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UCAS Course Code: See bottom of page 

Brief Course Outline

Duration of course:
Course I (Option 1) 4 years
Course I (Option 2) and
Course II (Options 1 and 2) 5 years
Degree awarded: BA
Intake: 12
Applications shortlisted for interview: 91.9%
Successful applications: 31.6%

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See Modern Languages

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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Modern Languages
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, 41 Wellington Square,
Oxford OX1 2JF
+44 (0) 1865 270750
Please email us at reception@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
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Classics and Modern Languages

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Are there any international opportunities?

Students spend a year abroad in a foreign country before their final year. Please see Modern Languages  for more information. College support may also be available to help undergraduates with academically-related travel to Italy or Greece.

A typical weekly timetable

Your time is divided between lectures, language classes, tutorials and private study. Most of your work will be in preparation of essays for your tutorials, although the systematic reading of literary texts, not necessarily aimed at any particular tutorial, also requires a considerable input of time and effort.

Option 1
1st year (Course I) or 1st and 2nd year (Course II)

Course II students spend a preliminary year studying Latin or Greek, then follow Course I

Course I

  • Literature (in your modern language) (two papers)
  • Literature in the ancient language or languages (two papers)
  • Translation from the ancient language(s) into English (one paper)
  • Language exercises (including translation) for the modern language (two papers)

Assessment

First University examinations: 4 papers in the modern language, 3 papers in the ancient language
Option 2
1st and 2nd year (terms 1–5)

Courses

As for Classics(see entry for Classics for the first five terms).
Course II students follow Classics Course II In addition, undergraduates normally maintain contact with their modern language through language classes

Assessment

First University examinations in Classics :
Ten papers
Options 1 and 2
(plus intercalated year abroad)
Terms 4–9 (Course I Option 1), 6–12 (Option 2), or 7–12
(Course II Option 1)

Courses

  • Modern Language (four–five papers), including: language exercises (two papers plus oral examination); a period of literature; and options (prescribed authors and texts from 12th to 20th century, or history and structure of the modern language)
  • Classics (three–four papers): a core paper in Latin or in Greek literature; two or three Classics options
  • Possibility of a paper or a long essay exploring the links between the ancient and modern literatures.

Assessment

Final University examinations
Nine papers in total (eight compulsory, one optional) plus oral exam in the modern language. A thesis may be offered in place of one of the compulsory papers in Classics, and one possibility for the optional paper is an extended essay on any subject that falls within the scope of the School

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UCAS code: Classics I and
Celtic QQ85
Beginners' Czech Q8R7
Czech QR87
French QR81
German QR82
Beginners' Modern Greek QR8Y
Modern Greek QQ87
Beginners' Italian QR38
Italian QR83
Beginners' Portuguese QR8N
Portuguese QR85
Russian QRV7
Spanish QR84

 

UCAS code: Classics II and
Celtic  
Czech QR8R
French QR8C
German QR8F
Modern Greek QQ8R
Italian QR8H
Portuguese QR8M
Russian QRW7
Spanish QR8K
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