Ancient History and Classical Culture
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | On-Campus | Full-time, Part-time | 1 - 3 years | September | £9100 per year | £19300 per year |
About Ancient History and Classical Culture, MA - at Swansea University
This programme is designed to offer the flexibility for you to select modules around your own personal interests and future goals. The module pathways reflect the different disciplinary sub-branches into which the study of the Classical world is conventially divided.
If you have literary interests, you will be able to undertake modules such as ‘Creations of Egypt in the Greco-Roman World’, ‘Ancient Narrative Literature’, and ‘Saints and Sinners in Christian Late Antiquity’. You will also be able to pursue the study of ancient languages as part of the programme.
If you have historical or material culture interests, you will be able to undertake modules such as ‘Heritage, Law, and Conflict’, ‘Creations of Egypt in the Greco-Roman World’, and ‘Ancient Landscapes’. You will also be able to pursue the study of ancient languages as part of the programme.
The modules offered reflect a variety of approaches to the study of the ancient world and its heritage. Through both these optional modules, as well as modules on ‘Research Methodologies’ and ‘Advanced Research Project Preparation’, you will develop skills that build towards the dissertation that you will write under the direction of a specialist supervisor.
The full-time course structure is split across the year with three modules offered in each academic semester, and a dissertation completed over the summer.
If you study the course part time, one compulsory and two optional modules are usually taken in each of the first and second years, with a dissertation also completed over the summer of the second year.
Your study resources will include a main library that is particularly well stocked with ancient literary and documentary sources, archaeological, epigraphic, and papyrological publications, and relevant modern scholarship. Library collections include a wide range of general and specialist periodicals, and an increasing number of specialist digital resources.
You will also have access to the collections and resources in the Egypt Centre on campus, benefitting from being an active part of the thriving and supportive academic community in Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology with the Department of History, Heritage and Classics
Entry requirements
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