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Master of Arts (Honours) Ancient History and Comparative Literature


MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
The Greeks in a Wider World 20 AND
Rome and the Mediterranean 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20 AND
Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* View list 40 credits from Module List: AN2002 - AN2003, CL2003 - CL2004 AND
The Roman Empire 20
Mediterranean Communities 20
Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy 20
Culture and Thought in the Late Roman Republic 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • an average grade of 11 or above at first sitting must be attained in certain requisite 2000 level modules marked * Qualified Entry to Honours requires; a grade of 4.0 or above in each of the requisite modules marked * and passing the Honours Entry examinations for the modules marked * in which a student did not previously achieve a grade of 11.0 or above, such that the conditions for automatic entry to Honours Entry are met when the best grade now achieved in each module marked * is considered. An Honours Entry examination can only be taken in the same academic year as the first completed enrolment in the relevant requisite module.
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
Good and Evil 20 AND
Journeys 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

OR with the approval of the UG Comparative Literature Programme Director, a pass in one of CO2001 or CO2002 and 20 credits in a cognate subject.

If credits are taken in a cognate subject an average of grade 11 or better across these and the CL modules must be achieved to guarantee honours entry.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • Average of grade 11 or better OR With the approval of the UG Comparative Literature Programme Director, a pass in one of CO2001, CO2002 and 20 credits in cognate subject with an average of grade 11 or better across these and the CL credits.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.

MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Approaches to Ancient History 30 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: AN4000 - AN4989 AND
Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 90 credits from Module List: AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989 (excluding CL4794-CL4795) AND
AA4001 Cities and Urban Life in Late Antiquity (300-700 CE) 30
AA4002 From Pompeii to Aquileia: the Archaeology of Roman Italy (50 BCE - 300 CE) 30
From Pagan to Christian Rome, AD 300-900 30
The Ancient City of Rome 30
AA4122 Sacred Spaces in the Roman Empire 30
AA4130 The Roman Army 30
The Archaeology of Minoan Crete 30
Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
CL4406 Herodotus 30
CL4419 Magic in Greco-Roman Literature and Life 30
CL4420 Fame, Tradition and Narrative: Homer's lliad 30
CL4435 Greek Theatre 30
CL4437 Modern Classics: Classics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 30
CL4438 Animals in Greco-Roman Antiquity 30
Women in Ancient Societies 30
CL4449 After Virgil: The Aeneid and its Reception 30
Roman Praise 30
CL4461 Senecan Tragedy and its Reception 30
CL4462 Leaders and Leadership in the Ancient World 30
CL4463 Travels and Marvels in the Graeco-Roman World 30
CL4464 The Religious Sense in the Classical Roman World 30
CL4465 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Literature 30
A People's History of Scottish Classics 30
Classics for the Modern World: interventions and applications 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4504 Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world 30
CL4602 From Classical Temple to Christian Basilica 30
CL4604 Greek Sculpture 30
CL4605 Classical Bodies 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: ME3236 - ME3238, ME3608, ME3611 - ME3613
ME3236 Soldiers and Saints in Late Roman Gaul 30
Legal Cultures in Late Antiquity 30
Holy Lives in Late Antiquity 30
ME3608 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA Ancient History (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:
30 credits - AN3034 (Third Year only).
30 credits - AN4000 - AN4989.
At least 30 further credits - AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989, (maximum one of ME3236, ME3237, ME3238, ME3608, ME3611, ME3612, ME3613) and [CL4999 or CL4794, (ID4002 and CL4990) - fourth year only]

Only one of CL4999 and CL4794 can be taken
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module Grouping: CO3000 - CO3019 AND
Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations I 15
Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations 2 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module Grouping: CO3020 - CO3049, CO4002 - CO4049
Cultural Memory and Literature 15
Crossing the Mediterranean 15
The Literary Canon 15
Issues in Cultural Studies 15
CO4020 Literature and the Bible 15
CO4021 Autobiography and the Visual Arts 15
Illness and Literature 15
Performing Early-Modern Sexualities 15
CO4026 Classicism in European Literature 15
Folk and Fairy Tales 15
Science and Culture in European Modernisms 15
CO4030 The Short Story 15
CO4031 Experiences of Exile 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: CL4999 or CL4794, (ID4002 and CL4990) AND
Dissertation (Short) in Ancient History, Ancient History & Archaeology, or Classical Studies 30
CL4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Teaching and Learning in Classics and Ancient History 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: AN4000 - AN4989 AND
Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 90 credits from Module List: AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989 (excluding CL4794-CL4795) AND
AA4001 Cities and Urban Life in Late Antiquity (300-700 CE) 30
AA4002 From Pompeii to Aquileia: the Archaeology of Roman Italy (50 BCE - 300 CE) 30
From Pagan to Christian Rome, AD 300-900 30
The Ancient City of Rome 30
AA4122 Sacred Spaces in the Roman Empire 30
AA4130 The Roman Army 30
The Archaeology of Minoan Crete 30
Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
CL4406 Herodotus 30
CL4419 Magic in Greco-Roman Literature and Life 30
CL4420 Fame, Tradition and Narrative: Homer's lliad 30
CL4435 Greek Theatre 30
CL4437 Modern Classics: Classics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 30
CL4438 Animals in Greco-Roman Antiquity 30
Women in Ancient Societies 30
CL4449 After Virgil: The Aeneid and its Reception 30
Roman Praise 30
CL4461 Senecan Tragedy and its Reception 30
CL4462 Leaders and Leadership in the Ancient World 30
CL4463 Travels and Marvels in the Graeco-Roman World 30
CL4464 The Religious Sense in the Classical Roman World 30
CL4465 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Literature 30
A People's History of Scottish Classics 30
Classics for the Modern World: interventions and applications 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4504 Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world 30
CL4602 From Classical Temple to Christian Basilica 30
CL4604 Greek Sculpture 30
CL4605 Classical Bodies 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: ME3236 - ME3238, ME3608, ME3611 - ME3613
ME3236 Soldiers and Saints in Late Roman Gaul 30
Legal Cultures in Late Antiquity 30
Holy Lives in Late Antiquity 30
ME3608 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA Ancient History (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:
30 credits - AN3034 (Third Year only).
30 credits - AN4000 - AN4989.
At least 30 further credits - AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989, (maximum one of ME3236, ME3237, ME3238, ME3608, ME3611, ME3612, ME3613) and [CL4999 or CL4794, (ID4002 and CL4990) - fourth year only]

Only one of CL4999 and CL4794 can be taken
MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: CO3020 - CO3049, CO4002 - CO4049, CO4098 - CO4099, ML4794
Cultural Memory and Literature 15
Crossing the Mediterranean 15
The Literary Canon 15
Issues in Cultural Studies 15
CO4020 Literature and the Bible 15
CO4021 Autobiography and the Visual Arts 15
Illness and Literature 15
Performing Early-Modern Sexualities 15
CO4026 Classicism in European Literature 15
Folk and Fairy Tales 15
Science and Culture in European Modernisms 15
CO4030 The Short Story 15
CO4031 Experiences of Exile 15
Short Dissertation in Comparative Literature 15
Long Dissertation in Comparative Literature 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91果冻视频 School in the Learning Agreement (see ).