Greek BA at Royal Holloway, University of London

You’ll love this course if you are a Greek linguist who’s keen to develop their language skills and understanding of ancient Greece still further. With the opportunity to learn Latin and the chance to study the classical world through artefacts, ideas and past-deeds, there’s lots to learn on this course.

Department: Classics  |  Duration: 3 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1. You will take one from the following:: Beginner’s Greek, Intermediate Greek, Greek Language and Reading; Year 2. You will take one from the following:: Intermediate Greek, Intensive Greek, Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture; Year 3. You will take one from the following:: Intensive Greek, Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture, Further Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture. Optional modules: Year 1: Beginner's Latin, Intermediate Latin, Latin Language and Reading, Introduction to Greek Literature, Roman Literature of the Republic and others; Year 2: Hellenistic Epic: Apollonius of Rhodes, Imperial Greek Poetry: Epic & Epigram, Homer (in Greek), The Tragedy of Euripides, Greek Dramatic Texts II (Comedy) and others; Year 3: Hellenistic Epic: Apollonius of Rhodes, Imperial Greek Poetry: Epic & Epigram, Homer (in Greek), The Tragedy of Euripides, Greek Dramatic Texts II (Comedy) and others.

Career pathways

Our degree courses not only promote academic achievement but also the means to hone the life-skills necessary to excel, post-graduation. Studying Greek takes discipline and application, develops analytical and verbal reasoning skills and promotes both the expansion and use of a rich and varied vocabulary.

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