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Honour School of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History

A

  • 1. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination in this school without either having passed, or having been exempted from, the First Public Examination.

  • 2. The examination shall be under the supervision of the Board of the Faculty of Classics, which shall appoint a standing committee to consider matters relating to the examination.

  • 3. Candidates shall be required to take part in approved fieldwork or an approved museum placement as an integral part of the course. This requirement shall normally have been discharged before the beginning of Michaelmas Term in the candidate’s second year.

B

  • 1. Each candidate shall offer the following:

    • I Either (a) 621:  Rome, Italy and the Hellenistic East c. 300-100 BC: archaeology and history or (b) 622: Imperial Culture and Society, c. AD 50-150: archaeology and history 

      II A Core Paper in Classical Archaeology 

      III A Core Paper in Ancient History 

      IV Either a second Core Paper in Classical Archaeology or a Further Paper in Classical Archaeology (see also 2 below) 

      V Either a second Core Paper in Ancient History or a Further Paper in Ancient History (see also 2 below) 

      VI Any other option from I-V above 

      VII A site or museum report 

  • A full list of the subjects available under II-VI above, including details of any restrictions on permitted combinations, will be published in the course handbook no later than Monday of Week 5 of Michaelmas Term in the academic year preceding the examination. 

  • 2. Subject to the approval of the Standing Committee, candidates may offer one Language Paper in place of either IV or V above, from the following list:

    • 571: Intermediate Ancient Greek

    • 572: Intermediate Latin

    • 573: Advanced Ancient Greek

    • 574: Advanced Latin 

  • 3. Any candidate whose first language is not English may bring a bilingual (first language to English) dictionary for use in any examination paper where candidates are required to translate Ancient Greek and/or Latin texts into English.

  • 4. Candidates may also be examined viva voce.

  • 5. Site or Museum reports.

    • (a) The subject for the Site or Museum report must, to the satisfaction of the Standing Committee, fall within the scope of the Honour School of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History. The report must be on:

    • Either

    • A. an excavation or archaeological site, based as far as possible on participation or autopsy and on a consideration of all relevant historical and archaeological sources;

    • Or

    • B. a coherent body of finds from one site or of one category, based as far as possible on autopsy and on a consideration of all relevant historical and archaeological sources.

    • The subject may, but need not, overlap any subject on which the candidate offers papers. Candidates should avoid repetition in papers of material used in their report, and may be penalised for substantial repetition.

      (b) No report shall exceed 10,000 words (inclusive of footnotes and appendices but excluding the bibliography, brief picture captions and tables). 

    • (c) Candidates shall upload a copy of their site or museum report, identified by their candidate number only, not later than noon on Friday of Week 9 of the Hilary Term preceding the examination to the University approved online assessment platform.