Classics

Ancient Greece and Rome are approached here through their languages as well as their cultures. Greek, Latin or a mixture of the two is on offer, and that grounding lets you read writers from early poets to historians of Rome in the original. Further options reach into history, archaeology, literature and philosophy. Those studying full-time should arrive with some elementary Greek or Latin, which a summer course can supply. Complete newcomers to the languages are steered towards the four-year part-time pattern. Teaching happens in the evening, and everyone must take a language module. In your last year you plan and write a dissertation with a specialist adviser. You learn to judge evidence from antiquity that is patchy or open to dispute, a habit useful in education, publishing, heritage and work with the public. Connections with London museums and fieldwork anchor the subject in physical remains, and many graduates continue to postgraduate classics.