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UCAS Course Codes
3 year course: QQ38
4 year course: QQH8

Brief Course Outline

Course I: 3 years
Course II: 4 years (including preliminary year for those without A-level or equivalent in either Greek or Latin)
Degree awarded: BA
Intake: 5
Applications shortlisted for interview: 82.8%
Successful applications: 24.1%

Open days

See Classics
See English Language and Literature
Applicants are welcomed at any of these days. There will be staff available at open days in both Faculties who can discuss this joint degree with prospective students.

Contact details

Classics:
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU
+44 (0) 1865 288391
Please email us at enquiries@classics.ox.ac.uk
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English:
Faculty of English Language and Literature, St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ
+44 (0) 1865 271055
Please email us at english.office@ell.ox.ac.uk
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A typical weekly timetable

Students usually have two tutorials a week, plus language classes, and they are often (but not always) working on two papers simultaneously. Most students attend three to four lectures a week and students will be expected to produce around twelve pieces of written work during a term. Up to three papers available in the list of options on each side are examined by an extended essay of 6–8,000 words, written over three weeks of term.

This table is a summary of Course I. In Course II students have a preliminary year studying Latin or Greek, and then follow the structure outlined below.

1st year
Courses Five papers are taken: Introduction to English Language and Literature Literature in English 1550–1660 Unseen translation for Classics Greek and Latin literature (two papers, offering a choice of Greek or Latin authors)	Assessment Four written papers form the First University Examination, together with a submitted portfolio of two essays for ‘Introduction to English Language and Literature’. All exams must be passed, but marks do not count towards the final degree
2nd and 3rd years
Courses Seven papers are taken: Two link papers, one compulsory (Epic), and a choice from Comedy, Tragedy, Reception One of Papers 2–5 from the English single honours course not taken in the first year One of Papers 1–6 from the English single honours course not taken in the first year Classics Greek or Latin core paper One classics option Dissertation of 8,000 words, either interdisciplinary, or focused on English or Classics	Assessment Up to three papers examined as coursework (extended essays and dissertation). The remaining papers will then be examined by final written examinations at the end of the third year