Classics and English Language

In MA (Master of Arts) Classics and English Language, you will combine:

• the study of ancient Greek language and literature

with

• a linguistics-based approach to the study of the English language

The study of Greek will give you access to some of the world’s greatest literature. You will read foundational texts of the western tradition in their original language, including:

• epics

• tragedy

• philosophy

• history

This will complement your studies in linguistics, giving you the opportunity to investigate linguistic structures in both a dead and a living language.

Your final dissertation is taken in either classics or language sciences.

Programme benefits

• Study the linguistic structures of both a dead and a living language.

• Gain access to one of the world’s great literatures, with your study of ancient Greek language and literature.

• Classics at Edinburgh offers one of the widest choices of subjects and approaches of any university in the UK.

• We have one of the largest groups of classics-focused academics in the UK, with around 30 members of staff covering a variety of research interests.