History & Classics with BA UCAS Code: Q8Q3 2018 entry Duration: Three years Study mode: Full-time Study the ancient world in the heart of London, and develop your literary critical skills. Combine Classics with literature, gaining skills and experience in Latin and/or Ancient Greek language and texts, philosophy, history, art and archaeology, while discovering how Greek and Roman writers have influenced western literature. Key benefits Classics One of the best Classics departments in the country, renowned for its quality of teaching, student experience and cutting-edge research. King s Classics department is one of the largest in the UK, with unique coverage from the Bronze Age to Modern Greece. Central location offers collaborations with the British Museum and the Museum of London, which are incorporated into undergraduate teaching. Degree courses 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. One of the oldest 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. Course details Our with BA is an interdepartmental course that will allow you to develop an in-depth knowledge of the Classics while studying literature. You will spend most of your time in the Department of Classics. This will allow you to gain skills and experience in Latin and Ancient Greek language and texts, philosophy, history, art and archaeology. You will also study modules from the Department of, and this literal combination of subjects will enable you to see echoes of the ancient world as they are picked up, reinvented and transformed over the centuries through to the modern day. The with BA comprises of 360 credits in total and is studied over three years. Each year, you will study a set number of modules directly related to Greek and Latin, literature and Philosophy. You will then choose from a wide selection of optional interdepartmental modules allowing you to explore all aspects of the cultures of Greece, Rome and and Literature.
with BA King s College London kcl.ac.uk 2 Teaching We use lectures, workshops and group tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the course. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study. You will be assigned a personal tutor who will provide support and guidance for your studies. Course stage Percentage of time in scheduled learning and teaching activities Percentage of time in guided independent study Year 1 17% 83% - Year 2 15% 85% - Year 3 11% 89% - Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work. Assessment Assessment methods will depend on the modules you have selected to study. The primary methods of assessment for this course are coursework, assessed essays, written examinations and individual and group presentations. Course stage by written exams by practical exams Year 1 43% 57% - Year 2 58% 42% - Year 3 25% 75% - Percentage of time on placements by coursework Regulating body King s College London is regulated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Course structure There are no required modules on this course so you can select modules to build a study pathway that reflects your own particular interests. Year 1 You are required to take 90 credits from optional Classics modules, which may include up to 30 credits of Greek or Latin language acquisition. The wide range of modules available may typically include: Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome (30 Introduction to Ancient History (c. 1200 BC- AD 600) (30 Greek & Latin Literature: An Introduction (30 Introduction to Ancient Philosophy (30 Greek Language 1 (30 Greek Language 2 (30 Greek Language 3 (30 Latin Language 1 (30 Latin Language 2 (30 Latin Language 3 (30 Introduction to Byzantium & Modern Greece: The Greek-speaking World from 330 AD to Today Receptions of the past: The Hellenic world from antiquity to today One 15-credit optional module from either the Department of War Studies or from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities modules, which may typically include: Introducing Literary Theories Writing London American Literature Classical & Biblical Contexts Medieval Literary Culture Early Modern Literary Culture Year 2 You are required to take 90 credits from optional Classics modules, which may typically include: Greek Language 1 (30 Greek Language 3A (30 Latin Language 1 (30 Latin Language 3A (30 Roman Britain (30 Art & Power in the Age of Alexander (Hellenistic Art I) Art & Empire: The Legacy of Byzantium (15 Introductory Greek Texts III (Prose): Various Texts From Sulla to Caesar: the Fall of the Roman Republic Early Greece from Troy to Marathon Pompeii: History & Society Introductory Latin Texts: Prose Homer Myth & Literature: Ancient Stories, Modern Meanings Death in Greek Literature Virgil s Aeneid
with BA King s College London kcl.ac.uk 3 The Art of Acquisition: Conquest, Collection & the Rise of Rome (Hellenistic Art II) (15 Building Greece Constantinople: Imperial Capital - Medieval Metropolis Introductory Greek Texts IV (Verse): Various Texts Democracy, Empire & War: Greece 446-338 BC The Late Roman World, AD 337-425 Introductory Latin Texts: Verse Wisdom & the Divine: Ancient Greek Philosophy & Religion Ancient Sexuality I Ancient Sexuality II Latin Lyric Poetry The Novels of Nikos Kazantzakis & the Ancient World You can take up to 30 credits in optional module(s) from either the Department of War Studies or the Faculty of Arts & Humanities modules, which may typically include: Cultural Encounters (Medieval) History, Politics & the Elizabethan Imagination The Rise of the Novel Performance in Medieval Culture (Medieval) Comedy & Identity London Literature 1380-1450 (Medieval) (15 The Poetry of Revolution Prose Fiction (Creative Writing) Literature & Psychoanalysis Modern Theatre Theatre Capital Fin de Siecle C19th American Literature The Colonial Novel & British India (15 Mapping Modernism American Popular Culture Theory, Culture & Politics after the 1960s Creative Writing Drama Old Poems & Modern British Poetry (Medieval) Subjects of Desire (Medieval) Eighteenth Century Travel Writing (15 A Mad World, My Masters: Performing Culture in Jacobean England Renaissance Wordplay The Film of the Play Victorians & Social Change First World War Literature Modern Poetry & the Place of Writing US Slavery & the Literary Imagination Contemporary Global Novels Gender & Performance Twentieth Century American Fiction Experimental Theatre You also have the opportunity to study abroad in the second semester of the second year or for the whole of the second year. Partner universities currently include: University of Auckland University of Melbourne University of Toronto (Full year only) University of California University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill University of Sydney Year 3 You are required to take 90 credits from optional Classics modules, which may typically include: Minoans & Mycenaeans (30 The Classical Art of the Body: Greek Sculpture (30 The Art of Making: Craft Production from Classical Antiquity to Today (30 Augustus: Power & Propaganda (30 The History & Theory of Ancient Slavery (30 Greek Religion (30 Pagans, Christians & Jews in the Roman Empire (30 Streetwise: narrating the city in classical literature (30 Neronian Literature & Culture (30 Plato s myths: the soul, desire & the Beyond (30 Living forever: fame & glory from Homeric heroes to Roman emperors (& beyond) (30 An Introduction to Classical Reception Studies in Sixteen Encounters (30 Dissertation on a classical subject (30 Greek Texts: Prose Persian Kings & their Territory in the Achaemenid Empire Latin Texts: Prose Venice: History & Art Greek Texts: Poetry Latin Texts: Poetry
with BA King s College London kcl.ac.uk 4 modules, which may typically include: Autobiography Critically Queer Jane Austen in Context Beowulf Postcolonial Perspectives Victorians Abroad George Eliot: Fiction & Context Shakespeare s London Virginia Woolf & the Politics of Reading Modernist Short Story Poetry in America 1900 1950 Imagining Britain: Medieval Places, Journeys, Maps The Life of the Sonnet American West Memory & Time in the Nineteenth Century Court Cultures in the Age of Elizabeth I James Joyce & Ulysses Melancholia & Its Modern Afterlife (15 Late Shakespeare Waste & Idleness Reading Paradise Lost Poetry in America 1950 2000 Literature & Media Medieval/Modern: Text, Culture & the Politics of Time Theatre & Politics in the Twentieth & Twenty-First Centuries Vernacular Theory Alternative Americas: Margins, Minorities & Historical Change in 19th-Century Society Conspiracy Fictions in Contemporary America Literature, Solidarity & the Humanitarian Turn Creative Writing Poetry Culture, Gender and Power at the Court Elizabeth I King s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis in order to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. The optional modules offered may therefore change. We suggest that you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates. Location The majority of learning for this degree takes place at the King s College London Strand Campus. Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the optional modules you select. Career prospects Our graduates go on to work in a range of professions, including law, banking, the civil service, information technology, librarianship, education, heritage industries, the media. Fees and funding Full time tuition fees UK The UK tuition fees for the 2018-19 academic year are available on the course web page: Full time tuition fees EU Current regulations allow some students to pay UK tuition fees on the basis of their EU citizenship or residency. Until these eligibility criteria are changed, the EU tuition fee will remain the same as the UK tuition fee. The UK tuition fees for the 2018-19 academic year are available on the course web page: Full time tuition fees International The International tuition fees for the 2018-19 academic year are available on the course web page: All International applicants to undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of 2,000 against their first year s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King s. For further information, please visit our fees and funding pages: kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/ fees-and-funding/index.aspx
with BA King s College London kcl.ac.uk 5 Additional costs/expenses If you are studying abroad at one of King s partner universities you will not be charged tuition fees by the host university (although some partners do charge a small administration fee for applying.) King s will continue to invoice for a proportion of King s tuition fees. At present these are as follows: Home students studying or working for a full academic year abroad will receive an invoice for 1,350 for King s tuition fees for the year. Overseas students studying or working for a full academic year abroad will receive an invoice for one third of the King s tuition fees for the year. Disclaimer This PDF was produced in August 2017. Although it was up-to-date at the time it was produced, please make sure you check our website or contact us directly for the very latest information before you commit yourself to any of our courses: kcl.ac.uk/study Contact us +44 (0)20 7836 5454 You should also budget to pay for the associated subsistence costs, such as travel, visas, accommodation and food as well as any vaccination/immunisations required by the country to which you are travelling. In addition to the costs above, you can also expect to pay for: books if you choose to buy your own copies clothing for optional course related events and competitions library fees and fines personal photocopies printing course handouts society membership fees stationery graduation costs travel costs for travel around London and between campuses. 220817CT