The first year adds to the literary core modules on Greek and Roman civilisation that are specifically designed to develop study skills and make use, where appropriate, of the latest technology, as well as more traditional work on history and, if you wish, archaeology. The second and final years present major new courses on Greek literature and the whole culture in which it is embedded and another on Roman poetry, letters, law court speeches, histories in their setting. In addition there is a good range of options including advanced work on, for example, philosophy, music, religion, mythology, gender, film, novel, epic and drama. Assessment Assessment is based on written examinations, and on essays and projects. A dissertation is available in the final year.
Oral presentations play a small, but appreciated, role in the second year.
This programme draws on the Single Honours programme to offer a critical literary and cultural core, with an enterprising range of options, often complementing your other Joint Honours subject. This programme teaches valuable skills for the world of employment. Quite apart from the substantial skills of critical research, coherent written argument and the fine quality of analysis you learn from the study of language, we reach out to the interpersonal skills of group work and to the development of confident and effective oral presentation of evidence and views. Graduates from this programme may go on into postgraduate research, or out into careers in fields such as retailing, personnel, libraries and archives, accountancy, law, IT, or teaching. Good prospects for employment continue to be shown in our regular research among our graduates.