Greek MA
Greek Art CLASSIC4049
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Humanities
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2 (Alternate Years)
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course introduces students to the art and architecture of archaic and classical Greece, and to current and earlier approaches to understanding it in its historical and social context.
Timetable
2 x one hour sessions per week (lecture/seminar varied) over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus. This is one of the honours options in Classics and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on mycampus.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Essay (2,000 words) - 40%
■ Examination (90 minute duration) - 60%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There are no alternatives to assessments, but flexible deadlines /extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions).
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor. 
Main Assessment In: April/May
Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable
It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.
[No exceptions]
Course Aims
This course will provide the opportunity to:
-study the principal surviving monuments of Greek Art dated between about 1000 B.C. and 323 B.C., and to understand some of the main problems of methodology and interpretation which attach to them.
- study other approaches to understanding the society whose history and literature they study elsewhere.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
-mobilise detailed knowledge of primary material in all forms of assessment
- understand modern interpretative strategies
-compare, contrast and evaluate competing interpretations
-apply, at a level appropriate to the assignment, knowledge of modern secondary literature to the interpretation of primary material
-use research, interpretative and argumentative skills in coursework essays
-present the results of investigation in seminars and to contribute effectively to discussion
-apply essay skills as stipulated in the Classics Honours Handbook