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Graduate Degree Courses > Greek and/or Roman History
Greek and/or Roman HistoryMaster of Philosophy in Greek and Roman HistoryThe two-year Mphil, 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. Master of Studies in Greek and Roman HistoryThe one-year MSt 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. A:Note that teaching for language options will be by university class, where available, and by individual or small group tutorials.
B:(i) Greek Numismatics (ii) Roman Numismatics (iii) Greek Epigraphy (iv) The Epigraphy of the Roman World (v) Documentary Papyrology (vi) Any of the following papers on the B list of the MSt in Greek and/or Latin Language and Literature: (vii) Any of the papers from Schedule B of the MSt in Classical Archaeology (viii) Any other subject approved by the Graduate Studies Committee for Ancient History C:(i) Greek history to ca 650 BCE (ii) Greek history ca 650-479 BCE (iii) Greek history 479-336 BCE (iv) Athenian democracy in the Classical Age (v) Alexander the Great and his successors 336-301 BCE (vi) The Hellenistic world 301- ca 100 BCE (vii) Rome and the Mediterranean World 241-146 BCE (viii) Roman history 146-46 BCE (ix) Cicero (x) Roman history 46 BCE-54 CE (xi) Roman history 54-138 CE (xii) Roman history 138-312 CE (xiii) The ecology, agriculture and settlement history of the ancient Mediterranean world (xiv) The economy of the Roman Empire (xv) The provinces of the Roman Empire (xvi) Greek and/or Roman religions (xvii) Gender and sexuality in the Greek and/or Roman world (xviii) Greek and/or Latin historiography (xix) Roman law (xx) The Church in the Roman Empire from the beginnings to 312 CE (xxi) The world of Augustine (xxii) The city of Rome. This course is run in collaboration with the British School at Rome, and involves attendance at the residential course organized by the School annually in Rome; only those accepted by the School may take the option. (xxiii) Athens and Attica. This course is run in collaboration with the British School at Athens, and involves attendance at the residential course organized by the School in even-numbered years at Athens; only those accepted by the School may take the option. (xxiv) Any other subject approved by the Graduate Studies Committee for Ancient History D: DissertationE: Graduate Seminars in Ancient History(precise topics for 2011/12 to be announced):
(i) Greece and the East These working seminars, organized by members of the Faculty in areas of current interest to them, run fortnightly in Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. All Masters students are required to attend and participate in them. Mphil students produce two pieces of written work derived from the seminars as part of their submission for the degree. © C@O 2011: Classics at Oxford, Faculty of Classics. Webmaster. Last updated:
October 05, 2011.
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