For this degree you will write a dissertation and complete two other options.
A. Language Option
Competence in ancient Greek and/or Latin being a requirement for doctoral work in Ancient History, many MSt students choose one of these languages as their linguistic option: both are available at elementary and intermediate level.
For those whose Greek and Latin are already serviceable, there is an opportunity to acquire one of the principal languages of scholarship in Ancient History, French, Italian, or German; or to lay foundations in another ancient language relevant to their interests, such as Hebrew, Aramaic or Coptic.
Teaching is provided in the form of University classes and/or individual or small-group tutorials.
The language option is assessed at the end of the year by written examination.
B. Second Option
The second option may be drawn from a list of subjects based on Methods and techniques of scholarship, such as Greek or Roman Numismatics, Greek or Roman Epigraphy, and Documentary Papyrology; or from a second list of topics on specific historical periods or themes, among which are Greek history ca 650–479 BCE; Athenian Democracy in the Classical Age; Alexander the Great and his successors 336–301 BCE; Roman history 146 BC–46 BCE; Roman history 138–312 CE; The economy of the Roman Empire; The provinces of the Roman Empire; Greek and/or Roman religions; Greek and/or Latin historiography; The world of Augustine. (For the whole, much more extensive, list, see the Graduate Handbook).
The second option is assessed by a pair of pre-submitted essays.
