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Classical Civilisation BA

University Park Campus, Nottingham, UK

Course overview

Take a journey through the ancient world.

You may have come to love ancient Greece and Rome through myths and legends, books, films or museums. Now discover more, examining the political and social structures, art and visual culture, thought, religion and social life. Learn in depth about the cultural interactions of the period through the magnificent visual and material remains.

Indicative modules

Mandatory

Year 1

Interpreting Ancient Art and Archaeology

Mandatory

Year 1

Interpreting Ancient History

Mandatory

Year 1

Interpreting Ancient Literature

Mandatory

Year 1

Studying the Greek World

Mandatory

Year 1

Studying the Roman World

Optional

Year 1

Beginners' Latin or Greek: 1

Optional

Year 1

Beginners' Latin or Greek: 2

Optional

Year 1

Latin or Greek Texts: 1-6

Optional

Year 1

Comparative World Prehistory

Optional

Year 1

Greek and Roman Mythology

Optional

Year 1

Rome to Revolution: Historical Archaeology of Britain

Mandatory

Year 2

Extended Source Study

Optional

Year 2

Intermediate Latin or Greek: 1 and 2

Optional

Year 2

Latin or Greek Texts: 1-6

Optional

Year 2

Studying Classical Scholarship

Optional

Year 2

The Silk Road: Cultural Interactions and Perceptions

Optional

Year 2

Mapping the Humanities

Optional

Year 2

The Archaeology of Mycenaean Greece

Optional

Year 2

Conquerors, Caliphs, and Converts: The Making of the Islamic World, c.600-800

Optional

Year 2

Pompeii: Art and Culture in a Roman Town

Optional

Year 2

Christian Empire

Optional

Year 2

Virgil and the Epic Tradition

Optional

Year 2

Oedipus through the Ages

Optional

Year 2

Animals in the Ancient World

Optional

Year 2

Greece in the Archaic Age, c. 800-500 BC

Optional

Year 2

Greeks and Persians

Optional

Year 2

Classics and Film

Optional

Year 2

Coins, Cults and Cities: Coinage in the Eastern Roman Provinces (30 BC to AD 270)

Optional

Year 2

Employing the Arts

Optional

Year 2

Arts Work Placement Module

Optional

Year 3

Dissertation in Classics and Archaeology

Optional

Year 3

Beginners’ Latin or Greek for second and third years: 1 and 2

Optional

Year 3

Intermediate Latin or Greek: 1 and 2

Optional

Year 3

Advanced Latin or Greek: 1 and 2

Optional

Year 3

Latin or Greek Texts: 1-6

Optional

Year 3

Sparta

Optional

Year 3

Greek Tragedy

Optional

Year 3

"Otherness" in Classical Art

Optional

Year 3

Masculinity and Citizenship in Greece and Rome

Optional

Year 3

Francia in the Age of Clovis and Gregory of Tours

Optional

Year 3

Jason and the Golden Fleece

Optional

Year 3

Pompeii: Art and Culture in a Roman Town

Optional

Year 3

Christian Empire

Optional

Year 3

Virgil and the Epic Tradition

Optional

Year 3

Oedipus through the Ages

Optional

Year 3

Animals in the Ancient World

Optional

Year 3

Greece in the Archaic Age, c. 800-500 BC

Optional

Year 3

Greeks and Persians

Optional

Year 3

Classics and Film

Optional

Year 3

Coins, Cults and Cities: Coinage in the Eastern Roman Provinces (30 BC to AD 270)

Optional

Year 3

Greek Work, Class and the Economy: Good and Bad Strife

Optional

Year 3

Britain in the Later Roman Empire (c. 250-450)

Optional

Year 3

The Origins and Rise of Aegean Civilisation

Optional

Year 3

The Peloponnesian War

Optional

Year 3

The Silk Road: Cultural Interactions and Perceptions

Optional

Year 3

The World of the Etruscans

Optional

Year 3

Writing History in Ancient Rome

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About modules

The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. This content was last updated on Wednesday 8 January 2025. Due to timetabling availability, there may be restrictions on some module combinations.

Obtaining a Classical Civilisation degree has given me endless possibilities for my future and I’m so glad that I got to experience university at Nottingham. As much as the students make the experience, the lecturers make the modules, and it doesn’t get any better than the Classics Department! 

Talia Mitchell

Classical Civilisation BA

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