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Department of Classics
Faculty of Arts & Humanities

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Undergraduate

Discover ancient Greece, Rome and beyond all in the heart of London. Our degrees allow you to study classics and ancient history via literature, languages, religion, ancient art and archaeology, and explore its reception in our modern world.

Our Department of Classics is one of the largest in the UK and has been home to research and teaching of the ancient world for nearly 200 years. We have unique coverage that spans across the Bronze Age through ancient Greece and Rome to the modern era. You’ll also have the opportunity to shape your own degree - our commitment to flexibility means that required modules are kept to a minimum on our classical degrees.

We have a whole host of exciting activities available to our students. Take part in our annual student-run Greek Play, the only production in the country to be performed in the original Greek, for example, or travel on a field trip to the classical lands you are studying on our Rumble Fund fieldtrip. 

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UCAS Code: Q806
Duration: Three years

This Ancient History BA allows you to explore a wide range of diverse periods, places and cultures and learn how to work with a range of sources.

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UCAS Code: Q8Q3
Duration: Three years

Develop an in-depth knowledge of the Classics while also studying English literature during this interdepartmental Classical Studies with English BA at King's.

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UCAS Code: Q805
Duration: Three years

Study Classics and the Ancient World, exploring ancient history, archaeology and culture, with Ancient Greek and Latin.

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UCAS Code: LP99
Duration: Three years full-time (a modern languages major is four years, with the third year spent abroad)

Study Liberal Arts BA at King's College London and take one of 13 majors from across arts, social sciences and humanities.

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Career paths

Career paths

Examples of the next steps taken by Department of Classics undergraduate students

 

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Accelerated Language Pathway

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King’s is unique in the UK in offering an intensive Accelerated Language pathway within the BA Classics & Ancient World programme, which allows students with no prior experience of learning a classical language to graduate after three years.

The Greek Play

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One of the highlights of the Classics calendar, the annual Greek Play is directed, designed, choreographed, produced, and performed by current King's students every year.

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