Universities United Kingdom King's College London Courses Classical Studies BA

Classical Studies BA
at King's College London

London, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 21,840
Country Rank-
Duration36 Months
Score IELTS: 7

Program Overview

Explore the ancient world on our most flexible Classical Studies degree. You'll be joining the Classics Department, ranked 1st in the UK for research excellence (REF 2021). On the Classical Studies BA, you can investigate all aspects of Greece and Rome, with further modules offered on the Near East, Byzantium, and modern Greece. You may also explore the influence of Greece and Rome on later history and culture, including the contemporary world. With no required modules, this is our most flexible degree – allowing you to shape your pathway based on your own areas of interest.

Key benefits

Ranked 3rd in the UK (QS World University Subject Rankings 2022), our Department is renowned for its quality of teaching, student experience and cutting-edge research.
King's Department of Classics is one of the largest in the UK, with unique coverage from the Bronze Age to Modern Greece.
Collaborations with the British Museum and other cultural institutions, which are incorporated into undergraduate teaching.
Our degree course combines focus and flexibility, allowing you to pursue your interests.
You will acquire analytical and presentational skills valued by employers, leading to careers in heritage-related professions, the media, education, civil service and the performing arts.
The possibility to transfer to the Classics (Greek & Latin) BA in Year 2, provided that in Year 1 you took Greek & Latin Literature: An Introduction (30 credits) and a Greek or Latin language module (30 credits) in which you did well.

Course Content
Structure

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.

Year 1

Required modules

There are no required modules at any stage of this course. Instead you will select from a range of optional modules to achieve a total of 120 credits for each year of the course.

Optional modules

You are required to take 120 credits, which may include 30-credits of Greek or Latin language acquisition, from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
- Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome (30 credits)
- Introduction to Ancient History (c 1200 BC– AD 600), (30 credits)
- Greek & Latin Literature: An Introduction (30 credits)
- Greek Language 1 (30 credits)
- Latin Language 1 (30 credits)
- Receptions of the Past: The Hellenic World from Antiquity to Today (15 credits)
- Introduction to the Byzantine World
Year 2

Required modules

There are no required modules at any stage of this course. Instead you will select from a range of optional modules to achieve a total of 120 credits for each year of the course.

Optional modules

You are required to take 120 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
- The World from Babylon: 911–ca550 BC (15 credits)
- Sex & the Symposium: The Evidence of Athenian Painted Pottery (15 credits)
- Virgil's Aeneid
- Latin Love Elegy (15 credits)
- Pompeii: History & Society (15 credits)
- Ancient Sexuality I (15 credits)
- Myth & Literature: Ancient Stories, Modern Meanings (15 credits)
- Female Voices in Greek & Latin Literature (15 credits)
- Roman Britain (30 credits)
- Homer's Odyssey
- Democracy, Empire & War: Greece 446–338 BC (15 credits)
- Bread & Circuses: Roman Entertainment & Spectacle (15 credits)
- Constantinople: Imperial Capital - Medieval Metropolis
- Art And Power In The Age Of Alexander (Hellenistic Art I)
Year 3

Required modules

There are no required modules at any stage of this course. Instead you will select from a range of optional modules to achieve a total of 120 credits for each year of the course.

Optional modules

You are required to take 120 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
- Streetwise: Narrating the City in Classical Literature (30 credits)
- Persian Kings & their Territory in the Achaemenid Empire (15 credits)
- Alexander The Great
- Plato's Myths: The Soul, Desire And The Beyond
- The Classical Art of the Body: Greek Sculpture & its Legacy (30 credits)
- Ovid through the Ages
- The Art of Making in Antiquity: Producing Pottery, Painting, Sculpture and Mosaic
- The Rise of Rome, c.650–70 BC (30 credits)
- Pagans, Christians & Jews in the Roman Empire (30 credits)
- An Introduction to Classical Reception Studies in Sixteen Encounters (30 credits)
- Augustus: Power & Propaganda (30 credits)
Entry Requirement
Subject requirements

Required subjects:
No required subjects.

Preferred subjects:
Classical Civilisation, Ancient History or History preferred.

A-Levels

Required grades:
- AAB
Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.

Notes:

If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component.

We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

Contextual A-Level information
- BBB
Please note that A Level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A Levels.

Notes:

If you are taking linear A Levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical endorsement.

We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

International Baccalaureate
- 35 points including 665 at Higher Level
Notes:

The total point score of 35 includes TOK/EE.
- Contextual International Baccalaureate information
- 32 points including 555 at Higher Level.
Notes:

The total point score of 32 includes TOK/EE.

Standard requirements

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 33 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 12 at Merit.

Contextual requirements

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 30 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 12 at Merit and 3 at Pass.
Fees & Scholarships
Tuition Fees

Full time tuition fees UK:

The UK tuition fee is currently £9,250 per year. This is based on the UK Government’s cap.

Full time tuition fees International:

The International tuition fee is £21,840 per year.

Please note that the International tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.

If you choose the study abroad option with one of King’s partner universities, you will not be charged tuition fees by the host university (although some partners do charge a small administration fee for applying). King’s will continue to invoice for a proportion of King's tuition fees. You should also budget to pay for the associated subsistence costs, such as travel, visas, accommodation and food as well as any vaccination/immunisations required by the country to which you are travelling. 
Career Prospect
Our graduates go on to work in a range of professions, including law, banking, the civil service, information technology, librarianship, education, heritage industries, the media, journalism and the performing arts, while others choose to stay and pursue postgraduate qualifications at King’s.

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:
- Assistant Tax Advisor, Ernst & Young
- Human Resources Administrator, Health Resources International
- Web Administrator, Intrico Products Ltd
- Illustrator, Self Employed Illustrator
- Marketing and Publishing Graduate Scheme, The Telegraph Media Group
- Research Intern, Environment Agency
- Sales Operations Admin, Associated Press TV News
- Latin Teacher at a university
- Client Relations Associate, Fidelity Investment
- Senior Course Support Assistant, Coventry University

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Classical Studies BA at King's College London