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MA Classics – (M.A.)
Royal Holloway University of London
Department of Classics
| Application Deadline: | May | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,253 - ≈ € 13,916 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Royal Holloway University of London
This stimulating course offers opportunities for you to study the full range of classical literature and history, as well as improving your languages and learning new technical skills.
As this is an intercollegiate MA, jointly run with King’s College London and University College London, you will benefit from the choice of a wide range of fascinating subjects. These include the Greek and Latin literatures from Homer to Late Antiquity, classical reception, ancient history, ancient philosophy and the Greek and Latin languages, as well as key technical skills such as papyrology, epigraphy, and palaeography.
This course is ideal if you are considering progressing to advanced research or wish to add an additional year of high level study to your undergraduate qualification.
Contents
You will study three elective course units and prepare a dissertation. The elective units must include either at least one taught course which tests knowledge of Greek or Latin in the original or one language acquisition course. The dissertation should normally be in the field of classical language, literature or thought, or the classical tradition.
Core course unit:
* Dissertation, supported by a compulsory research training seminar in the Autumn Term.
Elective course units:
1. Language Units
* Beginners’ Ancient Greek for Research
* Intermediate Greek for Research
* Latin for Research 1
* Latin for Research 2
* The Greek Dialects
* Comparative Philology
2. Literature Units
* Homer
* Four Greek Plays
* Greek Lyric Poetry
* Horace, Odes I
* Ovid
* Tacitus and Nero
* The Ancient Novel
* Studying Ancient Myth
* Medieval Latin Literature
* Attacking the Theatre (half-unit)
* Defending the Theatre (half-unit)
* Greek Palaeography
* Elementary Greek Palaeography
* Skills for Medievalists: Palaeography I (half-unit)
* Greek Papyrology
* Greek Epigraphy
* Latin Epigraphy
* Byzantine Hagiography
3. Reception Units
* Approaches to Reception of the Classical World
* Homer’s legacy
* Ancient Rome on Film
* Ancient Greek Theatre and its Reception
* Alexander's Afterlife
* Perceptions of the Past (half-unit)
4. Religion and Philosophy Units
* The Dialogues of Plato
5. History Units
* Religion and the Ancient Greeks
* Territory and Identity in Ancient Greece
* Change and Continuity in the Ancient Near East
* The Economic and Social History of Archaic and Classical Greece
* Propaganda and Ideology in Rome
* Pompeii and Herculaneum
* Roman Britain
* The Reign of Constantine I
* Byzantium and the First Crusade (half-unit)
* Byzantium and the Fourth Crusade (half-unit)
6. Art and Archaeology Units
* Pausanias and the Archaeology of Greece
* Ancient Mosaics: Making and Meaning
* Greek Pottery and Painting
* City of Rome
* Living in Byzantium: Material Culture and Built Environment (c. AD300-1500)
On completion of the course graduates will have:
* a detailed knowledge and understanding of the methodologies of classics
* an understanding of critical methodologies and their limitations
* an understanding of advanced, current research issues relevant to the discipline
* a critical awareness of the main forms of material available to you when studying classical antiquity.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
First degree
UK Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1) or equivalent.
Alternative entry requirements
Candidates with relevant professional qualifications and work experience in an associated area will also be considered.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5, with 7 in writing, TOEFL (iBT) 88 with 26 in writing, or equivalent, for non-native English speaking applicants.
Students from overseas should visit the International| pages for information on the entry requirements from their country and further information on English language requirements. Royal Holloway International offers a Pre-Master’s Diploma for International Students and English language pre-sessional courses, allowing students the opportunity to develop their study skills and English language before starting their postgraduate degree.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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