 credits)
  • Introduction to Ancient History (c 1200 BC–AD 600) (30 credits)
  • Introduction to Ancient Philosophy (30 credits)

You may study modules from another Department in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities with the approval of the programme convenor.

2nd Year

You will take a range of core and optional modules in year two.

You also have the opportunity to study abroad for either the second semester of the second year or for the whole of the second year. Partner institutions currently include:

  • University of Auckland
  • University of Melbourne
  • University of Toronto (Full year only)
  • University of California
  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Up to five places exclusively available for Classics students)
  • University of Sydney
Required Modules

There are no required modules in Year 2.

Optional Modules

You are required to select modules totalling at least 60 credits from a range of options in Latin and Greek languages (each module is worth 30 or 15 credits), that may typically include:

  • Greek Language 3A (30 credits)
  • Latin Language 3A (30 credits)
  • Introductory Greek Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Introductory Greek Texts: Verse (15 credits)
  • Introductory Latin Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Introductory Latin Texts: Verse (15 credits)
  • Greek Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Greek Texts: Drama (15 credits)
  • Greek Texts: Poetry (15 credits)
  • Latin Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Latin Texts: Drama (15 credits)
  • Latin Texts: Verse (15 credits)

Second year students are also required to take 60 credits from a wide range of optional modules, each worth 30 or 15 credits, which may typically include:

  • Homer (15 credits)
  • Virgil’s Aeneid (15 credits)
  • Pompeii: History & Society (15 credits)
  • Who Needs Myth? (15 credits)
  • Art & Empire: the Legacy of Byzantium (15 credits)
  • Roman Britain (30 credits)

3rd Year

Required Modules

There are no required modules in Year 3.

Optional Modules

You are required to take at least 60 credits from modules in Latin and Greek language from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

  • Introductory Greek Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Introductory Greek Texts: Verse (15 credits)
  • Introductory Latin Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Introductory Latin Texts: Verse (15 credits)
  • Greek Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Greek Texts: Drama (15 credits)
  • Greek Texts: Poetry (15 credits)
  • Latin Texts: Prose (15 credits)
  • Latin Texts: Verse (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take 60 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:

  • Minoans & Mycenaeans (30 credits)
  • The Art of Making: Craft Production from Classical Antiquity to Today (30 credits)
  • Pagans, Christians & Jews in the Roman Empire (30 credits)
  • Dissertation (30 credits)
  • Augustus: Power & Propaganda (30 credits)
  • Streetwise: Narrating the City in Classical Literature (30 credits)
  • Neronian Literature & Culture (30 credits)
  • Plato’s Myths: the Soul, Desire & the Beyond (30 credits)
  • Romanticism & Revolution: Byron, the Shelleys & Greece (15 credits)
  • Descent to the Underworld: Transformations of a Myth (15 credits)
  • Hollywood Stardom Ancient Style: Actors, Musicians & Dancers in the Greek & Roman world (15 credits)

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis in order to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. The optional modules offered may therefore change.

Additional information

International tuition fee - £18,900 per year

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