Classics and Ancient History (Taught)

This Masters enables you to acquire and develop skills as an independent researcher in the field of Classics and Ancient History. If you have studied Classics at undergraduate level and want to take your studies to a higher level, or if you have a background in other periods of history, philosophy, art or literature and want to develop your studies with reference to the ancient world; this programme is designed for you.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Classics at Glasgow is a world-leading centre for the study of Roman oratory. Our scholars are active researchers in fields as diverse as religion, historiography, comedy, science, technology, medicine, warfare and late antiquity.

• We have active research projects on the reception of the Classical world from the Middle Ages onwards.

• You will benefit from access to the University’s well-stocked library, The Hunterian (with its notable fine coin collection), and a dedicated Classics postgraduate study space and library.

• If you study with us, you will develop a broad range of intellectual and transferable skills. You may also have the opportunity to interact with collaborative research projects in our key areas of activity.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

You will complete:

• One core course

• Five optional courses

• Dissertation (12,000-15,000 words)

Core Course
Theories and Methods for Ancient History and Classics

Optional Courses
Optional courses may include (depending on the year):

• Explorations in the Classical Tradition

• Ancient Drama

• Cleopatra: Life and Legend

• Ancient Drama

• From the Gracchi to Sulla: the sources and the history 133-70 BC

• The Roman Historical Imagination

• Ancient Warfare

• Heroes and heretics: a cultural archaeology of kingship in 18th dynasty Egypt

• The Material World in Greek Religious Thought and Practice

• Ancient Medicine

• Ancient Technology in Context

Some of our courses are open only to postgraduate students and taught in seminar format, while others are taught together with Honours students usually through a combination of lectures and seminars.

You can also take courses in elementary Greek and Latin languages (or advanced courses if you have sufficient previous experience), and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

It is also possible to study other languages such as Hebrew, French or German, and take masters-level courses offered by other subject areas in the College of Arts & Humanities. The programme convenor will work with you to ensure a sensible portfolio of courses is constructed, according to your personal aims and objectives.

The programme convenor will work with you to ensure a sensible portfolio of courses is constructed, according to your personal aims and objectives.

Dissertation
A dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words, which will be mainly written after teaching finishes (April-August)