Overview

Ancient Religions from The University of Wales Trinity Saint David enables students to gain a clearer understanding of the interrelations of religion and society in a cross-cultural perspective and so better enables them to understand multi-religious worlds.

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Moreover, students will gain a wider understanding of the cultural economic and social forces underpinning the ancient world and these ancient ideas and practices in particular. It draws upon a variety of methodologies and theoretical perspectives taken from Archaeology and Anthropology as well as from the textual traditions of ancient China, the Classical world and Old Testament studies.
The scheme allows you to study a wide range of modules covering a wide range of ancient religions, giving you a choice to shape the programme to your interests.
All our modules in the Ancient Religions (MA) are taught by internationally renowned specialists and active researchers from different disciplines, notably notably Archaeology, Classics, Egyptology, Theology, Religious Studies, Cultural Astronomy, Celtic Studies and Chinese Studies. The influence of our research on our teaching offers our students the opportunity to learn from the best in the subject and follow the latest scholarly trends and discoveries.
The MA Ancient Religions is available to both on-campus students and distance learners. Our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a live forum through which students and staff can interact, through which students are better able to revise and explore difficult topics and access the electronic resources available in the virtual world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Bible: Contemporary Approaches
Bible: Text and Transmission
Celtic Sanctity, Spirituality and Hagiography
Cosmology, Magic and Divination
From Patriarchs to Prophets: Reading and Reception
The Gospel of John
Myth in Greek and Roman Epic

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-02 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Lampeter, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Theology and Religious Studies Ancient History View 16 other Masters in Ancient History in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

The traditional requirement for entry onto a Level 7 programme is a 2.1 or 1st class undergraduate degree. In addition, the Faculty encourages students with an equivalent and appropriate professional qualification or significant and relevant professional experience to apply.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

10500 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

6800 GBP / year

≈ 6800 GBP / year

Additional Details

National: £43.33 per credit.

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