Classical Studies

Entry requirements

The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree.

Months of entry

October

Course content

Researchers in Classical Studies at The Open University have expertise in a wide range of subjects from across the ancient world, including archaeology, art and sculpture; epic, tragedy and comedy; historiography and philosophy; popular culture and social history; reception studies; and digital humanities. As an interdisciplinary subject area, OU Classical Studies principally involves research into Greek and Latin texts, and Greek and Roman material culture, with a particular expertise in the following areas:

• ancient and modern reception of classical antiquity
• digital and spatial classics
• the ancient body, including and the senses and disability
• ancient material religion
• pedagogy of classical studies