Teaching & modules
Modules
Required modules
- Sources & Methods in Ancient History (30 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional (Ancient History)
In addition, students are required to choose at least 30 credits of 15- or 30-credit Ancient History modules from a range of modules that may typically include the following:
- The Material Legacy of Byzantium (15 credits)
- Themes in Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy (15 credits)
- Special Subject in Classical Art & Archaeology (15 credits)
- Greek Religion: Theoretical Approaches (15 credits)
- Crossroads of Eurasia: Northern Black Sea in Antiquity (15 credits)
- Reorienting Antiquity (15 credits)
- Emperors and Provinces (15 credits)
- The Roman City (15 credits)
- Christianity and Rome (15 credits)
- Late Antiquity (15 credits)
- Archaeology of the Roman empire (15 credits)
You are also required to take 60 credits from a range of options that may typically include:
- Beholding Antiquity (15 credits)
- Special Subject in Classics (30 credits)
- Special subject in Classics (15 credits)
- Making and Meaning in Classical Art & Archaeology (15 credits)
- Modern Greek Literature and Culture (15 credits)
- Special Subject in Ancient Culture (15 credits)
- Postclassical Greek literature and culture (15 credits)
- Topics in Ancient Performance Culture (15 credits)
- Topics in Latin Literature and its Reception (15 credits)
- Topics in Latin Literature and its Reception II (15 credits)
- Topics in Latin Literature and its Reception III (15 credits)
- Antiquity in Modernity (15 credits)
- The City of Rome (BSR Annual Postgraduate Course) (15 credits)
- Intermediate Ancient Greek for Research (30 credits)
- Beginners’ Ancient Greek for Research (30 credits)
- Hittite Language 1 (30 credits)
Additionally, students may take no more than 30-credits from another MA programme within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities or (by individual arrangement) from Member Institutions of the University of London or King’s Language Centre.
Intercollegiate Modules
The intercollegiate menu consists of Modules taught in the MA Ancient History, MA Classics, MA Classical Art & Archaeology & MA Late Antique and Byzantine Studies taught at the Institute of Classical Studies and other Colleges included in the current Memorandum of Understanding for the provision of Intercollegiate Arrangements for the support of these degrees
Part Time Students
Part time students will take the following credits each year:
- Year 1: At least 60 credits earned through 1 x 30 credit core module, and 30-45 credits of optional modules.
- Year 2: At least 90 credits earned through 1 x 60 credit core dissertation, and 30-45 credits of optional modules.
Teaching methods - what to expect
If you are a full-time student, you will be provided with six to eight hours of lectures and seminars each week and we will expect you to undertake 35 hours of independent study. For your dissertation we will provide five hours of supervision and we will expect you to undertake 575 hours of independent study. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
At King’s all students on a taught programme are allocated a personal tutor who will play a key role in helping you to get the most out of your studies, providing support and encouragement for your time at university.
Personal tutors provide you with the opportunity periodically to take stock of your learning, academic progress and general wellbeing as you progress through your studies, offering guidance on how to seek further support if you need it, and how to access the range of opportunities available to you as a King's student.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Written/practical examinations
- Presentations
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment may typically include coursework essays, individual or group presentations and written examinations.