By your second and final years you are developing a professional grasp on the interpretation of Latin literature and you take options from an extensive list including, for example, philosophy, music, religion, mythology, gender, film, novel, epic, and drama. Your two subjects will constantly interact but you may wish in your final year to write a dissertation that builds on both. Classes and Assessment Classes vary from large lectures to small working groups, with a progressive emphasis on individual achievement and effective teamwork. Assessment is based on written examinations, essays and projects. The final-year dissertation is currently optional.
Oral presentations play a limited, but worthwhile, part in second-year assessment.
Prospects A Latin degree is valued for the range of skills it embraces, not just a precise understanding of language, but also critical research, personal organisation, writing skills, oral presentations and team work. Students of Latin go on, for instance, to banking, accountancy, teaching, personnel work, educational administration, IT and postgraduate research.