A degree in the heart of London focused around intensive study of Latin and/or ancient Greek language and literature, or Greek and Roman culture, with some language work. English literature study develops clear critical thinking and succinct expression of ideas− valuable in today's job market.
KEY BENEFITS
Classics:
- One of the very best classics departments in the country, renowned for its quality of teaching, student experience and cutting-edge research.
- Central location offers collaborations with the British Museum and the Museum of London, which are incorporated into undergraduate teaching.
- The department stages an annual Greek play in the original language, providing students with an opportunity to experience the Greek dramatic tradition.
- Degree programmes combine focus and flexibility, allowing students to pursue their interests.
- Graduates are equipped with analytical and presentational skills valued by employers, leading to careers in heritage-related professions, the media, education, civil service and the performing arts.
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English:
- One of the oldest English departments in the country, with an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research.
- Personal attention given to each student, creating a vibrant intellectual atmosphere and a network of support.
- Offers a wide range of modules and diverse approaches.
- Central location offers access to Shakespeare’s Globe, and countless other sites and buildings with literary associations.
- Graduates develop transferable analytical and communications skills, making them highly desirable to employers across a range of sectors.
UCAS code
Q8Q3
Programme type
Major/minor honours
Duration
Three years
Location
Strand Campus
Year of entry 2014
Offered by
School of Arts and Humanities
Department of Classics
Department of English
Closing date
Please refer to the
UCAS website for application deadline dates, or contact the relevant Admissions Office for further advice
Fees & funding
For information on fees and funding for undergraduate programmes at King's go to
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ug/funding/ CONTACTS
Address
Department of Classics
King's College London
Strand Campus, Strand
London WCR2 2LS
Email
Tel
020 7848 2350/2374
Fax
020 7848 7200
PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
Our Classical Studies degree programme allows you to choose a broader or a narrower focus on the literature, history, art and thought of classical Greece and Rome, to suit your own interests and strengths. Because language is fundamental to a culture, an element of Greek or Latin language work is indispensable, but may be done at any level including beginners.
Your close study of English literature in the subsidiary element of the programme will encourage and develop clear critical thinking and succinct expression of ideas that are concrete and valuable assets in today's job market, and are a means of gaining access to further vocational training.
Greek PlayEvery year (since 1953), students in the Department of Classics have produced and performed a Greek play - the only production in the UK to be performed annually in the original Greek. Read more about the Greek Play (and its history) at King's:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/about/greek/index.aspx
ABOUT THE Department of Classics
CAREERS
A King’s Classics degree, particularly the rigour of language learning, will equip you with the transferable skills of research, analysis, presentation and critical thinking that are valued by future employers. Our alumni enter a wide range of professions, including law, banking, the civil service, information technology, librarianship, education, heritage industries, the media, journalism and the performing arts. A significant proportion proceed into higher professional or academic qualifications, often pursuing postgraduate degrees at King’s.
Recent graduates have found employment as
• Assistant Tax Advisor, Ernst & Young
• Human Resources Administrator, Health resources International
• Web Administrator, Intrico Products Ltd
• Illustrator, Self Employed Illustrator
• Marketing and Publishing Graduate scheme, the telegraph Media group
• Research Intern, Environment Agency
• Sales Operations Admin, Associated Press TV news
• Latin Teacher at a university
• Client Relations Associate, Fidelity Investment Managers
• Customer Management Executive, CMC Markets
• Senior Course Support Assistant, Coventry University
TEACHING STYLE
Teaching in the Department of Classics takes a wide variety of forms, including language-classes, large-group lectures, seminars, and individual supervisions. The particular mix will depend in part on your year of study and in part on the combination of courses you choose. A number of courses involve museum and gallery visits, field trips, and the use of study collections; a growing number have their own web resources and e-discussion groups. Seminar presentations and discussion are important in the first- and second-year modules. One-to-one supervision is a special feature of the third-year dissertation. This range of teaching will equip you with the transferable skills of analysis and presentation that employers value.
STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMES & ASSESSMENT
Our degree programmes combine focus and flexibility. In each programme you take a set number of modules directly related to the programme subject and then choose from a wide selection of optional modules. A generous allowance of free choice means that you can explore much more widely all aspects of the cultures of Greece and Rome. All programmes involve some language work, in either ancient Greek or Latin, or both. Assessment is by a combination of coursework and end-of-year examinations.
LOCATION
London is a superb place to study and experience the Greek and Roman worlds, and all the major resources are within easy reach (and often walking distance) from the centrally located Department of Classics at King's. The British Museum houses one of the world's premier collections of not only Greek and Roman but also Egyptian and Mesopotamian archaeology and art, and is supplemented in this by the Soane Museum, the Museum of London, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. We collaborate closely with the British Museum in our undergraduate teaching.
The major London galleries are full of classically-themed work, just as central London is full of Neoclassical, Greek revival and other classically-inspired buildings. Classical and classically-inspired drama can be experienced first-hand more richly and more frequently in London theatres than anywhere else in the world.
For libraries, normal student needs are served by King's Maughan Library and Information Services Centre, as well as the University of London (Senate House) Library; for the investigation of special topics, there are the world-class research collections of the Institute of Classical Studies and the Warburg Institute.
SPECIAL NOTES
The King’s Greek Play has been an annual tradition since 1953 and it is the only production in the country to be performed every year in the original Greek. Students (with all levels of Greek) participate in the direction, production and performance of the play, bringing to the stage playwrights from Aeschylus to Aristophanes.
Students run the Classics Society, which publishes the Satyrica newsletter and organizes regular lectures, theatre outings, themed parties, private tours around museums, nights out and trips abroad – in recent years, group expeditions have been made to Italy and Turkey.
The department also promotes teaching Latin in disadvantaged primary schools through the Iris Project; this offers students a highly unusual experience that is both enriching and will impress future employers.
All students are offered the unique opportunity to study abroad as part of a Classics degree at King’s, and recent popular destinations include The University of California and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Our students also have opportunities to attend the annual summer schools at the British Schools in Athens and Rome, and participate in archaeological excavations in Greece and Italy, as well as further afield.
ABOUT THE Department of English
CAREERS
English is a flexible and adaptable subject that equips you with a wide range of transferable skills appropriate to many different occupations. Graduates in English possess skills in written and spoken communication, independent thought and judgement, critical thinking and research, all of which are highly valued by employers. Applicants may be interested in a career in journalism, publishing and the creative industries, or in education and research. Many graduates also go into general management, consultancy and the public services.
Recent graduates have found employment as….
• Lecturer, King’s College London
• Librarian, London Borough of Barnet
• Marketing Executive, Ensphere
• Charity Fundraiser, Gogen
• Content Editor, Thomson Reuters UK Professional
• Corporate Affairs Intern, Cadbury Plc
• English Teacher, St Giles College
• Graduate Management Trainee, Sotheby’s
• Junior Script Reader, Altered Image
• National Events Executive, Fundraising & Marketing, cancer research uK
• Recruitment Consultant, Michael Page International
• Website Administrator, Walkopedia.ne
TEACHING STYLE
The department attaches great importance to the personal attention it gives to each student. All modules involve seminars, and on a typical module your time is equally divided between these and more formal lectures. We have an effective personal tutor system and a staff-student committee. The department has an international reputation for the quality of its scholarship and all members of staff are actively involved in research. Tutors aim to connect research and teaching, both in the classroom and at the many extra research seminars, poetry readings and literary events held in the department. Individual staff members are frequently called upon to contribute their specialist knowledge to newspapers and other media.
The Arden Shakespeare is edited from King’s, and there are major recent publications on medieval literature and visual culture, early modern drama, 18th-century and Romantic cultural history, Victorian literature and culture, urbanism, 19th and 20th-century American literature, Australian literature and postcolonial literature and textual editing.
STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMES & ASSESSMENT
Your final degree classification is determined by the marks you obtain in each of the three years of the degree. Second- and third-year modules may be chosen from a wide range of options. The department makes use of a variety of assessment methods including both essays and examinations.
LOCATION
More than any other capital, London is a city of words, and to study English at its centre is to be reminded continually of the power of language to shape our sense of history and of place. Within 20 minutes’ walk of the Department of English at King’s Strand Campus are Shakespeare’s Globe and the site of the Tabard Inn, where Chaucer’s pilgrims started out on their journey. Even closer at hand are the Inns of Court, Covent Garden, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane (London’s oldest working theatre) and countless other sites and buildings with literary associations.
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
Compulsory modules:
First year students choose from a range of optional modules, which may include options such as:
- Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome
- Greek & Latin Literature: An Introduction
- Introduction to Ancient History (c. 1200 BC-AD 600)
- Working with Greek & Latin Literary Texts: An Introduction
- Language in Time
- Classical & Biblical Contexts of English Literature
- Introducing Literary Theories
- Medieval Literary Culture
- Reading Poetry
- Renaissance Literature
- Writing London
Department of Classics full module descriptions:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/modules/index.aspx
YEAR 2
Second year students choose from a range of optional modules, which may include options such as:
- Views of Antiquity
- Building Greece & Rome
- Greek History down to 322BC
- Roman History down to 31BC
- Greek/Roman Drama
- Greek/Latin Language
- Greek/Latin Texts
- Narrative Literature in Antiquity
- Roman/Hellenistic Art
- A Mad World, My Masters: Performing Culture in Jacobean London
- Australian Literature & Film
- Creative Writing: the Novel
- Cultural Encounters: Literature & Language in Anglo-Saxon England
- Early Modern Sexualities
- Eighteenth-Century Travel Writing
- First World War Literature
- History, Politics & the Elizabethan Imagination
- Irish Literature & Culture
- Language of Dance
- Modernist Fiction
- Rise of the Novel
- Narrating the Nation
- Performance in Medieval Culture,
- Romanticism, Revolution & Representation 1776-1832
- Shakespeare in London
- Subjects of Desire in Medieval Religious Writings
- The Fin de Siecle
- Theatre Capital
- Victorians & Social Change 1840-1870
For full module descriptions see:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/modules/index.aspx and
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/modules/index.aspx
YEAR 3
All final year students may write an optional dissertation on a classical subject and choose from a range of optional modules, which may include options such as:
- Dissertation on a classical subject
- Greek Sculpture 750-300 BC
- Archaeology of the Western Roman Provinces
- Augustus: Power & Propaganda
- Alexander the Great
- Ancient Slavery
- Greek Religion
- Greek/Latin texts
- Rome in the Age of Cicero
- Theory of Literature
- Ancient Lyric & Poetry
- Autobiography & Modern Self-Representation
- Beowulf: Heroes & Other Monsters
- British Literature & Film
- Court Cultures in the Age of Elizabeth I
- Creative Writing: Drama
- Critically Queer: Literature, Culture & Queer Theory
- Elizabethan Shakespeare
- Gender and Performance
- Imagined Worlds
- Jacobean Shakespeare
- James Joyce & Ulysses
- Jane Austen in Context
- Literature & Impressionism
- Medieval Body in Pain
- Medieval Romance
- Memory & Time in the 19th Century
- Performance Philosophy
- Post Colonial Australian Literature
- Post Colonial Perspectives
For full module descriptions see:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/modules/index.aspx and
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/modules/index.aspx
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Australia
Tertiary Entrance Ranking
97+ ATAR, or an OP of band 2 for Queensland including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Austria
Reifezeugnis (Matura)
Reifezeugnis with 1 including 1 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Belgium
Certificat D
Certificat D’Enseignement Secondaire Superieur/Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs with 8 or 18 including 8 or 17 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Brazil
Brazil
High School Leaving Certificate (Certificado de Ensino Médio) with 8 OR B OR Muito Bom PLUS at least one year of Bacharel/Licenciado at a Brazilian University with a GPA of at least 8.0 OR the King’s College London International Foundation Programme OR 3 A-levels with grades of AAA including A in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Bulgaria
School Leaving Certificate
Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie with the majority of subject marks of 5.5 including 5.5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Canada
Secondary School Certificate/Diploma
High School Certificate/Diploma with 90% OR Ontario University Preparatory Course with 90% at five grade 12 4U subjects. The sixth subject may be at 4U or 4U/C level. OR the Quebec CEGEP Cote R with an overall R score of 33. All including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Chile
Chile
Licencia de Educación Media with 6 PLUS at least one year of the Licenciatura at a Chilean university with a mark of 5 OR the Kings College London International Foundation Programme OR 3 A-levels with grades of AAA. All including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
China
Gao Kao (University Entrance Examination)
University Entrance Examination with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Chinese university with at least 80%. Including high marks in English.. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Cyprus
Apolytirion
Apolytirion (School Leaving Certificate) with 19 plus at least an additional foundation/Access year. Including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Czech Republic
Maturita
Maturita with 1 including 1 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Denmark
Studentereksamen or Hjere Forberedelseseksamen
Studentereksamen or Højere Forberedelseseksamen with 11 including 10 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Estonia
Gmnaasiumi lputunnistus (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
Gümnaasiumi lõputunnistus with majority marks of 5 (including 5 in English) and an attestation of success in the state entry examinations (Riigieksamitunnistus). Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Finland
Ylioppilastutkinto/Studentexamen (National Matriculation)
Ylioppilastutkinto with 6 including 6 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
France
Baccalaureat (including the option internationale baccalaureat)
Baccalaureat with 14 overall and 13 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Germany
Abitur
Abitur with 1.3 overall including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Ghana
School Leaving Certificate
the West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC/WASSCE) PLUS 3 international Cambridge-board A levels at AAA including A in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Greece
Apolytirion
Apolytirion with 19 including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE)
Three elective subjects at minimum Levels 5, 5, 5 plus Level 4 in each of the four core subjects. High grades in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Hungary
Erettsegi
Erettsegi with 5 including 5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
India
School Leaving Certificate
School Leaving Certificate with 85% overall OR School Leaving Certificate with 75% with at least a foundation/Access year or year of undergraduate study at an Indian university. All including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Iran
School Leaving Certificate
Pre-University Certificate (Peeshdaneshgahe) OR the National Entrance Exam (Kunkur) with 16 OR 3 Cambridge International A levels at AAA. All require high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Ireland
Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher level unless otherwise stated)
A1 A1 A1 A2 B1 B1 including A in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Italy
Esame di Stato
Esame di Stato with 90 including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Japan
School Leaving Certificate
Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho) PLUS 3 Cambridge Board International A-levels at AAB OR an Associate degree or Diploma from a Junior College (Jun-Gakushi) with a GPA of 3.3 or B+ or 4 OR a foundation year. Including high marks in English.Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Latvia
Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu (Certificate of General Secondary Education)
Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu with 9 with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Latvian university. Including high marks in English. Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, Latin, and subject combinations balanced more towards the humanities preferred.
Lithuania
Brandos Atestatas (Maturity Certificate)
Brandos Atestatas with 90 with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Lithuanian university. Including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Luxembourg
Diplome de Fin D
Diplome de Fin D’Etudes Secondaires with Tres Bien including Tres Bien in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Malta
Matriculation Certificate - Advanced level
Matriculation Certificate with AAA including English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Mexico
Mexico
The Bachillerato with a mark of 8 PLUS the King’s College London International Foundation Programme OR at least one year of the Licenciado study with an overall average mark of at least 8/10 OR A-levels with grades of AAB including A in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Moldova
School Leaving Certificate
Diploma de Bacalaureat with 9 including 9 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Netherlands
Diploma Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO)
VWO with 8.0 including 7.5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
New Zealand
National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 3 (NCEA)
including Excellent in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Nigeria
School Leaving Certificate
The Senior School Certificate (SSC/SSCE) OR the West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC/WASSCE) PLUS 3 Cambridge International A levels at AAA. All including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Norway
Vitnemal-videregaende opplaering (Upper Secondary Leaving Certificate)
Vitnemal-videregaende opplaering grade 5 including 5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Pakistan
High School Certificate (HSSC)
High School Certificate with A1 with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Pakistani university. Including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Poland
Matura
Matura with 85% in extended level subjects, including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Portugal
Diploma de Ensino Secundário
Diploma de Ensino Secundário with 18 including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Romania
School Leaving Certificate
Diploma de Bacalaureat with 9 including 8 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Russia
Attest o (Polnom) Srednem Obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education)
Attest o (Polnom) Srednem Obshchem Obrazovanii with an average of 4.5 and at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Russian university. High marks equivalent to 5 required in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Saudi Arabia
School Leaving Certificate
College of Technology Diploma OR Higher Technical Institute Diploma OR Junior Health College Diploma OR Undergraduate Diploma with 85% OR 3 Cambridge International A levels at AAA. All including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Singapore
Singapore A Level
AAA in three content-based H2 subjects (including English). Knowledge and Inquiry is not considered as part of the offer. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Slovakia
Vysvedcenie Maturitnej Skuska/Maturita
Vysvedcenie Maturitnej Skuske/Maturita with 2 including 2 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Slovenia
Maturitetno Spricevalo (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
Maturitetno Spricevalo with 5 including 5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History. .
South Africa
South African Senior Certificate/National Senior Certificate with Matriculation endorsement
The National Senior Certificate with Matriculation endorsement with AAAAB including A in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Spain
Titulo de Bachiller
Titulo de Bachiller with 9 overall including 8 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Sweden
Fullständigt Slutbetyg (School Leaving Certificate)
Fullstandigt Slutbeytg with MVG including MVG in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Switzerland
Federal Maturity Certificate
The Federal Maturity Certificate with an overall mark of 5 including 5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
Turkey
Lise Diplomasi (High School Diploma)
Lise Diplomasi with an overall mark of 4 with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Turkish university. Including high marks in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
United Kingdom
A levels
AAA
Compulsory subjects
A-level grade A in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
General Studies and Critical Thinking - College policy
Please note that AS/A level General Studies and Critical Thinking are not accepted by King's as one of your A or AS levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer
Access to HE Diploma
Access to Humanities (or similar) Diploma study of English required at Level 3 with 36 Level 3 credits from units awarded at Distinction, with the remaining credits at Merit. Supplementary information and achievement e.g marks for certain credits/subjects may be required depending on course content. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History or History
Cambridge Pre-U
3 Pre-U Principal Subjects with grades of D3 D3 D3 including English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
Considered on an individual basis
Scottish Highers & Advanced Highers
AAAAB in Highers and AA at Advanced Higher, including A in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
International Baccalaureate
35 points and 666 HL (including English HL). Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
European Baccalaureate
85% overall including 8 to 8.5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
USA
Advanced Placement Tests and/or SAT/ACT (SAT/ACT acceptable only where stipulated)
Three AP subjects with 555 including English. Or SAT with a total score of 1900 with at least 600 in each section or the ACT with a score of 28 plus 3 SAT-S with a score of 600 in each plus an AP with 5 in English. Preferred other subjects: Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, or History.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Aptitude testing
No test required
If you are interested in coming to King’s, you should apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and apply online via the UCAS website (click on 'apply'). If you are applying through a school or college, you will need to obtain a 'buzzword' from the centre you are applying through. Alternatively, you can apply as an individual, independent of a school or college. Please see the UCAS website for instructions. The UCAS institution code name for King’s is KCL, and the institution code is K60.
There are a few programmes which require direct application to King's, this will be stated above
Offers and invitations to interviews are made on the basis of the UCAS form. Offer holders are also invited to a post–offer open day to meet staff and students. With the exception of Classics BA (Q800) and Greek/Latin with English (Q7Q3), previous acquaintance with ancient Greek and Latin is not required.