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Postgrad Study in Classics/ Ancient History/ Archaeology A Short Guide

Try research and share closer links with academic community (share in established research projects) A chance to study your favourite topic (Classics) in more depth or enhance your skills & broaden your perspective with something different/complementary (law? Conservation careers? Modern history?...) Better employment prospects Why study at PG level?

On offer at Warwick MA by Research 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time Variant 1: 40,000-word dissertation Variant 2: 25,000-word dissertation + two 5,000-word essays + ancient language training Skills for job or further research: oral presentations and relevant technology; language training; independent research; ability to produce lengthy analysis/ work with large amounts of data; subject-specific methodologies Examined by external & internal; viva rare

MA Dissertations in Greek History & Archaeology The development of nude female sculpture: an investigation into the changing form of the female nude in Classical and Hellenistic Greece Arrian, the New Xenophon Macrocosm and microcosm : exploring the role of Presocratic natural philosophy in classical Greek medicine Ptolemaic Royal Women

MA Dissertations in Roman History & Archaeology Legitimation of power: the iconography of the Golden Age myth on Roman imperial coinage of the third century AD. Gauls, Goths and the Holy Roman Empire: the impact and significance of the sacks of Rome in 390 BC, AD 410 and 1527 Camus' Caligula: an intrinsically 'Roman' play? Suetonius' Approach to Biography in the De Vita Caesarum A denarius perpetuus?: the circulation of the "legionary denarii" of Marc Antony in Roman Italy and Britain 32-BC-AD 294

MA Dissertations in Literature Art and poetry in Homer Portrayals of the mythological female in Ancient Greek literature and art The nature, function and development of the chorus in the comedies of Aristophanes Selections from the Appendix Virgiliana: a study of unity versus individuality Early-Imperial Latin literature and Gothic fiction (1764-1900) : parallels and connections In the guise of Tityrus : the pastoral tendency of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio

MA Dissertations in Reception Studies Was James 'Athenian' Stuart a pioneer of the Greek revival? Book 11 of Antoine Garissoles' Adolphid : an edition with an introduction, an English translation and explanatory notes Interpretations of the ending of the Aeneid, from antiquity to the Renaissance Hegel and Nietzsche's views on the Greeks

Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time Taught MA in the Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Rome: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time Taught MA in the Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Greece: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time Core module (Approaching Ancient Visual and Material Culture); Language, ancient or modern; Numismatics; Epigraphy; Art; Dissertation 2-month course at British School at Rome/ British School at Athens Assessed by essays, language exam/dossier, dissertation Taught MA

Taught MA: dissertation topics The identity of the satyr through the animal, the myth, and the human The impact of Classical Antiquity on Nazi Germany Museums in Britain’s Public Schools Women in business in Southern Italy Rome MA: Foreign gods at Rome Patron Gods in Rome of the Late Republic and Early Principate Place of spectacles in late antique Rome

Taught MA in Ancient Literature & Thought Currently being approved for entry in 2019 Modules: Approaching Ancient Texts: Methodologies, Theories and Practice Roman Literature and Thought Greek Literature and Thought Dissertation Optional modules (Classical Epigraphy; Ancient Art; Feminist Literary Theory; Postcolonial Theory; Renaissance Culture and Society; Topics in Continental Philosophy …)

Applying Entrance requirements Deadlines for applications (£55 online fee) Fees: Taught MA = £8,170/ £4,085 Research MA = £4,191/ £2,515

Funding Warwick Taught Master’s Scholarsips (5K) in receipt of maintenance grant support OR special support grant from UK govt for ug course? in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance whilst studying, or receive Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment? Departmental bursaries Pg loans: up to £10,280 Resident tutor jobs/ other jobs on campus PhD: CADRE; Wolfson