M.Phil. Classics
Course Overview
The M.Phil. in Classics provides a comprehensive foundation in postgraduate research skills, catering to students with both language-based and non-language-based academic backgrounds. This globally recognized program equips graduates with highly transferable analytical and communication skills valued in diverse careers, while also serving as a prime pathway to advanced doctoral studies.
Key Program Highlights
- Core Research and Methods module providing essential scholarly skills across all classical disciplines
- A substantial 15,000-20,000 word dissertation with one-on-one expert supervision
- Flexible elective modules allowing for specialization in literary, historical, philosophical, or archaeological studies
- Option to begin or continue studying ancient Greek or Latin language at various levels
- A globally diverse student community with a strong record of graduates progressing to top international PhD programs
Course Overview
The M.Phil. in Classics provides a comprehensive foundation in postgraduate research skills, catering to students with both language-based and non-language-based academic backgrounds. This globally recognized program equips graduates with highly transferable analytical and communication skills valued in diverse careers, while also serving as a prime pathway to advanced doctoral studies.
Key Program Highlights
- Core Research and Methods module providing essential scholarly skills across all classical disciplines
- A substantial 15,000-20,000 word dissertation with one-on-one expert supervision
- Flexible elective modules allowing for specialization in literary, historical, philosophical, or archaeological studies
- Option to begin or continue studying ancient Greek or Latin language at various levels
- A globally diverse student community with a strong record of graduates progressing to top international PhD programs
Requirements
Modules
- Classics: Research and Methods
- Greek Language
- Latin Language
- Saving the Past
- Unlocking Sacred Landscapes
- Desire and the Body from Catullus to Seneca
- Early Christianity
- Homer and the Canons of Antiquity
- After Alexander: Hellenistic Athens
- Roman Hellenism
- Curiosity and Crisis in the Late Fifth Century
- The Eternal City: The Archaeology of the City of Rome
- Goddesses of the Mediterranean
- Dissertation
