The course is primarily designed for students who have studied ancient history, classics or classical studies as their first degree.
The highly flexible master's in Classics and Ancient History offers you the opportunity to study a wide range of topics. These topics reflect the research specialisms of our staff in:
- ancient history
- classics
- archaeology including Byzantine studies
Students will gain advanced knowledge and understanding of:
- either classics or ancient history
- methodologies for interpreting evidence
- theoretical and analytical approaches
- how to evaluate, analyse and interpret different types of evidence
- Latin, Greek or both languages
- marshalling evidence, critically analysing texts, images and material objects and writing a balanced argument
- your chosen research subject through undertaking a dissertation
