Course description
Specialisation Requirements:
* 100 points elective subjects with no more than one first year subject
First year subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
107-102 Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
This subject will study the archaeology and literature of the two earliest civilisations - one situated in the Nile Valley (Egypt), the other in the plains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Mesopotamia). These vastly different societies, which have... Semester 1 12.50
107-104 Myth, Art and Empire: Greece and Rome
This course will introduce students to ancient Greek and Roman culture. Through a study of ancient literary texts, art, and society, students will explore the mythic origins, heroic archetypes, gods and goddesses, monuments and societies of the Greek... Semester 2 12.50
107-130 Art History: Theory and Controversy
This subject introduces the study of art history by focusing on the work of art through a number of case studies drawn from a Western cultural and historical context. It develops a broad understanding of the historical and aesthetic characteristics o... Semester 2 12.50
107-149 Intensive Beginners Latin
This subject teaches students to read Latin and covers the material of two semesters. It covers grammatical concepts and paradigms, ­sentence formation and translation and the reading of simple texts. The aim is for students ... Summer 25
131-166 Medieval Plague, War and Heresy
The period from 1300-1450 has been described as a ‘calamitous’ one in European history: it saw the deaths of 25 million people from plague; the ravages of the 100 Years War between France and England; Schism in the Church; the... Semester 2 12.50
Second/third year subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
106-013 Beowulf
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
106-015 Backgrounds to English Literature
This subject examines a range of Classical and Christian works to establish how and why they have been influential in Western literature and thought. Students who complete this subject successfully will have read a representative range of Classical l... Semester 1 12.50
106-024 Introduction to Old English A
This subject is an introduction to the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons from 750 to 1150, focusing on both prose and poetry, read in the original. The basic grammar of Old English is taught. Students are introduced to linguistic concepts a... Semester 1 12.50
106-029 Introduction to Old English B
This subject is an introduction to the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons from 750-1150, focusing on both prose and poetry, which is read in the original. Students will be taught advanced Old English grammar and syntax, and will examine medi... Semester 2 12.50
106-038 Medievalism in Contemporary Culture
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
106-053 Chaucer and the Birth of the Author
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
106-213 Art, Ideology and Doctrine, 400-1000
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-004 Archaeology of Homeric & Biblical People
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-211 Egypt Under the Pharaohs
The Egyptians are one of the most fascinating peoples of the ancient world. This course will study the distinctive character of Egyptian civilisation which emerged in the Nile valley during the early third millennium BCE and survived right through un... Semester 1 12.50
107-213 Imperial Insanity: Mad Emperors of Rome
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-221 The Epics of Greece and Rome
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-222 Classical Athens
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-231 Greek and Roman Theatre
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-233 Ancient Greece: Archaeology and Art
The subject concentrates on mainland Greece in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period (ca. 1100-ca. 500 BC), examining what we know about the archaeology of this period and what developments there have been over the last decade. The main emphasis ... Semester 2 12.50
107-249 Greek Art and Architecture
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-274 New Kingdom Egypt and the World Beyond
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
116-224 Rome: Fact or Fiction
This subject will not be available in 2009 25
131-042 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
This lecture series celebrates the turbulent and exciting history of the Roman Republic, from its humble beginnings around 500 BCE to the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BCE. The first part discusses Early Rome; the social, pol... Semester 1 12.50
131-043 Imperial Rome: Augustus to Theodosius I
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
131-046 Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation
This subject examines the growth of Islamic civilisation in the period between the revelation of the Quran and the end of Muslim rule in Spain in 1492. The study focuses on the Arabic and Turkish-speaking areas of western Asia, North Africa and the I... Semester 2 12.50
131-075 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity
This intensive subject examines ancient Greek and Roman societies and cities in Greece, Turkey* and Italy. We will be based in: Athens, with day trips to Delphi and the Sounion peninsular; Hellenistic sites on the west coast of Turkey; and Rome, with... Summer 25
131-233 Civil War and Revolution in Britain
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
131-237 The Crusades
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
131-276 Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Knights and ladies, castles and crusades, merchants, great artists, the discovery of man and of the world: such images of medieval and Renaissance Europe remain potent and enduring even in our post modern world. This subject will introduce students t... Semester 1 12.50
161-019 Greek Philosophy
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
161-031 Philosophy of Christianity
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
740-304 Music of the Manuscript Tradition
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
740-312 Notation and Music Editing
Students will be able to demonstrate skill in the transcription from early notations to modern notation in line with current standards of scholarly practice. The subject will introduce the criteria and principles of modern editorial practice, and ena... Semester 2 12.50
116-418 To Hell with Dante
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
116-419 Italian Language in Focus Advanced
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
First/second/third year subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
107-155 Roman Elegy
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-156 Roman Biography
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-159 Roman Historiography
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-160 Intermediate Latin: Oratory
This subject examines Roman rhetorical practice through the study of an oratorical text, such as a speech of Cicero. Both highly structured and strongly emotive, oratory was a field in which Roman aristocrats fought their political battles and assert... Semester 2 12.50
107-161 Roman Epic
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-164 Intermediate Latin: Satire
This subject examines key Latin satiric works by Juvenal and/or Horace. It introduces students to the genre of satire-writing, and positions it in relation to its historical context and to other Roman genres such as comedy and epigram. Students will ... Semester 1 12.50
