M.Phil Programme Structure
The M.Phil is full-time and lasts for 12 months, starting in September. Teaching will be spread over 24 weeks from September to the following April. The course consists of a combination of compulsory and optional components that together make up the 90 ECTS expected for full-time study over one academic year at Masters Level
Compulsory Components (50 ECTS)
Taught Module Options (40 ECTS)
Students take 40 credits comprised of EITHER one beginner’s language plus one other taught module per term OR two taught modules per term
a) Language Courses (20 ECTS) – all year
- CL7027 Elementary Greek (20 ECTS)
- HH7002/7003/7004 Latin Language for beginners (20 ECTS)
- Modern Greek (10 ECTS) (New in 2013-14)
For students with intermediate and advanced Greek and Latin a range of author- and topic-based modules will also be available. Consult the Programme Director for further information.
b) Seminar Topics (10 ECTS) – one term
All seminars are 10 ECTS and subject to staff availability. The list and timetable of modules offered in the current academic year are detailed in the MPhil Handbook.
Seminars available in 2013-14 are:
- Ancient Drama, Adaptation, Performance (Dr Hugh Denard) (New in 2013-14)
- CL7036 Visualising the Past (Dr Hugh Denard; cross-listed with MPhil in Digital Arts and Humanities) (new in 2013-14)
- Unlocking Sacred Landscapes: Cypriot Sanctuaries and Religion from Prehistory to the Roman times (Dr Giorgos Papantoniou) (New in 2013-14)
- CL7002 Textual Criticism: Editing Ancient Latin Texts (Prof Anna Chahoud)
- CL7020 The Eternal City: the Archaeology of the City of Rome (Dr Hazel Dodge)
- CL7021 Curiosity and Crisis in the Late-fifth Century: Receptions of the Sophists (Dr Ashley Clements)
- CL7022 Lost in the labyrinth? ‘Reading’ Aegean Bronze Age art (Dr Christine Morris) (not offered in 2013-14)
- CL7023 Classics and European Identity (Prof Anna Chahoud)
- CL7024 Rulers and Image-making in the Hellenistic World (Prof Brian McGing)
- CL7034 Greeks and Barbarians (Dr Shane Wallace)
- CL7030 Gender and genre in Augustan poetry (Prof Monica Gale) (not offered in 2013-14)
Students may apply to take one Directed Reading module (10 ECTS) outside listed taught modules; or an approved module from another M.Phil. programme. Directed reading modules will be available for topics falling within the areas of expertise of individual staff members. The availability of particular modules will depend on staffing demands