King's College London
Master of Arts in Ancient History
The Master of Arts in Ancient History in History is offered by King's College London.
Program Length: 3 YEARS.
Master of Arts in Ancient History offered by King's College London at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Ancient History at King's covers a remarkable range of topics and themes, from early Greek history to the Roman Republic and Roman imperial history. You will also get the chance to study ancient Near Eastern history, late antiquity, the history and culture of Byzantium.Choose from a wide range of study options on our intercollegiate course that draws on the strengths of King’s, UCL and Royal Holloway and the Institute of Classical Studies.The course leads to careers in education, journalism, finance, politics and cultural sectors amongst others.Key benefits
- Study in one of the UK’s largest and oldest departments of Classics. Classics has been taught at King's for over 200 years.
- Unrivalled location for the study of the ancient world thanks to London’s unique range of specialist libraries, museums and galleries.
- Extraordinarily wide choice of modules, drawing on the resources of the whole of the University of London.
- King’s graduates enjoy one of the best employment rates in the UK. King’s was ranked 4th in the UK for graduate employability (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018).
DescriptionThe Ancient History MA course is organised on an intercollegiate basis, so that we combine the expertise of staff in all three of the participating universities – King’s, UCL and Royal Holloway.The university’s Institute of Classical Studies is at the heart of this course. It not only maintains a world-class research library, but also hosts the richest programme of seminars, conferences and lectures for this subject area in the UK.The course consists of a required module, Sources & Methods in Ancient History, two to four optionalmodules and a dissertation. The first and last of these will provide you with concentrated training in research techniques and methodology. You will also study texts in the original languages as well as in translation. Besides purely ancient historical topics, you may also take modules from our master’s courses in Classics and Classical Archaeology & Art.You may also be able to take appropriate modules from other master’s courses at King’s.If you have ambitions to take your study of ancient history further, there are modules on this course that you will find especially valuable: Greek Papyrology, Greek & Roman Epigraphy, and Greek & Latin Palaeography. These will advance your technical skills in the handling of documentary evidence. You can also choose to take modules in Greek and Latin languages at beginners or intermediate level.