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 also current in fields as diverse as religion, historiography, education 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), to a major centre in humanities computing, 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 & CLASSICS

Optional Courses
THUCYDIDES (IN TRANSLATION)
EXPLORATIONS IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION
ANCIENT DRAMA
DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE: CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
TOPICS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE 1 AND TOPICS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE 2

Other optional courses may include (depending on the year):
RHETORIC AT ROME
THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE, 270-400 AD
ANCIENT MEDICINE
ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT
CLASSIC TRAVEL: TOPOGRAPHY AND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION
CLEOPATRA: LIFE AND LEGEND
THE INVENTION OF HISTORY: HERODOTUS, THUCYDIDES, XENOPHON
RELIGION IN ANCIENT GREECE
THE MATERIAL WORLD IN GREEK RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PRACTICE
ANCIENT WARFARE
GREEK ART
ROMAN ART

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 and advanced Greek and Latin languages.
It is also possible to take masters-level courses offered by other subject areas in the College of Arts. 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)