BALatin

Study location	United Kingdom, Egham, Surrey
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	Q600

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) A level Latin at grade B or grade A or grade 7 GCSE if not taken at A level and at least five GCSE passes at grades A*-C or 9-4 including English and Mathematics. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original.

Language requirements	English IELTS: 6.5 overall (with 7.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in each remaining subscore) CAE: 176 overall (with no less than 185 in writing and a minimum of 162 in all other subscores)

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application.

More information	royalholloway.ac.uk/../classics/latin.aspx

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Optional:
Greek Literature
Roman Literature of the Republic
Individual and Community
Greek History and the City State
Key Themes in Roman History
Introduction to Greek Archaeology
Introduction to Roman Archaeology
Beginners’ Latin
Intermediate Latin
Latin Language and Reading
Intensive Latin
Latin Prose Composition
Latin Verse Composition
Introduction to Ancient Philosophy

Year 2

Optional:
The Built Environment in Classical Antiquity
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Gender in Classical Antiquity
Greek History to 322 BC
Greek Law and Lawcourts
Augustus – Propaganda and Power
The Roman Republic – A Social and Economic History
The Rise of the Roman Empire – An Economic and Social History
Homer (in Translation)
Virgil (In Translation)
Ovid’s Metamorphoses – Art and Power in Augustan Rome
Virgil’s Aeneid – The Empire in the Literary Imagination
Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
Catullus and Horace
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
The Roman Empire from Augustus to Commodus
The Later Roman Empire

Year 3

Optional:
Greek Erotic Poetry (in Greek)
Hadrian’s Wall
Archaeology of Athens and Attica
Roman Oratory
Gender in Classical antiquity
Alexander the Great
Greek Law and Lawcourts
Roman Army
The City From Augustus to Charlemagne
Religion and the Ancient Greeks
Greek Lyric, Eros and Social Order
Tacitus – The Making of History
The Philosophy of Aristotle
Philosophy under the Roman Empire
Further Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
Advanced Latin
Christians and Pagans from Constantine to Augustine, 306 to 430 AD

Career opportunities

This degree programmes not only promote academic achievement but also the means to hone the life-skills necessary to excel, post-graduation.

Specifically, studying Latin takes discipline and application, develops analytical and verbal reasoning skills and promotes both the expansion and use of a rich and varied vocabulary.

Being able to understand and process complex issues, to critically evaluate resources and construct coherent arguments both verbally and in writing is why many Royal Holloway classicists become employed in law, marketing, publishing, the media, government and finance. Employers like Channel 4, multinational law firm SJ Berwin, The Guildhall (City of London), accountancy firm KPMG, the Natural History Museum, Customs and Immigration, London Advertising, Broadstone Pensions and Investments and the Armed Forces have all recently recruited Royal Holloway alumni from the Department of Classics.