Studying at St Andrews
Undergraduate study
Undergraduate students interested in the literatures of the Roman Empire can explore different aspects of this field through a variety of honours and sub-honours modules offered within the School of Classics in our Greek, Latin and Classical Studies programmes. Previous Honours-level modules of particular interest include:
- CL4432: Latin Literature and Roman Emperors
- CL4449: After Virgil: the Aeneid and its Reception
- GK4109: Greek Literature in the Roman Empire
- LT3019: Epic Latin: Skills, Theory, Methods
- LT4201: Roman Epic
- LT4207: Roman Comedy
- LT4209: Late Latin
- LT4210: Latin Didactic
- LT4211: Latin Letters
- LT4213: Roman Satire
- LT4215: Senecan Tragedy
- LT4219: Roman Biography
- LT4220: Latin Lyric
- LT4222: Floating Words: anonymous writing in ancient Rome
- LT4223: Constantinian Latin
- LT4225: Roman Literary Criticism
- LT4226: Africa in Latin Literature
More information, including a list of topics offered each semester and short bibliographies, can be found in our course catalogues (organized by Schools).
Postgraduate study
There is a strong provision of courses dealing with Imperial-period literature at post-graduate level.
- MLitt courses
- Prospective PhD students are encouraged to get in touch with potential supervisors whose research areas are outlined here.
Postgraduate students associated with the Centre benefit from involvement with the various research projects operating within it and from its busy calendar of events .