We lay the foundation for thinking about and approaching the Greek and Roman past, through two compulsory modules introducing you to broad aspects of Greek and Latin literature, with a focus on key texts from Classical Athens and the Roman Republic.

For your four optional modules you can choose from:

• Greek and Latin language
• ancient philosophy
• Greek and Roman history
• classical art and archaeology

You will undertake a dedicated research training module, ‘Researching the Classics’, which places emphasis on helping you to develop your abilities to pursue independent research, in preparation for Stage 3.

The rest of your modules can be chosen from a wide selection of topics relating to Greek and Latin literature, Greek and Roman history or archaeology, including options to learn Greek and Latin language.

You'll undertake a major research project – a dissertation on a topic of your choosing – for which you'll be guided and supervised by an expert member of the academic staff.

You'll choose four further optional modules from a diverse range of topics such as:

• human dissection in antiquity
• dining
• dreaming
• epic
• rhetoric
• Herodotus
• Classical Athens
• Roman Egypt
• the Fall of the Roman Republic, plus an ancient language (Greek or Latin)