Classics

About this course

Classics is the study of ancient Greece and Rome in the full richness of their languages, literatures, philosophies, histories, and material cultures, and the long legacy of these civilisations in the centuries that followed. Reading Greek and Latin authors in their original languages is at the core of the discipline, developing a rigour of interpretation and a depth of textual engagement that few other degrees can match. But classics is also a broad and evolving field, encompassing archaeology, art history, ancient history, classical reception, and the study of how ancient cultures have been understood, reinterpreted, and contested from the Renaissance to the present. At Durham University, one of the UK's highest-ranking universities with a distinguished classics department, this programme includes a foundation year, a sandwich placement year, a year abroad, and a work placement. The f

Where its graduates go

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