MA handbook AH 2011-12.docx - Cardiff University

4. MA in the History and Archaeology of the Greek and Roman
World
This interdisciplinary programme is designed to enable you to develop your skills in interpreting
both literary and archaeological evidence from the ancient world, and use them to explore topics of
your choice.
A. Taught Stage (October–May)
1. Research training (40 credits)
All students take four 10-credit modules:
Autumn Semester
Spring Semester
HST 301: Introduction to Research Methods HST 011: Understanding Texts*
or
HST 303: Data Presentation and Interpretation*
HST 305: Writing the Past
HST 306: Speaking the Past
*If you would like to attend both of these modules, it should be possible — please see the relevant
module tutor (but you can only be assessed for one of them).
Contact hours: 1–2 per week.
2. Theory and methodology (20 credits)
All students take one of the following modules:
Autumn Semester
Spring Semester
HST 002: Themes and Approaches in Ancient History (20 credits)
HST 203: Themes in Classical Archaeology (20 credits)
HST 536: Interpreting the Past (40 credits)
Contact hours: for a 20-credit module, 10 1-hour classes, in alternate weeks throughout the
Autumn and Spring Semesters; for a 40-credit module, 20 classes; tutorial discussions.
3. Language training (20 credits)
All students take one of the following modules:
Autumn Semester
Contact hours: 1–3 per week.
Spring Semester
HST 024: Postgraduate Greek I
HST 025: Postgraduate Greek II
HST 022: Postgraduate Latin I
HST 023: Postgraduate Latin II
4. Specialised option modules (40 credits)
Students choose 40 credits from the list below (20 credits if you chose HST 536 as your core theory
module). Modules are worth 20 credits unless otherwise specified. In addition to your core theory
module, you may take the other theory modules as options.
Autumn Semester
Spring Semester
Taught options
HST 002: Themes and Approaches in Ancient History
HST 203: Themes in Classical Archaeology
HST 536: Interpreting the Past (40 credits)
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