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University of Liverpool: Classics and Ancient History
| Institution | University of Liverpool |
|---|---|
| Department | Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology |
| Web | https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/ |
| HLC-PGR@liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 0151 794 5927 |
| Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
The MA Classics and Ancient History provides intensive preparation for further research into the literature, cultures, history and societies of ancient Greece and Rome and their later reception. At the same time it delivers key transferable skills and training that employers value.
Core modules prepare you for the challenge of your MA, helping you to develop thematic perspectives on the ancient world and understand the big ideas that inform contemporary research. They also build your skills in research and communication, encouraging you to adopt effective strategies for gathering and organising disparate information, analysing complex evidence, evaluating propositions and articulating arguments for different audiences and occasions. As well as pursuing independent research across your degree, you will work with your fellow students to coordinate and participate in a research colloquium.
In addition to the core modules, you choose from a unique range of optional modules that draw from expertise distinctive to Liverpool staff and have resonance with contemporary issues of debate. Focused around the literary, documentary, visual and material culture of ancient Greece and Rome, these modules shed light on the lived experiences of people in Classical antiquity. From their individual, group, and interstate interactions (peaceful and violent); their social, economic, and political organization; their own knowledge and understanding of the world; to their religious beliefs and their ideological and philosophical principles and debates, these options cover a wide array of aspects of the ancient world whilst pursuing overarching themes.
Additional options in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology allow you to expand your horizons even beyond Greece and Rome to the Mediterranean and the Near East, and to work with objects in our Garstang Museum collection. There are opportunities, too, to develop skills in ancient Greek or Latin language. Liverpool students may also apply to study abroad at the British School of Athens or the British School of Rome as an accredited part of their degree.
This variety and flexibility allows you to tailor the MA programme to suit your research interests and agenda, and prepares you for completing a large-scale supervised dissertation (15,000-20,000 words) on the agreed topic of your choice.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The normal requirement for entry on to a taught programme is a good 2:1 or equivalent undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study. The normal requirement for entry on to a taught programme is a good 2:1 or equivalent undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study. |
| Location | Main Site The Foundation Building Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 7ZX |
Summary
The MA Classics and Ancient History provides intensive preparation for further research into the literature, cultures, history and societies of ancient Greece and Rome and their later reception. At the same time it delivers key transferable skills and training that employers value.
Core modules prepare you for the challenge of your MA, helping you to develop thematic perspectives on the ancient world and understand the big ideas that inform contemporary research. They also build your skills in research and communication, encouraging you to adopt effective strategies for gathering and organising disparate information, analysing complex evidence, evaluating propositions and articulating arguments for different audiences and occasions. As well as pursuing independent research across your degree, you will work with your fellow students to coordinate and participate in a research colloquium.
In addition to the core modules, you choose from a unique range of optional modules that draw from expertise distinctive to Liverpool staff and have resonance with contemporary issues of debate. Focused around the literary, documentary, visual and material culture of ancient Greece and Rome, these modules shed light on the lived experiences of people in Classical antiquity. From their individual, group, and interstate interactions (peaceful and violent); their social, economic, and political organization; their own knowledge and understanding of the world; to their religious beliefs and their ideological and philosophical principles and debates, these options cover a wide array of aspects of the ancient world whilst pursuing overarching themes.
Additional options in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology allow you to expand your horizons even beyond Greece and Rome to the Mediterranean and the Near East, and to work with objects in our Garstang Museum collection. There are opportunities, too, to develop skills in ancient Greek or Latin language. Liverpool students may also apply to study abroad at the British School of Athens or the British School of Rome as an accredited part of their degree.
This variety and flexibility allows you to tailor the MA programme to suit your research interests and agenda, and prepares you for completing a large-scale supervised dissertation (15,000-20,000 words) on the agreed topic of your choice.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The normal requirement for entry on to a taught programme is a good 2:1 or equivalent undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study. The normal requirement for entry on to a taught programme is a good 2:1 or equivalent undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study. |
| Location | Main Site The Foundation Building Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 7ZX |
Master of Research - MRes
Summary
Our MRes programme provide a personalised and focused introduction to postgraduate research allowing you to develop as an independent researcher with the support of an expert in Classics and Ancient History.
It provides a rigorous overview of the current state of scholarship in your selected field, guides you, through a programme of directed, individualised reading, to the selection of a feasible research project, and allows you to complete a substantial piece of research.
**Why Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology?**
**Academic expertise**
Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology has academic staff who are actively engaged in research ranging from early prehistory through to late antiquity.
Here are some of our specialisms:-
- African archaeology
- ancient languages
- archaeology of the Mediterranean and the Near East
- archaeological science
- Egyptology
- European prehistory
- Greek and Roman history and culture.
Fieldwork is an important part of research in archaeology and we've projects based internationally, in Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Jordan, Turkey, Italy, Zambia and South Africa, as well as in the British Isles.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The normal requirement for entry on to a taught programme is a good 2:1 or equivalent undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study. |
| Location | City Centre Campus University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX |
Summary
Our MRes programme provide a personalised and focused introduction to postgraduate research allowing you to develop as an independent researcher with the support of an expert in Classics and Ancient History.
It provides a rigorous overview of the current state of scholarship in your selected field, guides you, through a programme of directed, individualised reading, to the selection of a feasible research project, and allows you to complete a substantial piece of research.
**Why Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology?**
**Academic expertise**
Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology has academic staff who are actively engaged in research ranging from early prehistory through to late antiquity.
Here are some of our specialisms:-
- African archaeology
- ancient languages
- archaeology of the Mediterranean and the Near East
- archaeological science
- Egyptology
- European prehistory
- Greek and Roman history and culture.
Fieldwork is an important part of research in archaeology and we've projects based internationally, in Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Jordan, Turkey, Italy, Zambia and South Africa, as well as in the British Isles.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The normal requirement for entry on to a taught programme is a good 2:1 or equivalent undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study. |
| Location | City Centre Campus University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX |
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