MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies 21 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Oxford |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

21 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

46,209 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Classics and Ancient HistoryMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Classics and Ancient History

Degree

MPhil

Study Level

Masters

This two-year course is designed for a multi-purpose introduction to the Roman world in Late Antiquity, to Byzantium, the medieval successor of the East Roman Empire, and to neighbouring peoples and their cultures. The course includes the completion of a 30,000-word dissertation. Students have the option of selecting a focus of study dependant on their knowledge of languages or on their primary interests in the field. Two basic pathways lead into each field of study, one in language training and one in auxiliary disciplines, and students are expected to choose between them at the beginning of the course. The first is the language training pathway which offers intensive training in any one of the following ancient and medieval languages: Greek; Latin; Slavonic; Armenian; Syriac; Coptic; and Arabic. The second pathway is designed for those who already have considerable competence in their chosen language and can read the primary sources. Students will receive instruction in one or two of a range of specialist auxiliary disciplines of papyrology, epigraphy, palaeography, numismatics, sigillography or artefact studies and students will choose a special subject from a list in their preferred subject area, ie in either history, art and archaeology, literature or religion.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Classics and Ancient History

Degree

MPhil

Study Level

Masters

This two-year course is designed for a multi-purpose introduction to the Roman world in Late Antiquity, to Byzantium, the medieval successor of the East Roman Empire, and to neighbouring peoples and their cultures. The course includes the completion of a 30,000-word dissertation. Students have the option of selecting a focus of study dependant on their knowledge of languages or on their primary interests in the field. Two basic pathways lead into each field of study, one in language training and one in auxiliary disciplines, and students are expected to choose between them at the beginning of the course. The first is the language training pathway which offers intensive training in any one of the following ancient and medieval languages: Greek; Latin; Slavonic; Armenian; Syriac; Coptic; and Arabic. The second pathway is designed for those who already have considerable competence in their chosen language and can read the primary sources. Students will receive instruction in one or two of a range of specialist auxiliary disciplines of papyrology, epigraphy, palaeography, numismatics, sigillography or artefact studies and students will choose a special subject from a list in their preferred subject area, ie in either history, art and archaeology, literature or religion.

Admission Requirements

110+
7.5+
3.75+
191+

A first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours (or equivalent international qualifications), as a minimum, in a relevant discipline in the humanities or social sciences.

21 Months
Jan-2000

Domestic
20,309 GBP
International
46,209 GBP

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