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Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
THE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
1. Programme title and designation
Classical Studies with English
Single honours Joint Major/minor
2. Final award
Award Title Credit
Value
ECTS
equivalent
Any special criteria
BA Classical
Studies with
English
360 180 N/A
3. Nested awards
Award Title Credit
Value
ECTS
equivalent
Any special criteria
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
4. Exit awards
Award Title Credit
Value
ECTS
equivalent
Any special criteria
Ordinary degree Arts &
Humanities
(Classical
Studies with
English)
300 150 Students must pass at least 75
credits in the minor subject in
order to be eligible for an
undergraduate ordinary
degree (300 credits) award that
includes the minor subject. If a
student does not achieve this
threshold in the minor subject they
may be considered for an exit
award in the main subject.
Undergraduate
Diploma
(UGDip)
Arts &
Humanities
(Classical
Studies with
English)
240 120 Students must pass at least 60
credits in the minor subject in
order to be eligible for an
undergraduate diploma exit award
(240 credits) that includes the
minor subject. If a student does
not achieve this threshold in the
minor subject they may be
considered for an exit award in the
main subject.
X
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Undergraduate
Certificate
(UGCert)
Arts &
Humanities
(Classical
Studies with
English)
120 60 Students must pass at least 30
credits in the minor subject in
order to be eligible for an
undergraduate certificate exit
award (120 credits) that includes
the minor subject. If a student
does not achieve this threshold in
the minor subject they may be
considered for an exit award in the
main subject.
5. Level in the qualifications framework H
6. Attendance
Full-time Part-time Distance
learning
Mode of attendance
Yes No No
Minimum length of programme
3 years N/A N/A
Maximum length of programme
10 years N/A N/A
7. Awarding institution/body
King’s College London, University of London
8. Teaching institution
King’s College London, University of London
9. Proposing department
Department of Classics
10. Programme organiser and contact
details
Dr Hugh Bowden, Department of Classics; email:
11. UCAS code (if appropriate)
Q8Q3
12. Relevant QAA subject benchmark/
professional and statutory body guidelines
Classical Studies: Classics and Ancient History;
English: English, also benchmark statement for
Linguistics was consulted.
13. Date of production of specification
Original PAF: January 2004;
CFPAF: February 2007
14. Date of programme review
2016/17
16. Educational aims of the programme
The following learning outcomes are applicable to all awards.
Classical Studies
The Programme aims to develop the student’s interest in, and knowledge and understanding of the
literature, thought, culture and history of Greco-Roman antiquity. Classical Studies comprises the
study of multi-lingual and multi-cultural traditions, via the comparative study of literary periods,
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
genres, or themes, social, military, economic and political history; and art and archaeology. The
programme aims to foster respect for the student’s own and others’ literature, history, culture and
values and a capacity for critical reasoning and judgement. The intellectual training also aims to
encourage flexibility of approach.
A Classical Studies honours degree (in common with all programmes offered by this Department)
depends on proper interaction between in-depth training in a skill, and the intellectual training
common to all Humanities degrees. At the heart of a university education in the Classics Department
is the need to teach Greek and Latin, to impart a knowledge of ancient cultures, and to train students’
own intellectual and personal skills. The Department’s aims are therefore:
• To train students to think logically, to develop analytical skills, to Assess evidence, to exercise
judgement, and to reach coherent decisions through the study of modules of high intellectual
content.
• To train students to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
To produce intelligent, adaptable, articulate and independently minded graduates who will satisfy the
needs of employers in a wide range of occupations, and who will become life-long learners with an
appreciation of the value to society of an education in the Humanities.
English
The programme aims to develop students’ interest in and knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of
English language and literature by providing a teaching environment based in a research culture
which values scholarly inquiry and independence of thought. By offering high levels of staff contact
and flexible programme structures, the programme aims to encourage free and open discussion and a
wide range of student module choices in which students will examine the nature, history and potential
of the English language and the production, reception and interpretation of written texts, both literary
and non-literary. Students are encouraged to engage with apparently marginal as well as mainstream,
canonical texts and to examine geographically and temporally distant cultures through their distinctive
forms of representation.
17. Educational objectives of the programme/programme outcomes
Classical Studies
The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and
understanding and skills in the following areas:
Knowledge and understanding
The programme provides a knowledge and
understanding of the following:
1. The culture of Greco-Roman antiquity,
combining its literature, thought, art and
religion, its history and political and
social organisation and its material culture;
2. The similarities and differences between
the culture of Greco-Roman antiquity and
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
These skills are acquired in small group
lectures, seminars and tutorials in each of
years 1, 2 and 3. Skill 4 is addressed through all modules making use of primary
materials, in the case of written material
either in the original or in translation, in the
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
the student’s own culture;
3. Complementary subjects – drawn from
such fields as language, literature,
linguistics, philosophy, history, art,
archaeology, or theme-based topics which
cross the boundaries between them (e.g.
religion, gender studies) – and periods;
4. An appropriate and diverse range of
primary materials, e.g. literary,
philosophical and historical texts, art
objects, manuscripts and inscriptions;
5. A range of techniques and methodologies,
such as bibliographical and library
research skills, a range of skills in reading
and textual analysis, the varieties of
historical method, the visual skills characteristic of art criticism, use of
statistics (e.g. in archaeology),
philosophical argument and analysis,
analytical grasp of language, skills in
translation from and/or into Greek
(ancient, mediaeval or modern) and/or
Latin;
6. A range of viewpoints on problems of
interpretation and evaluation and a variety
of critical approaches to them drawn from
different disciplines within the subject
area.
7. appropriate personal and professional
conduct in the context of the discipline.
case of material culture either through
reproductions or direct contact in museums.
Students are made aware that class contact
time is the departure point for their
learning, the greater part of which must be
self-motivated. Tutors advise on secondary
reading and on locating resources. Thus
the importance of independent reading is
stressed at all levels. Work is largely text-
based, with prior preparation working
alongside close reading, explication and
analysis in class. Learning is enhanced by
effective preparation, in terms of language
learning, translation of primary texts, and
background reading.
Assessment:
Learning outcomes are tested through a
combination of assessed coursework and
final, unseen, examination. Assessed
coursework is principally in the form of
essays, but may include an element for
analysis of ancient sources.
Skills and other attributes
Intellectual skills:
1. A command of the ancient Greek and
Latin languages;
2. Can analyse more abstract texts,
evidence, etc without guidance, using a
range of approaches and techniques
appropriate to the subject;
3. With minimum guidance can critically
assesses secondary literature and
important ideas to develop an argument; 4. Can critically evaluate material to
support conclusions, reviewing its
reliability, validity and significance. Can
investigate contradictory
information/identify reasons for
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
Intellectual skills are developed through the
teaching and learning programme outlined
above. All modules, however taught,
involve discussion of key issues, practice in
applying concepts both orally and in
writing, analysis and interpretation of
materials, and individual feedback sessions on coursework and on general progress.
Assessment:
The assessment methods outlined above
demand the development of skills 1-5. 5
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
contradictions;
5. Is confident and flexible in identifying
and defining complex issues within the
discipline and can apply appropriate
knowledge and skills in addressing them.
will be demonstrated increasingly, from
years 1 to 3, but will be most evident in
year 3. The compulsory final year
dissertation provides the perfect vehicle for
all skills.
Practical skills:
1. Can operate in complex and
unpredictable contexts, requiring
selection and application from a wide
range of methods and activities;
2. Able to act autonomously, with minimal
supervision or direction, within agreed
guidelines.
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
All students receive guidance on
identifying, locating and using material in
libraries and elsewhere. Comprehensive
bibliographies are provided for each
module at the outset, as are module
descriptions and essay titles. First-year
students are given a guide to the production
of essays, giving examples of citations,
notes and critical apparatus, and guidance
on attribution of sources. First-year
compulsory core modules introduce
students to analysis of texts in translation
from thematic, generic and methodological
perspectives.
Assessment:
These skills are primarily assessed through
assessed coursework, required for most
modules and final examinations.
Generic/transferable skills:
1. Can interact effectively within a
team/learning group, recognise, support
or be proactive in leadership, negotiate
and manage conflict;
2. With minimum guidance can manage
own learning using full range of
resources for the discipline(s);
3. Is confident in application of own criteria
of judgement and can challenge received
opinion. Can seek and make use of
feedback;
4. Can select and manage information,
competently undertaking reasonably
straight-forward research tasks with
minimum guidance;
5. Can take responsibility for own work and
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
Small-group teaching in all courses
develops skills 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. Skills 2, 3,
4, 5 and 7 are developed through written
work and feedback on same. Skills 1, 3 and
6 are relevant to tutorials, seminars and
discussions.
Assessment:
Skills 2-7 are assessed through essays, class
participation and oral presentations. Skill 1
is not formally assessed but is inherent in
exposure to the subject.
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
can criticise it;
6. Can engage effectively in debate in a
professional manner and give detailed
and coherent presentations;
7. Is confident and flexible in identifying
and defining complex issues and can
apply appropriate knowledge and skills in
addressing them.
English
17. Educational objectives of the programme/programme outcomes
The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and
understanding and skills in the following areas:
Knowledge and understanding
The programme provides a knowledge and
understanding of the following:
1. a broad knowledge of the history and
structure of the English language;
2. a broad knowledge of the history of
literatures in English in their cultural
contexts;
3. an awareness of the political, social and
historical contexts in which texts are
produced and received;
4. key methods and contexts for linguistics
analysis;
5. specialised knowledge of the history of
literary theory and its application, and of
the range of genres and modes and formal
strategies of literary expression;
6. the effective and appropriate use of
personal judgement and reflection, of
critical analysis, and of the research and
arguments of others;
7. appropriate personal and professional
conduct in the context of the discipline.
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
These are acquired in small-group lectures,
seminars and tutorials in each of years 1, 2
and 3. Students are made aware that class
contact time is the departure point for their
learning, the greater part of which must be
self-motivated. Tutors advise on secondary
reading and on locating resources. Thus the
importance of independent reading is
stressed at all levels. Work is largely text-
based, with prior preparation working
alongside close reading, explication and
analysis in class. Learning is enhanced by
effective preparation, in terms of
background reading.
Assessment:
Learning outcomes are tested through a
combination of:
• assessed coursework;
• assessed oral presentations and
participation;
• prior disclosure and unseen,
examination;
• assessed project work.
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Assessed coursework is principally in the
form of essays, but may include an element
for oral presentations. Class presentations
develop oral communication and a
continuous part of the teaching process but
are not formally assessed.
Skills and other attributes
Intellectual skills:
1. Can analyse more abstract texts, evidence, etc
without guidance, using a range of approaches
and techniques appropriate to the subject;
2. With minimum guidance can critically
assesses secondary literature and important
ideas to develop an argument;
3. Can critically evaluate material to support
conclusions, reviewing its reliability, validity
and significance. Can investigate
contradictory information/identify reasons for
contradictions;
4. Is confident and flexible in identifying and
defining complex issues within the discipline
and can apply appropriate knowledge and
skills in addressing them.
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
The teaching and learning programme
outlined above. The modules all, through
both teaching and private study, develop
skills 1-4
Assessment:
The range of assessment methods requires
students to demonstrate skills 1-4 through
the production of coherent written
responses to the questions or problems set.
Class presentations develop oral
communication and are a continuous part of
the teaching process but are not always
formally assessed.
Practical skills:
1. Can operate in complex and unpredictable
contexts, requiring selection and application
from a wide range of methods and activities;
2. Able to act autonomously, with minimal
supervision or direction, within agreed
guidelines.
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
These skills are developed through
tutorials, seminars and preparation for
seminars, lectures and private study.
Assessment:
The range of assessment methods requires
students to demonstrate these skills through
the production of coherent written
responses to the questions or problems set.
Class presentations develop oral
communication and are a continuous part of
the teaching process but are not always
formally assessed.
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Generic/transferable skills:
1. Can interact effectively within a team/learning
group, recognise, support or be proactive in
leadership, negotiate and manage conflict;
2. With minimum guidance can manage own
learning using full range of resources for the
discipline(s);
3. Is confident in application of own criteria of
judgement and can challenge received opinion.
Can seek and make use of feedback;
4. Can select and manage information,
competently undertaking reasonably straight-
forward research tasks with minimum
guidance;
5. Can take responsibility for own work and can criticise it;
6. Can engage effectively in debate in a
professional manner and give detailed and
coherent presentations;
7. Is confident and flexible in identifying and
defining complex issues and can apply
appropriate knowledge and skills in addressing
them.
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and
strategies:
Tutorials and seminars develop skills 1-7;
private study develops skills 2-5 and 7.
Assessment:
The range of assessment methods requires
students to demonstrate skills 2-5 and 7
through the production of coherent written
responses to the questions or problems set
Class presentations develop oral
communication and are a continuous part of
the teaching process but are not always formally assessed.
18. Statement of how the programme has been informed by the relevant subject benchmark
statement(s)/professional and statutory body guidelines
The programme has been informed and is supported by the relevant parts of the Classics & Ancient
History benchmark statement. Examples of subject-related skills include an understanding of:
literary, cultural and historical development; an appreciation of methodological problems involved in
studying a historical culture; the ability to assimilate and manipulate the diverse range of information
required to obtain an overview of different periods and regions of the Greco-Roman world.
19. Programme structure and award requirements (where relevant the information should also
differentiate the particular requirements of pathways within a programme or linked/exit awards)
(a) numbers of compulsory and optional units to be taken in each year of the programme
Year 1: 120 credits earned through 90 credits of optional modules in the Department of Classics and
30 credits of optional modules in the Department of English Language & Literature.
Year 2: 120 credits earned through 90 credits of optional modules in the Department of Classics, and
30 credits of optional modules in the Department of English Language & Literature. A minimum of
60 credits must be at Level 5 for the Classical Studies side of the programme. All modules from
Department of English Language & Literature at Level 5. Where a student takes part in a single
semester ‘Year Abroad’ option, then 60 credits will be earned in either semester 1 or 2, with the
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
remaining 60 credits being earned at the partner institution; students will take 45 credits of optional
modules in the Department of Classics, and 15 credits of optional modules in the Department of
English Language & Literature.
Year 3: 120 credits earned through 90 credits of optional modules in the Department of Classics and
30 credits of optional modules in the Department of English Language & Literature. A maximum of
30 credits are permitted at Level 5 in the Department of Classics for the Classical Studies side of the
programme. All modules from Department of English Language & Literature at Level 6.
(b) range of credit levels permitted within the programme
Levels 4, 5 and 6
(c) maximum number of credits permitted at the lowest level
150 credits
(d) minimum number of credits required at the highest level
90 credits
(e) progression and award requirements (if different from the standard)
Standard
(f) maximum number of credits permitted with a condoned fail (core modules excluded)
45 credits.
(g) are students permitted to take a substitute module, as per regulation A3, 19.5.?
Yes
(h) other relevant information to explain the programme structure In year one of study, students may substitute one 15-credit optional module from any department in the Faculty
of Arts and Humanities for one module from the list of Classics optional modules, assuming that this module is
appropriate to their programme of study in the judgement of the Departmental management board. Subject to
Department approval, relevant (i.e. Classics-related) modules offered at the appropriate level by the
Departments of Greek & Latin, History and the Institute of Archaeology at UCL, the Department of
Classics at RHUL, and any KCL Department, may be taken in place of KCL Classics modules in
Years 2 and 3 of study.
In Year 2, where students are spending the first or second semester abroad, they will take the
appropriate Study Abroad version of any 30 credit modules.
At the end of their first year, students may be permitted to change their programme of study from ‘BA
in Classical Studies with English’ to ‘BA in Classical Studies’. Students must achieve at least a pass
mark or a mark within the condonable fail range for English modules taken in their first year, and
must meet the progression requirements for the programme. Any change will be at the discretion of
the Department of Classics. If a change is approved, credits gained in English during the first year can
be counted towards the new programme of study and degree classification.
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Programme Structure
Title Credit
level
Credit
value
Status (I, C, O) for each
type of programme
Progression Assessment
Single
honours
Joint
honours
Major/
minor
Single
honours
Joint
honour
s
Major/
minor
Year One
Year 1 optional modules:
Lists of optional modules in this document are
indicative. An up-to-date list of optional modules
offered is available in the Handbook.
Greek Language 1 4 30 O No Written examination
Latin Language 1 4 30 O No Written examination
Greek Language 2 4 30 O No Written examination
Greek Language 3 4 30 O No Written examination
Latin Language 2 4 30 O No Written examination
Latin Language 3 4 30 O No Written examination
Modern Greek language stage one 4 15 O No
Written and oral
examinations
Introductory Greek Texts I (Prose) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Greek Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Greek Texts III (Prose) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Greek texts IV (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Latin Texts I (Prose) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Latin Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Introductory Latin Texts III (Prose) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Latin Texts IV (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination
Art and Archaeology of Greece and Rome 4 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece 4 15 O No Coursework
Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome 4 15 O No Coursework
Greek and Latin Literature: An Introduction 4 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Greek Literature: An Introduction 4 15 O No Coursework
Latin Literature: An Introduction 4 15 O No Coursework
Introduction to Ancient History (c. 1200 BC-AD 600) 4 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Introduction to Ancient History (The Eastern
Mediterranean, the Near & Far East, c. 1200-200 BC) 4 15 O No Coursework
Introduction to Ancient History (Rome, the
Mediterranean & the East to c. AD 600) 4 15 O No Coursework
Introduction to Ancient Philosophy 4 30 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Working with Greek and Latin Literary Texts: an
Introduction 4 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Working with Greek Literary Texts: an Introduction 4 15 O No Coursework
Working with Latin Literary Texts: an Introduction 4 15 O No Coursework
All Level 4 modules in the Department of English
Language & Literature 4 15 O No Various
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Year Two
Year Two optional modules:
Lists of optional modules in this document are
indicative. An up-to-date list of optional modules
offered is available in the Handbook.
Greek Language 1 5 30 O No Written examination
Latin Language 1 5 30 O No Written examination
Modern Greek language stage one 5 15 O No
Written and Oral
examinations
Adventures in Ancient Greek Drama 5 15 O No Written examination
The Ancient & Early Medieval Book 5 15 O No Written examination
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece 5 15 O No Coursework
Building Greece & Rome 5 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
The Byzantine Empire, 600-1453 5 30 O No
Written examination,
coursework
The City of Rome 5 15 O No Coursework
Constantinople: Imperial Capital - Medieval
Metropolis 5 15 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Cosmos & Body: Presocratics & Hippocratics 5 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Death in Greek Literature 5 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Death in Greek Myth & Thought 5 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Early Greece from Troy to Marathon 5 15 O No Coursework
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Exploring the King’s Play 5 15 O No Written examination
Female Voices in Greek & Latin Literature 5 15 O No Written examination
From Sulla to Caesar: the Fall of the Roman Republic 5 15 O No Coursework
Greek Architecture 5 30 O No Written examination
Greek Drama 5 30 O No Written examination
Greek History Down to 322 BC 5 30 O No Written examination
Greek Language 3A 5 30 O No Written examination
Greeks on Being Good (& Evil) 5 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Icons & Idols: The Image of Christ & the Classical
Origins of Early Christian Art 5 15 O No Coursework
Introductory Greek Texts I (Prose) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Greek Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No
Written examination,
other
Introductory Greek Texts III (Prose) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Greek texts IV (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination
Hellenistic Art 5 30 O No Written examination
History of the Roman Empire 31 BC to AD 400 5 30 O No Written examination
Latin Language 3A 5 30 O No Written examination
Introductory Latin Texts I (Prose) 5 15 O No
Written examination,
other
Introductory Latin Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No
Written examination,
other
Introductory Latin Texts III (Prose) 5 15 O No Written examination
Introductory Latin Texts IV (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Mapping Society & the Past: Historians & Sophists 5 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
The Medieval Book 5 15 O No
Coursework; written
examination
Museums of London: a cultural history 5 15 O No Coursework
Narrative Literature in Antiquity 5 30 O No Written examination
Presocratics, Hippocratics & Sophists 5 30 O No Written examination
Roman Architecture 5 30 O No Written examination
Roman Art 5 30 O No Written examination
Roman Art I: Art, Power & Authority 5 15 O No Coursework
Roman Art II: Art in the Private Sphere 5 15 O No Coursework
Roman Britain 5 30 O No Written examination
Roman Drama 5 30 O No Written examination
Roman Drama I: The Theatre at Rome 5 15 O No Coursework
Roman Drama II: Selected Plays 5 15 O No Coursework
Roman London 5 15 O No Coursework
Roman Ostia 5 15 O No Coursework
Sex & the Symposium: The Evidence of Athenian
Painted Pottery 5 15 O No Coursework
Who Needs Myth? 5 15 O No Written examination
All Level 5 modules in the Department of English
Language & Literature 5 15 O Various
Final Year
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Final Year optional modules:
Lists of optional modules in this document are
indicative. An up-to-date list of optional modules
offered is available in the Handbook.
Latin language 1 5 30 O No Written examination
Greek language 1 5 30 O No Written examination
Modern Greek language stage one 5 15 O No
Written and oral
examinations
Dissertation (undergraduate Classics) 6 30 O No Dissertation
Age of Cicero 6 30 O No Written examination
Alexander the Great 6 30 O No Written examination
Archaeology of the Western Roman Provinces 6 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Art & Archaeology of the Early Greek State, 1200-600
BC 6 30 O No Written examination
Augustine & His World 6 30 O No Written examination
Augustus: power & propaganda 6 30 O No Written examination
Becoming like God in Greek & Roman Philosophy 1:
From Presocratics to Aristotle 6 15 O No Coursework
Becoming like God in Greek & Roman Philosophy 2:
Stoics, Epicureans, Platonists & Church Fathers 6 15 O No Coursework
The Classical Art of the Body: Greek Sculpture 6 15 O No Coursework
The Classical Art of the Body: Greek Sculpture & it’s
Legacy 6 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
The Classical Tradition 6 30 O No Written examination
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Constantine & his Historians 6 15 O No
Coursework, text
commentary exercise
Describing Constantinople 6 30 O No Written examination
Frontiers of the Roman Empire 6 30 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Greek Literature & Culture Under the Roman Empire 6 30 O No Written examination
Greek Pottery & Painting 800-300BC 6 30 O No Written examination
Greek Religion 6 30 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Greek Religion to the End of the Archaic Period 6 30 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Greek Sculpture 750-300BC 6 30 O No Written examination
Greek Texts IX 6 15 O No Written examination
Greek Texts V (Poetry) 6 15 O No Written examination
Greek Texts VI (Drama) 6 15 O No Written examination
Greek Texts VII (Poetry) 6 15 O No Written examination
Greek Texts VIII (Poetry) 6 15 O No Written examination
Greek Texts IX (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination
Greek Texts X (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination
The Hellenistic Near East 6 30 O Written examination
The history and theory of ancient slavery 6 30 O No Written examination
Island living in the Eastern Mediterranean 6 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Latin Texts V (Poetry) 6 15 O No Written examination
Latin Texts VI (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination
Latin Texts VII (Poetry) 6 15 O No Written examination
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
Latin Texts VIII (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination
Latin Texts IX (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination
Latin Texts X (Verse) 6 15 O No Written examination
Latin Texts XI (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination
Latin Texts XII (Verse) 6 15 O No Written examination
Medicine and society in the ancient world 6 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Medicine and society in the medieval world 6 15 O No
Written examination,
coursework
Medieval Cyprus: art and architecture 6 15 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Neronian Literature & Culture 6 30 O No Written examination
Pagans, Christians & Jews in the Roman Empire 6 30 O No Written examination
Pausanias & the Archaeology of Greece 6 30 O No Written examination
Performance Literature in Antiquity 6 30 O No Written examination
Persia & the Achaemenid Empire 6 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Plato’s Myths: the Soul, Desire & the Beyond 6 30 O No Written examination
Religion & Politics in Archaic & Classical Greece 6 30 O No Written examination
Rise of Rome, c. 650 to 70 BC 6 30 O No Written examination
Roman Religions: continuity & change 6 30 O No
Coursework, written
examination
Theory of Literature 6 30 O Written examination
Values & Subversion in Roman Literature & Society 6 30 O Written examination
Warfare in the Ancient World 6 30 O
Written examination,
coursework
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020
All Level 6 modules in the Department of English
Language & Literature 6 15 O Various
In addition to the listed optional modules, students
may take other relevant modules in the Faculty of Arts
& Humanities and Global Institutes with the approval
of the programme convenor. 4, 5, 6 15, 30 O No Various
20. Marking criteria
All modules will be marked in accordance with the Faculty’s marking criteria where such exists, or else in accordance with the College’s generic marking
criteria.
Programme approval 2006/07
PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007
PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 21st May 2010
PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011
PAF modified re: programme information: 6 September 2012
PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 3rd April 2013
PAF modified by QAS for 2014/15: 12th February 2014
PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6th August 2014
PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014
PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015
PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017
PAF checked for 2019/20: 29 July 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019
PAF checked for 2020/21: 4 August 2020