Master of Studies in Greek and/or Roman History

• 1. Every candidate must follow, for at least three terms, a course of instruction in Greek and/or Roman History.

• 2. Syllabus. Candidates must offer (1) an option from A below, (2) an option from B or C below, and (3) a dissertation as described in D below. In addition, all candidates must attend and participate in either the “Greece and the East” or the “Rome and the West” graduate seminar, although this will not be a subject of examination. 

• 3.  All options, including the dissertation, require the approval of the candidate's supervisor and the Graduate Studies Committee for Ancient History. 
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• 4.  Unless otherwise stated below, options from Lists B and C will be assessed by two essays of not more than 5,000 words in length, which between them display knowledge of more than a narrow range of the topic covered by the course.
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• Supervisors or others are permitted to give bibliographical help with and to discuss drafts of essays.
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• The essays must be uploaded to the University approved online assessment platform, by noon on the Wednesday of Week 6 of the Trinity Term in which the examination is to be taken. 
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• 5. The word limits for presubmitted essays and for dissertations exclude the bibliography and certain other categories of material as described in the MSt/MPhil course handbook, which is to be consulted for further guidance.
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• 6. Oral Examination. Candidates are required to present themselves for oral examination if summoned by the examiners.

A

Candidates must offer one of the following. They must offer one of A (i)-(iv), unless individually dispensed from this requirement by the Graduate Studies Committee in Ancient History. 

Each option will be assessed in one written paper. 

Any candidate taking options A (i)-(iv) whose first language is not English may bring a bilingual (first language-English) dictionary for use in the examination. Candidates taking options A (v)-(viii) may bring a dictionary (language of examination – English) for their use in the examination.  

Candidates will not normally be allowed to be examined in their first languages or which they have previously studied in taught courses for more than two years. 

(i) Elementary Greek.

• (ii) Intermediate Greek. 

• (iii) Elementary Latin. 

• (iv) Intermediate Latin.

• (v) French

• (vi) German

• (vii) Italian

• (viii) Any other language which the candidate has satisfied the Graduate Studies Committee for Ancient History is relevant to any part of the work which they propose to submit. 

B

• (i) Greek Numismatics.

• (ii) Roman Numismatics.

• (iii) Greek Epigraphy.

• (iv) The epigraphy of the Roman World.

• (v) Documentary papyrology. Candidates taking this option will produce an edition of a documentary papyrus and one essay of not more than 5,000 words in length. These should be submitted in accordance with the arrangements set out in 2(d) above.

• (vi) Roman Law.

  (vii) One of the options B1-4 and B7 in the M.St. in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature, subject to the approval of the Graduate Studeis Committe in Ancient History and the Graduate Studies Committe in Classical Languages and Literature. Presubmitted essays offered under this option will be subject to the normal regulations for the submission of presubmitted essays in the M.St. in Greek and/or Roman History.

  (viii) An option from Schedule B of the M.St. in Classical Archaeology, subject to the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee in Ancient History and the Graduate Studies Committee in Archaeology. Presubmitted essays offered under this option will be subject to the normal regulations for the submission of presubmitted essays in the M.St. in Greek and/or Roman History.

  (ix) Any other subject approved by the Graduate Studies Committee for Ancient History.

C

An option on a historical topic. A list of available options will appear in the Handbook issued in Week 0 of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination.  

In addition to the options set out in the Handbook, candidates may offer an option on any other historical topic relating to the Ancient Greek and Roman World of their choice, subject to the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee in Ancient History. 

D

A dissertation of not more than 10,000 words on a subject approved by the Graduate Studies Committee for Ancient History. 

The dissertation (typewritten) must be uploaded to the University approved online assessment platform, no later than noon on the Wednesday of Week 6 of the Trinity Full Term in which the examination is to be taken.