Classics

Build your love for the ancient world and take your understanding of it to new levels on this Classics course.

Investigate the culture and history of ancient Greece and Rome by critically examining original texts in Greek or Latin. Whether you're reading epic poetry, dramatic works or political speeches, you'll gain unique insights into how language and culture inform one another.

You’ll sharpen your critical thinking as you evaluate both ancient sources and modern interpretations. Classics students develop valuable skills in linguistic analysis, argument, communication, teamwork and presentation – qualities that employers highly value.

Beginners welcome! You do not need any prior experience of studying the ancient world - our year one modules are designed to give you a university-level foundation.

As a Classics student, you’ll immerse yourself in the history, society and culture of ancient Greece and Rome, while learning how Classics has evolved as an academic discipline.

This is a language-based course so, whether you're starting from scratch or building on existing knowledge, you will gain familiarity with both Latin and ancient Greek.

After just one year of language study, you’ll work with ancient texts in their original language. You’ll discover how these ancient worlds shaped today’s societies by looking at literature, history, material culture and modern reception. You’ll also critically evaluate the evidence that supports modern views of the classical world.

Balancing theory and practice, our modules are designed to help you translate course content into transferable skills. You will:

• develop your creative and communication skills with modules including ‘Communicating the Past’

• collaborate with international students in our tri-campus ‘Silk Road’ module

• explore real-world challenges across interdisciplinary themes with our ‘Engaged Arts’ optional modules

Learning Latin and Greek: Chloe’s experience

“I see learning ancient languages like a puzzle, and I think that helps with problem solving. I have better initiative now, because I know how something fits in Latin and Greek and that can transfer to the everyday.” – Chloë Choong, Classics BA. Read more from Chloe.

Why choose this course?

Course highlights

• You will learn Ancient Greek and Latin; start from beginners’ level or continue from A level.

• Gain practical and professional experience in our on-campus Museum of Archaeology and volunteer with local schools through our Nottingham Classics Out-and-about (NoCOut) outreach programme.

• Work with our dedicated Faculty of Arts Placements Team to assist with your employability skills development via a range of placements, internships and volunteering opportunities.

Proven results

• 11th in the UK for classics in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.

• The average starting salary for classics and archaeology undergraduates within 15 months of graduation was £27,074 (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2022/23).

Course Modules

For detailed information about the modules you will study, please visit the course page:

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/ugstudy/courses/UG/Classics-BA-Hons.html

For detailed information about the course assessment methods please visit the course page: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/ugstudy/courses/UG/Classics-BA-Hons.html