Classics(Ancient Greek) with Study in Europe BA

at University of Warwick

In your first year, you will take core modules in Greek literary texts and a modern European language (currently Italian or German), alongside a choice of optional modules.

In your second year you will continue with your modern language alongside a Greek text module (optional core) and further optional Classics modules.

You will spend your third year studying classical subjects at one of our partner universities in Europe. You will return for your final year at Warwick.

Year One
In your first year, you take core modules in Greek literary texts and a modern European language, alongside a choice of optional modules studying texts, material culture, society or ancient thought. Second and final year students may take one 30-CAT module or two 15-CAT modules from outside the department (e.g. from the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning or another academic department) in place of an optional module.

|Greek Literary Texts
The purpose of this module is to build upon A Level Ancient Greek and allow you to both broaden and deepen your understanding of Greek by further reading of significant works in genres that, for the most part, you will have not previously studied. As well as developing your ability to translate from Greek, the module also includes discussion of literary and grammatical points.

A Modern European Language

You will take one module studying a Modern European Language (currently ItalianLink opens in a new window or GermanLink opens in a new window)

Optional Modules:

A choice of four from the modules below:

Greek Culture and Society
This module introduces students of all backgrounds to the vast panorama of Greek culture, from Homeric times to the coming of Rome. It explores some of the most distinctive features of Greek culture and its social institutions, from the polis, festivals and religion, to mythology, sport and the performance of poetry, while encouraging students to consider the degrees of continuity and difference between ancient Greek culture and their own beliefs and practices. The module is designed to provide a framework within which you can develop your own individual interests in the second and third years.

Roman Culture and Society
This module explores what was distinctively ‘Roman’ about Roman culture and society, both in Rome itself and throughout its empire, from Britain to Bulgaria, and from the Nile to the Euphrates. The module introduces students of all backgrounds to topics from the late first century BC to the early third century AD, investigating the impact on Roman society of the emergence of sole rulers and dynastic powers, and the gradual opening up of society to provincials. It considers a range of evidence, from poetry to graffiti, monuments to religious artefacts, and is designed to provide a framework within which you can develop your own individual interests in the second and third years.

Ancient Thought: Philosophy, Politics, Science
This module introduces students to the breadth and variety of ancient thought – investigating the ways in which the ancient Greeks and Romans articulated their thinking and their beliefs, about themselves and the worlds around them. We survey the cultural and intellectual contours of the ancient Graeco-Roman world from the presocratics through to late antiquity, and investigate not just the origins and development of philosophical thinking, but also developments in scientific investigation.
 

Encounters with Greek Texts
This module, taught in translation, introduces students to many different kinds of ancient Greek texts across a wide variety of genres and forms, including epic, drama, lyric, historiography, rhetoric. The module will also allow students to explore critically the range of methodologies and approaches used in the interpretation of ancient texts both within and beyond original cultural and political contexts.

Encounters with Latin Texts
This module, taught in translation, introduces students to many different kinds of Latin texts written in a variety of genres and forms, including historiographical, epigraphic and rhetorical texts, and literary texts in poetry and prose, from the canonical to the marginal and ‘sub-literary’. As well as expanding awareness of the Latin texts classicists study across different sub-fields (for instance, philology, archaeology, ancient history), the module will explore critically the range of methodologies and approaches used in the interpretation of ancient texts in their cultural and political contexts, and allow students to test out these skills in their own responses to texts.

Encounters with Material Culture: Objects and Archaeology
This module provides you with the tools you need to approach and interpret the material culture of the ancient world, including buildings, art-works, inscriptions and everyday objects. We look at objects and buildings from their creation to their use and rediscovery, considering issues such as the materials used, production and consumption; style, form and iconography, and contexts of discovery and use. We explore the many questions we can ask of material culture, and the insights it provides into the history and society of the ancient Mediterranean.

Year Two

Optional core modules

Greek text-based module and continuation of a Modern European Language.

Year Four

Dissertation

Optional core module

Greek text-based module

Optional modules
Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:

• Ancient Greek Theatre (Greek texts option)
• Greek Myth: Narratives, Sources, Approaches (Greek texts option)
• The Vulnerable Body in Roman Literature and Thought
• Africa and the Making of Classical Literature
• Roman Laughter
• Metamorphosis in Latin poetry
• Rhetorics: from Classical Rhetoric to Modern Communication
• Sexuality and Gender in Antiquity (Greek texts option)
• The Transformation of Roman Society under Augustus
• Politics and Poetics in Greek and Latin Literature (Greek texts option)
• The History of Medicine in the Ancient World (Greek texts option)
• Songs, Texts, Theories: Greek Lyric Poetry (Greek texts option)
• Horace, Authority and Authoritarianism
   

All applicants, regardless of their visa requirements, are required to show that their ability to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English is sufficiently high for them to derive full benefit from their degree course. The level of competence required depends on what type of degree you wish to study. Many applicants can demonstrate this through a satisfactory level of achievement in, for example, GCSE English Language or the English courses within the International Baccalaureate.

Applicants whose academic qualifications meet the University’s admissions requirements, but whose English language qualifications are not accepted as equivalent, may be offered a place at Warwick conditional on an acceptable English language qualification being achieved before they join the University. A number of English language tests are accepted; some of the most frequently offered ones are detailed below.

Please note that certain English tests (including IELTS and PTE) must be taken within two years and one month prior to the start of your course at Warwick. Applicants whose tests fall outside this timescale will need to retake a suitable English language test.

Applicants who require a visa to study in the UK may, depending on the circumstances, be asked to provide evidence of a secure English language test (e.g. IELTS for UKVI (Academic)), rather than an examination (such as International Baccalaureate English) due to the visa requirements set by the UK government.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (2022 Entry)

If you do not meet the English Language Requirements for your course in full, you may still be eligible for the course on condition of:

• Meeting the English Language Requirements for our Pre-sessional English course, and
• Successfully completing the Pre-sessional English course

Please use the table below to find the relevant band for the course(s) in which you are interested. You can sort the table by clicking on the heading of the column you wish to sort by.

If you are an overseas or EU student enrolling in 2022, your annual tuition fees will be as follows:

• Band 1 – £22,280 per year (classroom-based courses, including Humanities and most Social Science courses)
• Band 2 – £28,410 per year (laboratory-based courses, plus Theatre and Performance Studies, Economics, and courses provided by Warwick Business School, with exceptions)

Fees for 2023 entry have not been set. We will publish updated information here as soon as it becomes available, so please check back for updates about 2023 fee rates before you apply.

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Graduates from Classics courses have gone on to work for employers including:

• Acturis
• Cancer Research UK
• Comic Relief
• English Heritage
• EY
• John Lewis and Partners
• KPMG
• Teach First
• The British Museum
• Waitrose and Partners

They have pursued roles such as:

• Business and related associate professionals
• Conference and exhibition managers and organisers
• Finance and investment analysts and advisors
• Legal associate professionals
• Management consultants and business analysts
• Marketing associate professionals
• Teaching and other educational professionals