Classics MA (Hons) 48 months Undergraduate Programme By The University of Edinburgh |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

48 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Classics and Ancient HistoryMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Classics and Ancient History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

In MA Classics you will focus on the study of the languages and literatures of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

  • Ancient Greek is the language in which many of the basic concepts underlying western society were expressed for the first time.
  • Latin was the language of the most powerful and durable empire of the classical world. It remained the principal language of scholarship, record and literature in western Europe for more than 1,000 years.

The programme combines detailed philological work with the study of Greek and Latin-speaking civilisations in many different contexts, including:

  • political
  • religious
  • philosophical

You will have the opportunity to read texts from:

  • archaic Greece
  • Late Antiquity
  • Byzantium
  • the Middle Ages

Programme overview

Main Subject

Classics and Ancient History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

In MA Classics you will focus on the study of the languages and literatures of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

  • Ancient Greek is the language in which many of the basic concepts underlying western society were expressed for the first time.
  • Latin was the language of the most powerful and durable empire of the classical world. It remained the principal language of scholarship, record and literature in western Europe for more than 1,000 years.

The programme combines detailed philological work with the study of Greek and Latin-speaking civilisations in many different contexts, including:

  • political
  • religious
  • philosophical

You will have the opportunity to read texts from:

  • archaic Greece
  • Late Antiquity
  • Byzantium
  • the Middle Ages

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

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