Graduates will be able to benefit from St Andrews' expertise in language teaching, if this is required for their research. Rather, Honours entry demands a broad experience of matters Classical, while allowing the student to concentrate most on those areas which he or she finds most interesting. You may, with permission, take a classical language instead of one or two of these modules. Entry to Joint Honours has similar requirements, except that the four Sub-Honours modules need not include modules in Ancient History. It is also possible for a student who has taken totally non-classical subjects in his or her first year to convert to Classical Studies in the second year, and enter Honours in the third year.
Teaching is done in tutorial groups and lectures.
They may be taken either singly or in series. The aim is to broaden students' knowledge of ancient literature through the study of prescribed texts, particularly poetry and history, and to introduce them to the philosophical heritage of the ancient world. There is a dissertation option, and students may begin the study of a classical language, though this is not compulsory and not required for any of the modules on offer. The teaching is done in tutorials, seminars, and lectures, some of them held jointly with students of Greek, Latin and Ancient History. The Classics departments are housed in Swallowgate, an attractive building which overlooks the sea and is only a few yards away from the University library and the main quadrangle.