
Overview
Candidates take a specified number of taught modules, and are also required to write a long essay of c.7,500 words representing an independent piece of research. It is not possible to take modules in Greek or Latin as part of this Classical Studies programme from Maynooth University . The long essay is written on a topic approved by the Head of the Department of Ancient Classics under the supervision of a designated supervisor. The topic is agreed by the end of the first semester, and work begun during the period between the first and the second semester. The long essay is submitted by a specified date at the end of the academic year.
Career
Employers across a wide range of professions value highly the wide range of intellectual abilities which an MA in a classical subject develops.
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Courses include:
- Popular Culture in Classical Athens
- Judaea From Herod to Hadrian
- Greek and Roman Letters: Epistolography of the Ancient World
- Literature and Learning in the Second Century Ad: Apuleius and His Contemporaries
- Herodotus and His World
- Late Antiquity: the Classical World in Transition
- Long Essay
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Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
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General requirements
- Normally at least a high 2:2 in the BA degree overall with a 2:1 in Greek and Roman Civilization, or equivalent.
- Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
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14000 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 14000 EUR per year during 12 months. -
EU/EEA
6500 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6500 EUR per year during 12 months.
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Funding
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