Classical Studies BA International Honours

First Year

• The Greeks in a Wider World
• Rome and the Mediterranean

Greek and Latin pathway

Students on the Greek and Latin pathway who spend their first year at St Andrews must choose one of the following Latin or Greek module pathways:

• Elementary Latin 1 and 2
• World of Latin 1 and 2
• Greek Language for Beginners and Greek Literature for Beginners
• Greek Language and Literature 1 and Greek Pastoral and Passion

Second Year

Ancient History and Archaeology pathway

Students on the Ancient History and Archaeology pathway who spend their second year at St Andrews must choose two of the following compulsory modules:

• The Roman Empire
• Mediterranean Communities
• Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy
• Culture and Thought in the Late Roman Republic

Greek and Latin pathway

• Latin in Progress 1 and 2
• Latin Language and Literature 1 and 2
• The Landscape of Greek Prose (B) and Poetry (B)
• The Landscape of Greek Prose (A) and Poetry (A)

Honours

Students will spend either their third or fourth year in St Andrews. You will be able to choose from a wide variety of advanced options.

Here is a sample of Honours modules which have been offered at St Andrews in previous years:

Ancient History and Archaeology

• From Pompeii to Aquileia: The Archaeology of Roman Italy (50 BCE – 300 CE)
• In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece
• The Art of the Roman Empire
• Greek Painted Pottery
• Magic in the Greco-Roman World
• Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander the Great
• Greek Tyranny
• Persia and the Greeks
• Religious Communities in the Late Antique World

Greek and Latin

• Greek Tragedy
• ‘Satire’, Sex and Society: Greek ‘Old Comedy’
• The History of Ancient Greek from Homer to the New Testament.
• The Gods of Greek Literature
• Lies, History and Ideology
• Roman Satire
• Latin Oratory
• Floating Words: Anonymous Writing in Ancient Rome
• The Art of Translation: Ovid in English
• Roman Epic