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Graduate Courses in Classics and Ancient HistoryGreek and Latin Languages and Literature | Ancient History Greek and Latin Languages and LiteratureThe one-year M.St is the normal course for our Master's Students, and the one which we recommend unless there are particular reasons for preferring the M.Phil. In this you take three options; one is normally a 10,000 word dissertation, and others may be text-based (subjects such as Aeschylus, Ovid, or Ancient Novel) or topics such as papyrology, palaeography, and textual criticism. All students attend a class on Research Techniques in Classical Literature, extending over two terms: this includes units on topics such as the history of classical scholarship and on research resources, as well as on various aspects of literary theory. If you wish, you may also choose to be examined in literary theory as one of your three options. Language classes are also available in Greek and Latin at both the elementary and intermediate levels. The two-year M.Phil is taken by fewer students. You offer a thesis of up to 25,000 words, and two options chosen from Lists A and B. List A is of major literary texts (Aeschylus, Euripides, Cicero, Horace, and so on); List B comprises more technical subjects such as the textual criticism of Greek or Latin texts, papyrology, comparative philology, and literary theory. As in the M.St, students attend the class on Research Techniques in Classical Literature. There are language options in Intermediate Greek or Latin.
Classical Languages & Literature Entry Requirements:
Programme Specification: Statement of Provision: Handbooks: Statement of Provision for Graduate Research: ReceptionThe MSt and MPhil in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature also offer opportunities for specialisation to students with a special interest in the study of reception. Those students will take ‘Theory and Methods of Reception’ plus two other options, one of which may be a dissertation. Those further options may be chosen from the full range of MSt options set out in the course handbook or may be defined to suit a student’s particular interests. A typical combination, therefore, would be: ‘Theory and Methods of Reception’, dissertation on a freely chosen reception topic, a further option on a freely chosen reception topic (which may or may not be related to the dissertation topic). Like all MSt students, those specialising in reception are required to have degree level competence in one ancient language. Oxford Classics has a strong presence in reception studies, with regular seminars, conferences and guest lectures, and is home to the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk
Sources of Funding:
Other funding opportunities are under negotiation and may arise during the year. These will be advertised on this website when they become available and will be open to all eligible
applicants regardless of whether they have already made their main application to Oxford.
Ancient HistoryThe two-year M.Phil, a research-training degree designed to equip students with a range of both knowledge and skills, is the course taken by the majority of our Master’s students. For this degree you offer a thesis of up to 25,000 words (option D), two pieces of work based on Graduate Seminars run by members of the faculty in Greek and Roman history (option E) and three options, one from List A, one from List B and one from Lists B or C. List A includes intermediate Greek and Latin and also French, German and Italian. List B includes more technical disciplines such as epigraphy, numismatics and documentary papyrology, as well as a number of options in Classical Archaeology and Classical Languages and Literature. List C comprises a wide range of periods and topics in Greek and Roman history, including courses offered at the British Schools in Athens and Rome. The one-year M.St
is designed primarily for those students who wish to prepare for
doctoral work but for whom a shorter course makes sense. For this
degree you offer a dissertation of up to 10,000 words and two options,
one taken from List A (where elementary as well as intermediate
Greek and Latin are available) and one from Lists B or C.
Ancient History Entry Requirements:
Programme Specification: Statement of Provision: Handbooks: Statement of Provision for Graduate Research:
Sources of Funding:
Other funding opportunities are under negotiation and may arise during the year. These will be advertised on this website when they become available and will be open to all eligible
applicants regardless of whether they have already made their main application to Oxford.
Which is the right course for you?If you are uncertain about your choice between these the M.Phil and the M.St, do not worry: if you apply for one of these Master's courses but we feel that the other would be more appropriate, we will tell you. Either course can serve as a basis for doctoral work. If you already have or are already taking a Master's degree, then you can apply to begin doctoral research directly. Some students, especially from the United States, choose to take a second undergraduate degree. © C@O 2012: Classics at Oxford, Faculty of Classics. Webmaster. Last updated:
September 13, 2012.
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