Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Core Modules
You are required to take the following module.
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Required modules
You must choose one of the following two research training modules, depending on your dissertation area.
- Research Training in Classical Reception (30 credits)
- Research Training in Classics (30 credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 90 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include the following topics:
- Beginners’ Ancient Greek for Research (30 credits)
- Intermediate Ancient Greek for Research (30 credits)
- Hittite Language 1 (30 credits)
- Medieval Latin Literature (15 credits)
- The Material Legacy of Byzantium (15 credits)
- Special Subject in Classical Art & Archaeology (15 credits)
- Crossroads of Eurasia: Northern Black Sea in Antiquity (15 credits)
- Topics in Latin Literature and its Reception (15 credits)
- Antiquity in Modernity (15 credits)
- Reorienting Antiquity (15 credits)
- The Roman City (15 credits)
- Late Antiquity (15 credits)
- Postclassical Greek literature and culture (15 credits)
- The City of Rome (British School at Rome Postgraduate Course) (30 credits)
- Archaeology of the Roman empire (15 credits)
You may also choose from modules taught in the MA Classics and the Ancient World, MA Classics (UCL and RHUL), MA Ancient History, MA Classical Art & Archaeology & MA Late Antique & Byzantine Studies taught at the Institute of Classical Studies or other Colleges included in the Memorandum of Understanding for the provision of Intercollegiate Arrangements for the support of these degrees. Students may only choose a maximum of 30 credit of Beginners Language modules.
Up to 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. The following modules are modules available in the Department of Classics at King's.
Part time
As a part time student, you will take:
- Year 1: At least 90 credits earned through a required 1 x 30-credit training module (choice of two options based on dissertation topic) and 60 credits of optional modules.
- Year 2: At least 90 credits earned through 1 x 60-credit core dissertation and 30 credits of optional modules.
You may also choose to take 15 credits from the King’s Language Centre. All subject to approval.
Teaching methods - what to expect
If you are a full-time student, we will typically provide you with eight to nine hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 35 hours of independent study.
If you are a part-time student, we will typically provide you with three to four hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars and, depending on the number of modules you take each term, we will expect you to undertake 15-20 hours of independent study.
For your dissertation, we will provide five hours of supervision, and we will expect you to undertake around 575 hours of independent study.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Assessment
- Coursework essays
- Individual or group presentations
- Written examinations
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework essays, individual or group presentations, and written examinations