Department of Classics  University of London Undergraduate Fair,  Wednesday 16 September  Dr Efi Spentzou

Studying the Classical World at Royal Holloway, University of London

Classics at RHUL: serious study….: Joint first in the country with 100% satisfaction in the 2015 National Student Satisfaction Survey.

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An Open Degree  Curiosity  Knowledge  But not necessarily prior experience. A levels in:  Classical Civilization  English  Modern Languages  History  Geography  Sciences  etc

Studying Classics at RHUL: entry requirements Our Typical offer is ABB (no Classics/language pre-requisite) Interviews with academic members of staff

Types of Degree  Classical Studies  Portfolio degree  Classics  Languages: Greek and Latin  Ancient History  Joint Honours  English  Drama  Philosophy  Modern languages  Ancient and Medieval History NEW  Classics and Comparative Literature NEW

Literature  Genres and Authors  Homer  Greek Drama  Virgil  Elegy  Orators  Historians  Themes  Hero  Classical Myth  Love Stories  Pastoral/Exile  Identity

Available Courses (2 nd and 3 rd year options) Greek and Latin literature: Homer (in translation) Greek Drama (in translation) Cinema and Classics Ovid’s Metamorphoses Virgil’s Aeneid Roman Oratory Ancient Literary Criticism Roman Drama Roman Life Stories Greek Lyric, Eros and Social Order Nature & the Supernatural in Latin Literature Greek Literature under the Roman Empire Culture and Identity from Nero to Hadrian

Classics or Greek or Latin  From the Beginnings  Linguistic training  Literature  Sources

Philosophy  Plato  Aristotle  Seneca  Theories of Politics  Theories of the self and the body in the classical world  Theories of knowledge  Logic and Rhetoric

Archaeology  Greek and Roman material culture  City of Athens  City of Rome  Pompeii  Roman Britain  Roman Art  Greek Art

Ancient History  Greek/Roman History 750 BC – AD 750  Birth of the Classical City  Athenian Democracy  Alexander the Great  Roman Republic  Empire  Christian Age and the Fall of Rome

Available Courses (2 nd and 3 rd year options) Greek and Roman History: Gender in Classical Antiquity Greek Law and Lawcourts Greek History to 404 BC Greek History 404 to 322 BC Greek Historiography Augustus: Propaganda and Power The Roman Republic: A social and economic history The Rise of the Roman Empire: An Economic and Social history Historiography of the Roman World Alexander the Great Christians and Pagans (HS3296)

Reception  Importance of Classics in Modern Culture  Ideas of literature  Shakespeare  Milton  Dante  Ted Hughes  Carol Ann Duffy  Ideas of politics  Art and Architecture  Films  Comics  Renaissance Art  City buildings

RHUL Classics degree programmes: structure and modules [ compulsory modules in Red ]

Classics courses: basic structure

Classics courses: structure

Language Options From Beginners/Intensive - if you haven’t done any Classical languages before To Author units (Catullus, Livy or Thucydides, Herodotus and Greek Epigram) Prose and Verse Composition

Language Options

Degree structure of the Classical Studies programme Year 1: 1 Latin or Classical Greek unit (1.0) Studying Classical Antiquity (0.5) 6 half-units from a menu of available courses. OR : 8 half-units including Studying Classical Antiquity PLUS : SS1000 Year 1 Arts Faculty Writing Quiz

Degree structure of Classical Studies programme (continued) Year 2: Second year Projects and 3 units from Stage 2 (Year 2) courses Year 3: Extended Essay (dissertation) 3 units from Stage 3 courses

Degree structure of the Ancient History programme Year 1: Greek History and the City State (0.5) Key Themes in Roman History (0.5) Studying Classical Antiquity (0.5) Ancient History: Methods and Approaches (0.5) 4 half-units from a menu of available courses. OR Language (1.0) plus 2 half-units

Degree structure of Ancient History programme (continued) Year 2: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic (0.5) Rome and its Empire (0.5) Greek History to 404 (0.5) Greek History (0.5) Greek Historiography (0.5) Roman Historiography (0.5) Two half-units or One Unit from the menu of available courses

Degree structure of Ancient History programme (continued) Year 3: Dissertation in Ancient History Designated 3-year course (e.g. City of Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Perspectives on Roman Britain, Alexander the Great) Two further full units from the menu of available courses

Degree structure of Classics programme Year 1: One Greek and One Latin unit Two further units/four 0.5 units Year 2: One Greek and One Latin unit Two further units/four 0.5 units Year 3: One Greek and (at least at Greek Language and Reading level) One Latin unit Two further units

Degree structure of Joint Honours programme Year 1: Two units from the Classics Department Two further units from English/Drama/History/PIR/Mod.Lang. Year 2: Two units from the Classics Department Two further units from English/Drama/History/PIR/Mod.Lang. Year 3: Two units from the Classics Department One further units from English/Drama/History/PIR/Mod.Lang.

Opportunities for a period of study abroad  Erasmus programme (2 nd year of studies)  Greece (Athens and Thessaloniki)  The Netherlands (Groningen, in English)  NEW!: Austria (Vienna)  Ancient History or Classical Studies with a Year Abroad NEW! (additional, 3 rd year of studies)  International (non-Europe) scheme: USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Korea

Classics is Modern  Finding pathways to knowledge  Stretching understanding  An intimate other  Developing skills  Careers (teaching, law, museums, Arts Management, Business world, Civil Service,  and pretty much anything that requires a trained mind!

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