Classical Civilisation

Entry Requirements

All we really require is an eagerness to learn and an enthusiasm for the ancient world. Of course, the course does follow on well from the GCSE but it can also be studied at A level for the first time if you are keen and willing to engage! You will need to like to read (there’s a lot of textual material to be covered as well as some secondary reading); and it does help if you are willing to express your ideas in discussion – we tend to talk about everything under the sun, from religion to war, from gender issues to law and from politics to art. And of course you will need to be prepared to write essays and longer answers; it’s not a subject where you can answer in figures or single words.