2. Why do an MA? As a preparation for a future career
Teaching
Curatorial work/museums
Research assistant
Business
Research training for a PhD

3. Degree Courses Taught MAs Research Degrees
Ancient Visual and Material Culture
Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Rome
Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Greece
Research Degrees
MA (40,000 words) 1 yr f-t, 2 yrs p-t
MPhil (60,000 words) 2 yrs f-t, 4 yrs p-t
PhD (80,000 words) 4 ys f-t, 7 yrs p-t

4. 4 taught courses covered over 2 terms 15,000-20,000 word dissertation
Taught MAs Ancient Visual and Material Culture Visual & Material Culture of Ancient Rome Visual & Material Culture of Ancient Greece
4 taught courses covered over 2 terms
15,000-20,000 word dissertation
Core module on methods and approaches
Language module (Greek, Latin or modern)
Options including Art, Numismatics, Epigraphy or other options within Arts faculty
Rome/Greece MA includes 1 module taken at BSR or BSA (April –May)
Students apply separately. Fees paid by Warwick, student pays for accomm/travel.

5. An interdisciplinary approach to the ancient world: coins, inscriptions, art and their reception…
What private stories of intrigue, power and desire do public inscriptions betray?
Why do we idealise classical Greek art?
How did the Romans use art to construct personal and group identities?
How should we read ancient coins?
Why is modern art and sculpture so keen to, or so anxious about, imitating antiquity?

6. Rome MA Site visits to ancient monuments Seminar presentations
Talks by specialists
Begin dissertation research in Rome
Based at the British School at Rome – with excellent library on site

7. Greece MA Site visits to ancient monuments Seminar presentations
Courses led by specialists: epigraphy, numismatics, pottery
Talks by specialists
Begin dissertation research in Rome
Based at the British School at Athens – with excellent library on site

8. The MA by Research Two Routes: Route A:
40,000 words written over 12 months
Route B:
2 x 5,000 word essays,
language training and dossier
25,000 word dissertation
In both cases your work will be examined by both an internal and external examiner (except Language dossier – marked at Warwick only).

9. Training and Supervision
Training and induction sessions in term 1
Language training, as necessary
Work-in progress seminars in terms 1 and 2
Postgraduate Conference, summer term
Ability to choose your topic – some past examples:

10. Some past and present topics
Women and empowerment in the Classical world
Ideas of the Cosmos in Ancient Greek Medicine
James Stuart - pioneer of the Classical Revival?
Reception of Silver Age Latin in the Gothic Tradition
The Idea of the Hero in Ancient Greece
Views of Poetry in Ancient Greece
Kalos inscriptions on Greek Vases
Drinking and Drunkenness in Ancient Rome
Golden Age Imagery in Late Roman Coinage
The Sacks of Rome in Historiographical Discourse
A denarius perpetuus? The circulation of the ‘legionary denarii’ of Mark Antony in Roman Italy and Britain 32 BC-AD 294

11. Warwick’s areas of expertise
ART, ARCHAEOLOGY, EPIGRAPHY AND NUMISMATICS (Zahra Newby, Alison Cooley, Suzanne Frey-Kupper, Kevin Butcher, Michael Scott)
LATIN LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION (Andrew Laird, Vicky Rimell)
GREEK LITERATURE AND THEATRE (David Fearn, Emmaneula Bakola)
RENAISSANCE RECEPTIONS (Andrew Laird, Maude Vanhaelen)
GREEK HISTORY (James Davidson, Michael Scott)
ROMAN HISTORY (Alison Cooley, Kevin Butcher, Zahra Newby)
SEXUALITY AND GENDER (James Davidson)
ANCIENT MEDICINE (Caroline Petit)
ANCIENT PHYSIOGNOMY (Simon Swain)
ANCIENT ATHLETICS (Zahra Newby)  
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Simon Swain, Zahra Newby, Kevin Butcher)
SECOND SOPHISTIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE (Andrew Laird, Zahra Newby, Simon Swain)

12. Warwick’s Research Culture
Staff who are active researchers and leading scholars in their fields
Research seminars
Interdisciplinary focus with links with Italian, History of Art, Renaissance Studies, 18th Century Studies
Postgraduate conference

13. Entry Requirements
Taught MA: a good 2-1 in Classics-related subject (average 65% +)
Research MA: A high 2-1 in Classics-related degree (average 65% + and at least 68% in 3rd year dissertation)

14. Funding Government loan scheme:
Up to £10,000 pounds
Warwick Taught Masters Scholarships Scheme: for students from under-represented groups (have to meet specific criteria) deadline tbc but probably March 2017.
£5000 off academic fees
Departmental Bursary Competition (fees only, MA and PhD)
Deadline Friday 10th March 2017: by this time you must have
Applied online and ensured that your academic transcript is uploaded and your referees have uploaded their references
ed to a statement in application, including details of your financial position (e.g any bursaries awarded, sources of income etc).
For further details see

15. How to apply Apply online
Referees will be asked to upload their references to the online system.
You will also need to upload an academic transcript, or HEAR report.
No fixed deadline until end July, but prefer applications by end April

16. Further Questions?