ECTS equivalent N/A N/A N/A. Full-time Part-time Distance learning Mode of attendance Yes No No

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PAF Modified by ASQ: 31 March 2010

PAF modified by ASQ re: exit awards: 25^th May 2010 PAF amended for 2011/12 by ASQ: 7^th February 2011 PAF modified re: programme table: 26 October 2011

PAF modified re programme table for 2012/13: 14^th February 2012 PAF modified by QAS for 2013/14: 7^th March 2013

PAF modified for 2014/15: 1^st May 2014

PAF modified re module table for 2014/15: 6^th August 2014 PAF finalised for 2014/15: 14 October 2014

PAF finalised for 2015/16: 7 September 2015 PAF checked for 2017/18: 17 August 2017 PAF checked for 2018/19: 6 August 2018

PAF checked by A&H and returned to QSE for 2019/20: 13 August 2019 PAF checked for 2020/21: 07 November 2019

PAF checked for 2021/22; 28 June 2021

PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION 1. Programme title and designation Classics (Greek & Latin)

Single honours Joint Major/minor X

2. Final award

Award Title Credit

Value

ECTS equivalent

Any special criteria

BA (Hons) Classics 360 180 N/A

3. Nested awards

Value

Any special criteria

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

4. Exit awards

Value

Any special criteria Ordinary

degree

Arts &

Humanities (Classics)

300 150 N/A

Undergraduate Diploma (UGDip)

Arts &

240 120 N/A

Undergraduate Certificate (UGCert)

Arts &

120 60 N/A

5. Level in the qualifications framework H 6. Attendance

Full-time Part-time Distance learning

Mode of attendance Yes No No

Minimum length of programme 3 years N/A N/A

Maximum length of programme 10 years N/A N/A

7. Awarding institution/body King’s College London, University of London 8. Teaching institution King’s College London, University of London 9. Proposing department Department of Classics

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10. Programme organiser and contact details

Dr Daniel Orrells, Department of Classics; email:

daniel.orrells@kcl.ac.uk

PAF Originally Approved by QA&AA: 26 June 2007

11. UCAS code (if appropriate) Q800 12. Relevant QAA subject benchmark/

professional and statutory body guidelines

Classics and Ancient History

13. Date of production of specification Original PAF: January 2004 CF PAF: 5 October 2006

14. Date of programme review 2016/17 16. Educational aims of the programme

The programme aims to develop the student’s interest in, and knowledge and understanding of the language, literature and thought of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Classics comprises the study of the Latin and Greek languages; the study of multi-lingual and multi-cultural traditions; the comparative study of literary periods, genres, or themes and their post-antique reception in western Europe; and the study of the relations between literature and the other arts. The programme aims to foster respect for the student’s own and others’ literature, culture and values and a capacity for critical reasoning and judgement. The intellectual training also aims to encourage flexibility of approach.

A Classics honours degree (in common with all programmes offered by this Department) depends on proper interaction between in-depth training in a skill, and the intellectual training common to all Humanities degrees. At the heart of a university education in the Classics Department, the BA Classics programme is the development of knowledge and appreciation of Greek and Latin languages and literature and of ancient cultures in general, and the enhancement through training of students’

own intellectual and personal skills. The Department’s aims are therefore:

• To train students to think logically, to develop analytical skills, to assess evidence, to exercise judgement, and to reach coherent decisions through the study of modules of high intellectual content.

• To train students to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

• To produce intelligent, adaptable, articulate and independently minded graduates who will satisfy the needs of employers in a wide range of occupations, and who will become life-long learners with an appreciation of the value to society of an education in the Humanities.

17. Educational objectives of the programme/programme outcomes The following learning outcomes are applicable to all awards.

The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding and skills in the following areas:

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Knowledge and understanding

The programme provides a knowledge and These are achieved through the following understanding of the following: teaching/learning methods and

strategies:

1. The languages, literature and thought of Graeco-Roman antiquity; the distinctive

Skills and other attributes Intellectual skills:

1. A command of the ancient Greek and Latin languages;

2. Can analyse more abstract texts, evidence, etc without guidance, using a range of approaches and techniques appropriate to the subject;

3. With minimum guidance can

critically assesses secondary literature and important ideas to develop an argument;

4. Can critically evaluate material to support conclusions, reviewing its reliability, validity and significance.

Can investigate contradictory character of texts written in the principal

literary genres of prose, poetry and drama, and of other kinds of writing and

communication;

2. The similarities and differences between the culture of Graeco-Roman antiquity and the student’s own culture;

3. Linguistic, literary, cultural and

sociohistorical contexts in which literature is written and read;

4. An appropriate and diverse range of primary materials, e.g. literary, philosophical and historical texts, art objects, manuscripts and inscriptions;

5. A range of techniques and methodologies, such as bibliographical and library research skills, a range of skills in reading and textual analysis, philosophical argument and analysis, analytical grasp of language, skills in translation from and/or into ancient Greek and/or Latin;

6. Useful and precise critical linguistic and stylistic terminology;

7. Appropriate personal and professional conduct in the context of the discipline.

Skills 1-2, 4-6 are acquired in small group lectures, seminars and tutorials in each of years 1, 2 and 3. Skill 4 is addressed through all modules making use of primary materials, in the case of written material either in the original or in translation, in the case of material culture either through reproductions or direct contact in museums.

Students are made aware that class contact time is the departure point for their

learning, the greater part of which must be self-motivated. Tutors advise on secondary reading and on locating resources. Thus the importance of independent reading is stressed at all levels. Work is largely textbased, with prior preparation working alongside close reading, explication and analysis in class. Learning is enhanced by effective preparation, in terms of language learning, translation of primary texts, and background reading.

Assessment:

Learning outcomes are tested through a combination of assessed coursework and final, unseen, examination. Assessed coursework is principally in the form of essays, but may include an element for analysis of ancient sources.

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information/identify reasons for contradictions;

These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies:

Intellectual skills are developed through the teaching and learning programme outlined above. All modules, however taught, involve discussion of key issues, practice in applying concepts both orally and in writing, analysis and interpretation of materials, and individual feedback sessions on coursework and on general progress.

Assessment:

The assessment methods outlined above demand the development of skills 1-5. 5 will be demonstrated increasingly, from years 1 to 3, but will be most evident in Practical skills:

1. Can operate in complex and unpredictable contexts, requiring selection and application from a wide range of methods and activities;

2. Able to act autonomously, with minimal supervision or direction, within agreed guidelines.

Generic/transferable skills:

1. Can interact effectively within a team/learning group, recognise, support or be proactive in leadership, negotiate and manage conflict;

2. With minimum guidance can manage own learning using full range of resources for the discipline(s);

3. Is confident in application of own criteria of judgement and can

challenge received opinion. Can seek and make use of feedback;

4. Can select and manage information, competently undertaking reasonably straight-forward research tasks with minimum guidance;

5. Can take responsibility for own work and can criticise it;

These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and

strategies:

All students receive guidance on

identifying, locating and using material in libraries and elsewhere. Comprehensive bibliographies are provided for each module at the outset, as are module descriptions and essay titles. First-year students are given a guide to the production of essays, giving examples of citations, notes and critical apparatus, and guidance on attribution of sources. First-year

compulsory core courses introduce students to analysis of texts in translation from thematic, generic and methodological perspectives.

Assessment:

5. Is confident and flexible in identifying and defining complex issues within the discipline and can apply appropriate knowledge and skills in addressing them.

year 3. The optional final-year dissertation provides a vehicle to combine many of these skills.

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These skills are primarily assessed through assessed coursework, required for most modules and final examinations.

These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies:

Small-group teaching in all courses develops skills 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. Skills 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are developed through written work and feedback

on same. Skills 1, 3 and 6 are relevant to tutorials, seminars and discussions.

Assessment:

Skills 2-7 are assessed through essays, class participation and oral presentations. Skill 1 is not formally assessed but is inherent in exposure to the subject.

18. Statement of how the programme has been informed by the relevant subject benchmark statement(s)/professional and statutory body guidelines

The programme has been informed and is supported by the relevant parts of the Classics & Ancient History benchmark statement. Examples of subject-related skills are an understanding of: the Latin and Greek languages, literary genres; critical traditions; literary, cultural and historical

developments; and critical terminology.

6. Can engage effectively in debate in a professional manner and give detailed and coherent presentations;

7. Is confident and flexible in identifying and defining complex issues and can apply appropriate knowledge and skills in addressing them.

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19. Programme structure and award requirements (where relevant the information should also differentiate the particular requirements of pathways within a programme or linked/exit awards) (a) numbers of compulsory and optional units to be taken in each year of the programme Year Year 1:

Standard pathway: 120 credits comprising: 2 x 30 credits of compulsory language modules, 30 credits of compulsory introductory literature module, and 30 credits from the list of optional level 4 modules.

[Access pathway: 120 credits under another BA programme, but including 30 credits of compulsory language module and 30 credits of compulsory introductory literature module.]

Year 2:

Standard pathway: 120 credits, with a minimum of 60 credits at level 5, comprising:

60 credits from prescribed list of language and text modules and 60 credits of optional modules.

Access pathway: 120 credits, with a minimum of 60 credits at level 5, comprising:

15 credits of compulsory Summer School credits language module, 30 credits of compulsory

language module, 30 credits from prescribed list of text modules, and 45 credits of optional modules.

Students on the single semester Study Abroad option take 60 credits at King’s in semester 1,

comprising 15 credits of Greek language module, 15 credits of Latin language module and 30 credits of optional modules; they take the remaining 60 credits at the partner institution.

Year 3:

Standard pathway: 120 credits, with a minimum of 90 credits at level 6, comprising:

60 credits from prescribed list of text modules and 60 credits of optional modules.

Access pathway: 120 credits, with a minimum of 90 credits at level 6, comprising:

15 credits of compulsory Summer School language module, 60 credits from prescribed list of text modules and 45 credits of optional modules.

(b) range of credit levels permitted within the programme Levels 4, 5 and 6

(c) maximum number of credits permitted at the lowest level 150 credits

(d) minimum number of credits required at the highest level 90 credits

(e) progression and award requirements (if different from the standard)

Access pathway: students must normally pass the first-year language module with a mark of at least 70% and the Summer School language module with a mark of at least 60% for transfer to the BA Classics (Access pathway).

(f) maximum number of credits permitted with a condoned fail (core modules excluded)

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45 credits.

(g) Are students permitted to take a substitute module, as per regulation A3, 19.5? Yes.

(h) other relevant information to explain the programme structure

The Standard pathway in the BA Classics is for entrants normally with Ancient Greek or Latin at A- level, or equivalent.

The Access pathway is for entrants normally without Ancient Greek or Latin at A-level, or equivalent who will transfer onto the programme in Year 2.

The assignment of students to either pathway is at the discretion of the Department, tailored to each entrant’s experience and linguistic ability.

In year 1 of study students may substitute one 15-credit optional module from any Department in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities for one module from the Classics optional module list, subject to Departmental approval.

In year 2 students who are spending the second semester abroad take the appropriate Study Abroad version of any 30-credit modules.

In years 2 and 3 students are permitted to take up to 30 credits of modules in each year at levels 5 and 6 from outside the Department (i.e. within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities or Department of War Studies), subject to Departmental approval.

Also subject to Department approval, relevant (i.e. Classics-related) modules offered at the

appropriate level by the Departments of Greek & Latin, History and the Institute of Archaeology at UCL, the Department of Classics at RHUL, and any KCL Department, may be taken in place of KCL Classics modules in Years 2 and 3 of study.

Summer School modules for the Access pathway

• Students must take 2 x 15 credits of Greek- and Latin-learning modules (one between their first and second year, and one between their second and third year of the programme) from the programme of the King’s Summer School, which will count towards their credit total for the following year (see breakdown below).

• Summer School module marks will count toward the student’s weighted average, and normal rules of reassessment will apply if a student fails a Summer School module.

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Programme Structure

(Note: the availability of optional modules may vary from year to year; the following are the modules available at the commencement of the programme)

BA CLASSICS: STANDARD PATHWAY

Credit level

Credit value

Status (I, Cr, Cp, O) for

each type of programme Progression

Assessment

Single Joint

Major/m

inor Single Joint

Major/m inor YEAR ONE

Students must take 60 credits (30 for each language) from:

4AACGK01-03 Greek Language 1-3 4 30 O No Written examination

4AACLA01-03 Latin Language 1-3 4 30 O No Written examination

Students must take the following 30 credit module:

4AACAL01 Greek and Latin Literature: an Introduction 4 30 Cp No Coursework, examination

Students must take 30 credits of optional modules from:

Lists of optional modules in this document are indicative. An up- to-date list of optional modules offered is available in the

Handbook.

4AACAA01 Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome 4AACAH01 Introduction to Ancient History

4AACAP01 Introduction to Ancient Philosophy 4 30 O No Coursework, examination

4AALGK01 Modern Greek language 1 4 15 O No Written/oral examinations

Any level 4 module in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities 4 15 O No Various

YEAR TWO

Students must take 30 credits from Greek language / text list, which may include:

Handbook.

5AACGK01 Greek Language 1 5 30 O No Written examination

5AACGK3A Greek Language 3A 5 30 O No Written examination

5AACGT01 Introductory Greek Texts I (Prose)

5AACGT02 Introductory Greek Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination

Greek Texts V-X (Prose/Verse/Drama) 6 15 O No Written examination

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Relevant appropriate level Greek text modules, UCL Dept of

Greek & Latin 5 or 6 15-30 O No Various

Students must take 30 credits from Latin language / text list, which may include:

Handbook.

5AACLA01 Latin Language 1 5 30 No Written examination

5AACLA3A Latin Language 3A 5 30 O No Written examination

5AACLT03 Introductory Latin Texts III (Prose)

5AACLT02 Introductory Latin Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination,

Latin Texts V-X (Prose/Verse/Drama) 6 15 O No Written examination

Relevant appropriate level Latin text modules, UCL Dept of Greek

& Latin 5 or 6 15-30 O No Various

Lists of optional modules in this document are indicative. An up-to-date list of optional modules offered is available in the

Handbook.

5AACAR19 Sex and the Symposium

5AACAR20 Art & Power in the Age of Alexander 5AACAR30 Bread & Circuses

5AACAR41 Art & Empire: the Legacy of Byzantium 5AACHI05 From Sulla to Caesar

5AACHI06 Roman Britain

5AACHI14 Early Greece from Troy to Marathon 5AACHI45 Pompeii: History & Society

5AACHI50 The Late Roman World AD 337-425 5AACHI10 Roman London

5AACHI31 Democracy, Empire and War: Greece 446-338 BC 5AACHI40 Tiberius to Domitian: the Rise of the Roman Empire 5AACTL14 Wisdom & the Divine

5AACTL15 Homer's Odyssey 5AACTL25 Who Needs Myth?

5AACTL30 The Trial & Death of Socrates

5AACTL40 Virgil's Aeneid 5 15-30 O No Various

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5AACTL45 Roman Love Elegy

Any level 5 module in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities 5 15-30 O No Various

6AACAR16 The Classical Art of the Body 6AACAR45 The Art of Making

6AACAR60 Venice: history and art

6AACHI07 Augustus: Power & Propaganda 6AACHI13 Alexander the Great

6AACH16A Persian Kings and their Territory 6AACHI61 The Golden Age of the Roman Empire 6AACHI62 The Fall of the Roman Empire

6AACTL32 Plato's Myths

6AACTL65 Descent to the Underworld

6AACTL70 Introduction to Classical Reception Studies 6AACTL76 Ideas of Power and the Power of Ideas 6AACTL79 Shakespeare at School

6AACTL80 Hollywood Stardom Ancient Style 6 15-30 O No Various

FINAL YEAR

Students must take at least 60 credits of Greek and Latin text

modules, from:

6AACGTA1 Introductory Greek Texts I (Prose) 6AACGTA2 Introductory Greek Texts II (Verse) 6AACGT07 Greek Texts VII (Poetry)

6AACGT09 Greek Texts IX (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination

6AACLTA2 Introductory Latin Texts II (Verse) 6AACLTA3 Introductory Latin Texts III (Prose) 6AACLT05 Latin Texts V (Poetry)

6AACLT06 Latin Texts VI (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination

Appropriate level 6 Greek or Latin text modules, UCL Dept of

Greek and Latin 5 or 6 15-30 O No Various

Handbook.

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6AACTL80 Hollywood Stardom Ancient Style

6AACDISS Dissertation 6 15-30 O No Various

5AACTL30 The Trial & Death of Socrates 5AACTL40 Virgil's Aeneid

5AACTL45 Roman Love Elegy 5 15-30 O No Various

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BA CLASSICS: ACCESS PATHWAY Credit level

Credit value

Status (I, Cr, Cp, O) for

each type of programme Progression

Assessment Single Joint

Major/m

inor Single Joint

Major/m inor YEAR ONE (WHILE REGISTERED UNDER A DIFFERENT

BA PROGRAMME IN THE CLASSICS DEPT) Students must take 30 credits from:

4AACLA01 Latin Language 1 4 30 O No Written examination

Students must take 30 credits from:

4AACAL01 Greek & Latin Literature: An Introduction 4 30 Cp No Coursework, examination

Students must take 60 credits of modules from:

4AACAA01 Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome 4AACAH01 Introduction to Ancient History

4AACAP01 Introduction to Ancient Philosophy 4 30 O No Coursework, examination

Any level 4 module in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities 4 15 O No Various

SUMMER FOLLOWING YEAR ONE

Students must take 15 credits of summer school modules from:

4ZSS0072 Intermediate Greek 4 15 O No Written examination

4ZSS0074 Intermediate Latin 4 15 O No Written examination

YEAR TWO

Students must take 30 credits of Greek language / text from:

5AACGT01 Introductory Greek Texts I (Prose)

5AACGT02 Introductory Greek Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination

Students must take 30 credits from Latin language / text list:

5AACLA01 Latin Language 1 5 30 O No Written examination

5AACLT03 Introductory Latin Texts III (Prose)

5AACLT02 Introductory Latin Texts II (Verse) 5 15 O No Written examination

Lists of optional modules in this document are indicative. An

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up-to-date list of optional modules offered is available in the Handbook.

5AACTL45 Roman Love Elegy 5 15-30 O No Various

6AACTL80 Hollywood Stardom Ancient Style 6 15-30 O No Various

SUMMER FOLLOWING YEAR TWO

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Students must take 15 credits of summer school modules from:

4ZSS0072 Intermediate Greek 4 15 O No Written examination

4ZSS0074 Intermediate Latin 4 15 O No Written examination

FINAL YEAR

Students must take 60 credits of text modules from the below ):

6AACGTA1 Introductory Greek Texts I (Prose) 6AACGTA2 Introductory Greek Texts II (Verse) 6AACGT07 Greek Texts VII (Poetry)

6AACGT09 Greek Texts IX (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination

6AACLTA2 Introductory Latin Texts II (Verse) 6AACLTA3 Introductory Latin Texts III (Prose) 6AACLT05 Latin Texts V (Poetry)

6AACLT06 Latin Texts VI (Prose) 6 15 O No Written examination

Appropriate level 6 Greek or Latin text modules, UCL Dept of

Greek & Latin 6 15-30 O No Various

Handbook.

6AACTL80 Hollywood Stardom Ancient Style

6AACDISS Dissertation 6 15-30 O No Various

5AACAR19 Sex and the Symposium 5 15-30 O No Various

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5AACTL45 Roman Love Elegy

20. Marking criteria

All modules will be marked in accordance with the Faculty’s marking criteria where such exists, or else in accordance with the College’s generic marking criteria.