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Classics and Ancient History

Course Regulations - Q800 Classics (for students entering in the 2023/24 academic year)

Three years full-time study leading to the degree of BA (Honours) in Classics or of BA (Pass) in Classics (Q800). There is also a part-time variant of the degree (Q80P). Students who do not achieve 2.1 results on their language modules during their first or second years will be invited to reconsider their strengths, and to change course to Classical Civilization/ AHCA as appropriate.

Degree credits weighting:
Year 1: 0%, Year 2: 50%, Year 3: 50%

Year One

120 CATS from Classics & Ancient History, of which 30-60 CATS are required optional core modules in Ancient Languages. For progression to year 2, you must pass 90 CATS with an overall average of 40%, including passes in Latin and/or Greek as appropriate:

  • 30-60 CATS of Latin or Greek at the appropriate level:
    • Latin Literary Texts (CX136-30) or Greek Literary Texts (CX106-30) [post A-level]
    • Latin Language 1 (CX115-15) with Latin Language 2 (CX101-15) [pre A-level]
    • Greek Language 1 (CX120-15) with Greek Language 2 (CX126-15) [pre A-level]
  • 60-90 CATS from the following optional core modules . Students entering with A level Latin or Greek would usually take 30 CATS of the other language which would need to be passed for progression: Roman Culture & Society (CX110-15), Greek Culture & Society (CX109-15), Introduction to Greek & Roman History (CX102-30) or the 15- CAT variants (Introduction to Greek History (CX116-15), Introduction to Roman History (CX117-15)), Ancient Thought: Philosophy, Politics, Science (CX112-15), Encounters with Greek Texts (CX113-15), Encounters with Roman Texts (CX114-15), Encounters with Material Culture: Objects and Archaeology (CX111-15).

Year Two

4 modules, 120 CATS from Classics & Ancient History OR 90 CATS from Classics & Ancient History + 30 CATS from an external dept.

For progression from 2nd to final year: You must pass at least 90 Credits with an overall average of 40% or above, including passes in required optional core modules.

  • Required Optional Core Modules: 60 CATS of text-based modules, 30 CATS in Latin, 30 CATS in Greek.
Latin Text Options (modules available in 2022/23 are in BOLD):

Latin 1 (CX215-15) and Latin 2 (CX201-15); Latin Literary Texts (CX226-30); Epic & Epyllion (CX230-30); Transformation of Roman Society under Augustus (CX255-30); Roman Laughter (CX 268-30); Horace, Authority & Authoritarianism (15 CAT); Metamorphosis in Latin Poetry (15 CAT); Rhetorics: from classical Rhetoric to modern communication (CX271-30); Africa and the Making of Classical Literature (CX273-30); Humanism and early modern Latin texts (CX261-30); The Roman Empire from Tiberius to Hadrian (CX244-30); Vulnerable Body (CX264-30); Politics and Poetics (Latin AND/OR Greek) (CX266-30).

Greek Text Options (modules available in 2022/23 are in BOLD):

Greek 1 (CX220) and Greek 2 (CX226); Greek Literary Texts (CX206-30); Songs, Texts, Theories: Greek Lyric Poetry (CX272-30); Ancient Greek Theatre (CX267-30); Greek Myth: Narratives, Sources, Approaches (15 CAT); The Politics of Archaic and Classical Greek Literature: New Mythologies of the Social (15 CAT); Sexuality & Gender in Antiquity (CX247-30); Politics and Poetics (Latin AND/OR Greek) (CX266-30); History of Medicine in the Ancient World (CX257-30); Democracy and Imperialism (CX235-30); Space and Place in Greek Literature (CX 269-30).

  • 60 CATS of optional modules, to be studied through translation:
    • Modules can be selected from EITHER List A OR List B. Students may also choose CX251 Hellenistic World as one of their optional modules in their second year. Modules available in 2022/23 are in BOLD.
    • You may select 30 CATS from an external department in place of one optional module, subject to approval.
    • Students may request permission to take more than two text-based modules.

Year Three

4 modules, 120 CATS from Classics & Ancient History OR 90 CATS from Classics & Ancient History + 30 CATS from an external dept. Students may request permission to take more than two text-based modules.

For degree classification rules, see https://warwick.ac.uk/services/aro/dar/quality/categories/examinations/conventions/ 

  • Required Core Module: Dissertation (CX303-30)
  • Required Optional Core Modules: 60 CATS text-based modules, 30 CATS in Latin, 30 CATS in Greek.
Latin Text Options (modules available in 2022/23 are in BOLD):

Latin Literary Texts (CX326-30); Epic & Epyllion (CX330-30); Transformation of Roman Society under Augustus (CX355-30); The Roman Near East (CX209-30); Roman Laughter (CX 268-30); Horace, Authority & Authoritarianism (15 CAT); Metamorphosis in Latin Poetry (15 CAT); ; Rhetorics: from classical Rhetoric to modern communication (CX371-30); Africa and the Making of Classical Literature (CX373-30); Humanism and early modern Latin texts (CX361-30); The Roman Empire from Tiberius to Hadrian (CX344-30);Vulnerable Body (CX364-30); Politics and Poetics (Latin AND/OR Greek) (CX366-30).

Greek Text Options (modules available in 2022/23 are in BOLD):

Greek Literary Texts (CX306-30); Songs, Texts, Theories: Greek Lyric Poetry (CX372-30); Ancient Greek Theatre (CX367-30);Greek Myth: Narratives, Sources, Approaches (15 CAT); The Politics of Archaic and Classical Greek Literature: New Mythologies of the Social (15 CAT); Sexuality & Gender in Antiquity (CX247-30); Politics and Poetics (Latin AND/OR Greek) (CX366-30); History of Medicine in the Ancient World (CX357-30); Democracy and Imperialism (CX335-30); Space and Place in Greek Literature (CX 269-30).

  • 30 CATS of optional modules, to be studied through translation:
    • Modules can be selected from EITHER List A OR List B. Modules available in 2022/23 are in BOLD.
    • You may select 30 CATS from an external department in place of one optional module, subject to approval.
    • Students may request permission to take more than two text-based modules.

Please note that not all modules are available every year.

External Modules at Honours Level

Second and third year students may take up to 30-CATs of modules from outside the department (eg from IATL or another academic dept) in place of an optional module. You should discuss this first of all with your Personal Tutor, & then seek advice from the relevant module tutor in order to check that you have the prerequisite knowledge before then seeking formal permission from the Director of Ug Studies or Head of Dept in order to register for the external module(s). You should be aware that modules from the Business School, for example, may involve a substantial maths component.

Students wishing to take a level one option at Honours level should bear in mind that only one such module is permitted in the eight modules taken in the second and third years.

Students are permitted to take language modules taught at the University's Language Centre (located on the ground floor of Humanities). However, students are not permitted to take Language Centre modules whose levels are lower than university-level study. These can instead be studied in your spare time in every year of study. For your degree, students can take a language at the Language Centre at Level 5 Advanced 1 in their second year; and Level 6 Advanced 2 in their third year. Students who want to study a Language Centre module as part of their degree need to speak to their personal tutor, in order to obtain approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Students may, however, also investigate academic modules in Italian, German or Spanish within the School for Modern Languages and Cultures.