Newcastle University

Classical Studies BA Honours
UCAS Code: Q810 (3 Years)

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Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules 

• CAC1013 Love and Life in Rome and Verona
• CAC1014 Tragedy, Comedy, History: the world of Greek Literature

Optional modules

You choose four modules from the list below:

• Either: CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
  Or: CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 1
• Either: CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
  Or: CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 2
• Either: CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
  Or: CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
• Either: CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2
  Or: CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2
• CAC1012 Classical Art from Greek to Roman
• CAC1015 How should I Live? Introduction to Ancient Moral Philosophy
• CAH1012 West meets East: Greek History and Society 776–404 BC
• CAH1013 The Road to Empire: Roman History 510–31 BC

Other optional modules may also be available, including from Archaeology and History. The following are recommended choices:

• ARA1027 Introduction to Archaeology
• ARA1030 The Archaeology of Britain from the Romans to the 20th Century

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• CAC2001 Researching the Classics

Optional modules 

You choose five modules from the following list and the classical language modules below:

• CAC2045 Human Dissection in Antiquity
• CAC2046 Poet and King: Virgil’s Aeneid and the Age of Augustus
• CAC2050 History, Literature and Truth: the Case of the Ancient Historians
• CAC2052 Foundations of European Drama: Tragedy in Greece and Rome
• CAC2057 Greek and Roman Music
• CAH2006 In Alexander’s Footsteps: Greeks and Macedonains 400-200 BC
• CAH2007 Caesar’s Gift: Rome under the Emperors
• CAH2010 Women in the Ancient World

If you wish to begin or continue studying Greek and/or Latin you choose one or more language modules appropriate to your previous experience:

• CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature1
• CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature2
• CAG2001 Level 2 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
• CAG2002 Level 2 Greek: Special Study
• CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
• CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2
• CLA2001 Level 2 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
• CLA2002 Level 2 Latin: Special Study
• CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
• CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
• CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
• CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2

Other optional modules may also be available, including from Archaeology and History. The following is recommended:

• ARA2091 Archaeologies of the Roman Empire: The Roman World from Augustus to Justinian

Study abroad (optional)

UK and EU students also have the opportunity to broaden their academic experience by spending Stage 2 at one of our partner institutions in Europe through the Erasmus exchange programme. This will be a fully recognised period of study which involves assessed work in Classical Studies and/or related areas which counts directly towards your final degree mark.

Stage 3

Compulsory modules 

You choose one of the following independent study modules:

• CAC3003 Special Study in Ancient Culture
• CAC3099 Dissertation

Optional modules

You choose five modules from the following list and the classical language modules below:

• CAC3044 Building for the Gods: The Archaeology and Art of Greek Religion
• CAC3045 Human Dissection in Antiquity
• CAC3046 Poet and King: Virgil’s Aeneid and the Age of Augustus
• CAC3050 History, Literature and Truth: The Case of the Ancient Historians
• CAC3052 Foundations of European Drama: Tragedy in Greece and Rome
• CAC3057 Greek and Roman Music
• CAH3009 The Emperor and the Empire
• CAH3015 The Persian Empire 560 - 330 BC
• CAH3030 The Jews in the Greek and Roman World
• CAH3033 The Fall of the Roman Republic

If you wish to begin or continue studying Greek and/or Latin you choose one or more language modules appropriate to your previous experience:

• CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 1
• CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 2
• CAG2001 Level 2 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
• CAG3001 Level 3 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
• CAG3002 Level 2 Greek: Special Study
• CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
• CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2
• CLA2001 Level 2 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
• CLA3001 Level 3 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
• CLA3002 Level 2 Latin: Special Study
• CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
• CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
• CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
• CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2

Other optional modules may also be available, including from Archaeology and History. The following are recommended choices:

• ARA3021 Frontier Communities of Roman Britain
• ARA3114 Regionality and the Fall of Rome