Classical Studies & Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies

BA

Full Time

| UCAS code: QR79

King's reviews its optional modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that any particular optional course will run in a given year and the options listed below are subject to change.

YEAR 1

Core modules:

Latin or Classical Greek language
Modern Greek language

First year students choose two from a range of optional modules, which may include options such as:

Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome
Introduction to Ancient History (c. 1200 BC-AD 600)
Art & Empire: The Legacy of Byzantium
Reading Modern Poetry Comparatively

Department of Classics full module descriptions: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/modules/index.aspx

Centre for Hellenic Studies (Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies) full module descriptions: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/modules/index.aspx

YEAR 2

Core modules:

Modern Greek language

Second year students choose one or two from a range of optional modules, which may include options such as:

Modern Greek language
Views of Antiquity
Languages & Literature
Greek History down to 322BC
Greek Drama
Hellenistic Art
The Byzantine Empire, 600-1453
Constantinople: Imperial Capital - Medieval Metropolis
Modernity & the Nation in Greek Fiction since 1922.

Department of Classics full module descriptions: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/modules/index.aspx

Centre for Hellenic Studies (Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies) full module descriptions: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/modules/index.aspx

YEAR 3

Normally spent abroad.

YEAR 4

All final year students may choose to research and write a dissertation on a classical subject and take three or four optional modules, which would include options such as: