MA (Hons) Classics/Scottish History

Classics involves the study of the literature, history, art and material culture of ancient Greece and Rome. Study of Latin and/or Greek language is possible at any level.
If you progress to Honours you will have the opportunity to spend at least three weeks (usually during the summer vacation after year 3) visiting archaeological sites and museums in Italy and Greece. Financial support for this visit is available to all Single Honours students. You may also spend year 3 studying at universities in North America, Australia, New Zealand or Europe. You will study classical civilisation, covering the history, literature and culture of archaic Greece and republican Rome. You will read Homer alongside the histories of Herodotus and Sallust, the plays of Plautus and the speeches of Cicero. You will study the literature, culture, history and politics of democratic Athens and of the Roman Empire at its height. You will read plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, a dialogue by Plato, the histories of Thucydides and Tacitus, the Aeneid of Virgil, the satirical writings of Juvenal, and Petronius extraordinary novel. You can now take any of the pre-Honours Classical Civilisation courses (1A, 1B, 2A, 2B) in an online format as an alternative to the traditional face-to-face courses, for greater flexibility.

In recent years our graduates have found employment as: teachers, civil servants, administrators, librarians, archivists, experts in museums and galleries.

SQA Higher entry requirements
BBBB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer
Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5
Typically offers will be made at AAAAA by end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher
Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject at AA. (AB or BA may be considered).

SQA Higher adjusted entry requirements* (by end of S5 or S6)
MD20: BBBB (also other target groups*)
MD40: AABB*
Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject. Successful completion of Top-Up or one of our Summer Schools.

A-level standard entry requirements
AAB BBB
Additional requirements: one A-level Humanities subject.

IB standard entry requirements
34 (6,5,5)
Additional requirements: HL English and HL Humanities subject.

Advanced entry (for Classics/Computing Science joint programme only
Applicants who achieve exceptional grades in their Advanced Highers, A-levels or International Baccalaureate may be considered for advanced entry, meaning that an Honours degree can be completed in three years instead of the normal four years, or four years for five-year integrated Masters programmes.

Indicative grades to be considered for advanced entry
SQA Higher advanced entry requirements
Three Advanced Highers at Grades AAA attained in one exam year and at the first attempt. Subjects must be relevant to the courses to be taken at Level 2.

A-Level advanced entry rRequirements
A*A*A

IB advanced entry requirements
38 points

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)
6.5 with no sub-test under 6.0.

TOEFL (ib, my best or athome)
90 with minimum R 20, L 19, S 19, W 23.