Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Duration Full Time: 12 Month(s)
Duration Part Time: 24 Month(s)
Total Credits: 90
Delivery Method: In-Person
Connected Curriculum: Graduate Attributes: - Independent and creative thinker
Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement): No
The MA (Classical Studies) is a full-time programme running for 12 months or a part-time programme running for 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.
Exit Award: Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies
MA candidates who pass 30 credits of taught modules from Part I may choose to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies. A student who subsequently applies to continue to a Master's must do so within 5 years of successful completion of the Postgraduate Certificate.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
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| 45 |
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| Beginners' Ancient Greek (15) | |
| Beginners' Latin (15) | |
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| Beginners' Latin (15) | |
| Reading Greek (5) | |
| Easy Greek Texts (5) | |
| Plato (5) | |
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| Beginners' Ancient Greek (15) | |
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| Latin in Practice (5) | |
| Petronius's Cena Trimalchionis (5) | |
| Propertius (5) | |
| Seneca (5) | |
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| Reading Greek (5) | |
| Easy Greek Texts (5) | |
| Plato (5) | |
| Latin in Practice (5) | |
| Petronius's Cena Trimalchionis (5) | |
| Propertius (5) | |
| Seneca (5) | |
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| Divination and Cosmology in Late Antiquity (5) | |
| Insult and Invective in the Ancient World (5) | |
| The Insular World in Text and Image (10) | |
| Contemporary Practices in Publishing and Editing (5) | |
| Digital Skills for Research Postgraduates in the Humanities and Social Sciences (5) | |
| Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research (10) | |
| Celtic Paganism and its Irish Legacy: The Medieval Evidence (10) | |
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| Beginners' Ancient Greek (15) | |
| Beginners' Latin (15) |
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| Beginners' Latin (15) | |
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| Beginners' Ancient Greek (15) | |
| |
| |
| Reading Greek (5) | |
| Easy Greek Texts (5) | |
| Plato (5) | |
| Latin in Practice (5) | |
| Petronius's Cena Trimalchionis (5) | |
| Propertius (5) | |
| Seneca (5) | |
| |
| Divination and Cosmology in Late Antiquity (5) | |
| Insult and Invective in the Ancient World (5) | |
| The Insular World in Text and Image (10) | |
| Contemporary Practices in Publishing and Editing (5) | |
| Digital Skills for Research Postgraduates in the Humanities and Social Sciences (5) | |
| Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research (10) | |
| Celtic Paganism and its Irish Legacy: The Medieval Evidence (10) | |
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| GR6007 | Roman Studies Dissertation 2 | 45 |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for the MA (Classical Studies) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of the major issues and problems within the field of Roman Studies;
- Evaluate a broad range of primary and secondary sources related to Roman studies;
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the preservation and transmission of Roman culture into the modern era;
- Demonstrate an enhanced knowledge of Latin;
- Demonstrate an enhanced knowledge of Greek;
- Pursue an extended Master's level research and writing project, showing appropriate research, writing and technical skills, demonstrated in a 20,000 word dissertation.
