Students will take two compulsory first-year modules depending on their knowledge of Greek prior to the course.
Beginners in Greek will take the following two compulsory modules:
Students who have studied Greek to SQA Higher, GCE A-level or equivalent will take the following two compulsory modules:
- Greek Language and Literature 1: designed for students who have taken ancient Greek to Higher, A-level or equivalent standard. Involves detailed study of a range of set texts and linguistic/translation exercises.
- Greek Pastoral and Passion: introduces students to the thematic connections between bucolic or pastoral poetry and the Greek novel. Involves detailed study of set texts and linguistic/translation exercises.
Students will take two compulsory second-year modules depending on their knowledge of Greek prior to the course.
Beginners in Greek will take the following two compulsory modules:
- The Landscape of Greek Prose (B): designed for students to follow on from Greek Pastoral and Passion. Examines a wide range of Greek prose texts, and enhances Greek language skills through regular language classes.
- The Landscape of Greek Poetry (B): follows on from The Landscape of Greek Prose (B); covers a diverse range of ancient poetry in the original Greek, starting with Homer’s Iliad, and enhances Greek language skills through regular language classes.
Students who have studied Greek to SQA Higher, GCE A-level or equivalent will take the following two compulsory modules:
- The Landscape of Greek Prose (A): designed for students to follow on from Greek Pastoral and Passion; examines a wide range of Greek prose texts, and enhances Greek language skills through regular language classes.
- The Landscape of Greek Poetry (A): follows on from The Landscape of Greek Prose (A); covers a diverse range of ancient poetry in the original Greek, starting with Homer’s Iliad, and enhances Greek language skills through regular language classes.
If you decide to take Greek in your third and fourth years, you choose from a wide variety of advanced options.
Here is a sample of Honours modules which have been offered in previous years:
- Greek Tragedy
- Greek Rhetoric
- Greek Literature and Identity in the Age of Augustus
- Greek Literature in the Roman Empire
- Thucydides
- Violence in Early Greek Poetry and Culture
- Imagining the Symposium
- Wealth, Virtue and Happiness from Homer to Aristotle
- Narrating War in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
- Greeks and Barbarians
- Lies, History and Ideology.
In fourth year, students also undertake a 10,000-word dissertation on a topic of their choice. This independent project enables you to develop key research skills which are desired by both prospective employers and by graduate schools offering postgraduate degrees.