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Master of Arts (Honours) Ancient History and Biblical Studies


MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
AN1001 The Greeks in a Wider World 20 AND
AN1002 Rome and the Mediterranean 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
DI1003 Old Testament 1: Torah and Prophets 20 AND
DI1006 New Testament 1: Jesus and the Gospels 20 AND
( DI1004 Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20 OR
DI1005 New Testament Greek 1 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* View list 40 credits from Module List: AN2002 - AN2003, CL2003 - CL2004 AND
AN2002 The Roman Empire 20
AN2003 Mediterranean Communities 20
CL2003 Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy 20
CL2004 Culture and Thought in the Late Roman Republic 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • an average grade of 11 or above at first sitting must be attained in certain requisite 2000 level modules marked * Qualified Entry to Honours requires; a grade of 4.0 or above in each of the requisite modules marked * and passing the Honours Entry examinations for the modules marked * in which a student did not previously achieve a grade of 11.0 or above, such that the conditions for automatic entry to Honours Entry are met when the best grade now achieved in each module marked * is considered. An Honours Entry examination can only be taken in the same academic year as the first completed enrolment in the relevant requisite module.
MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
( * DI2001 Old Testament 2: Wisdom, Psalms, Apocalyptic and Apocryphal Literature 20 AND
* DI2003 New Testament 2: Paul and the Epistles 20 AND
( DI2002 Hebrew 2 20 OR
DI2201 New Testament Greek 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • an average grade of 11 or above at first sitting must be attained in certain requisite 2000 level modules marked * Qualified Entry to Honours requires; a grade of 4.0 or above in each of the requisite modules marked * and passing the Honours Entry examinations for the modules marked * in which a student did not previously achieve a grade of 11.0 or above, such that the conditions for automatic entry to Honours Entry are met when the best grade now achieved in each module marked * is considered. An Honours Entry examination can only be taken in the same academic year as the first completed enrolment in the relevant requisite module.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.

MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
AN3034 Approaches to Ancient History 30 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: AN4000 - AN4989 AND
AN4106 Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
AN4429 Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
AN4434 Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
AN4435 The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 90 credits from Module List: AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989 (excluding CL4794-CL4795) AND
AA4001 Cities and Urban Life in Late Antiquity (300-700 CE) 30
AA4002 From Pompeii to Aquileia: the Archaeology of Roman Italy (50 BCE - 300 CE) 30
AA4003 From Pagan to Christian Rome, AD 300-900 30
AA4121 The Ancient City of Rome 30
AA4122 Sacred Spaces in the Roman Empire 30
AA4130 The Roman Army 30
AA4149 The Archaeology of Minoan Crete 30
AN4106 Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
AN4429 Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
AN4434 Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
AN4435 The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
CL4406 Herodotus 30
CL4419 Magic in Greco-Roman Literature and Life 30
CL4420 Fame, Tradition and Narrative: Homer's lliad 30
CL4435 Greek Theatre 30
CL4437 Modern Classics: Classics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 30
CL4438 Animals in Greco-Roman Antiquity 30
CL4445 Women in Ancient Societies 30
CL4449 After Virgil: The Aeneid and its Reception 30
CL4455 Roman Praise 30
CL4461 Senecan Tragedy and its Reception 30
CL4462 Leaders and Leadership in the Ancient World 30
CL4463 Travels and Marvels in the Graeco-Roman World 30
CL4464 The Religious Sense in the Classical Roman World 30
CL4465 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Literature 30
CL4466 A People's History of Scottish Classics 30
CL4467 Classics for the Modern World: interventions and applications 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4504 Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world 30
CL4602 From Classical Temple to Christian Basilica 30
CL4604 Greek Sculpture 30
CL4605 Classical Bodies 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: ME3236 - ME3238, ME3608, ME3611 - ME3613
ME3236 Soldiers and Saints in Late Roman Gaul 30
ME3237 Legal Cultures in Late Antiquity 30
ME3238 Holy Lives in Late Antiquity 30
ME3608 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3611 The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
ME3613 Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA Ancient History (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:
30 credits - AN3034 (Third Year only).
30 credits - AN4000 - AN4989.
At least 30 further credits - AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989, (maximum one of ME3236, ME3237, ME3238, ME3608, ME3611, ME3612, ME3613) and [CL4999 or CL4794, (ID4002 and CL4990) - fourth year only]

Only one of CL4999 and CL4794 can be taken
MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
DI3601 Biblical Hermeneutics and Exegesis 30 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI4600 - DI4749, DI4750 - DI4789
DI3716 Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4616 Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
DI4700 Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : The Bible and War 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4733 Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Ancient History (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: CL4999 or CL4794, (ID4002 and CL4990) AND
CL4999 Dissertation (Short) in Ancient History, Ancient History & Archaeology, or Classical Studies 30
CL4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
CL4990 Teaching and Learning in Classics and Ancient History 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: AN4000 - AN4989 AND
AN4106 Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
AN4429 Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
AN4434 Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
AN4435 The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 90 credits from Module List: AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989 (excluding CL4794-CL4795) AND
AA4001 Cities and Urban Life in Late Antiquity (300-700 CE) 30
AA4002 From Pompeii to Aquileia: the Archaeology of Roman Italy (50 BCE - 300 CE) 30
AA4003 From Pagan to Christian Rome, AD 300-900 30
AA4121 The Ancient City of Rome 30
AA4122 Sacred Spaces in the Roman Empire 30
AA4130 The Roman Army 30
AA4149 The Archaeology of Minoan Crete 30
AN4106 Persia and the Greeks 30
AN4109 Death in Roman Culture 30
AN4110 The Culture of Roman Imperialism 30
AN4127 In the Footsteps of the Ancients: Exploring the Archaeology and Topography of Greece 30
AN4136 Alexander the Great 30
AN4141 Greek Tyranny 30
AN4146 The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479-362 BCE 30
AN4152 Ancient Empires 30
AN4153 Religious Change in Late Antiquity 30
AN4155 Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
AN4156 Memory and Dynasty 30
AN4426 Roman Slavery 30
AN4427 Greeks and Others 30
AN4428 Eight Scenes from the Life of Alexander 30
AN4429 Early Greece between Egypt and Anatolia 30
AN4430 Floods, famines, plagues and volcanoes: Roman adaptation to the environment 30
AN4431 Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity 30
AN4432 Magic in the Greco-Roman World 30
AN4433 Belief and Unbelief in Classical Greek Religion 30
AN4434 Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece 30
AN4435 The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War 30
CL4406 Herodotus 30
CL4419 Magic in Greco-Roman Literature and Life 30
CL4420 Fame, Tradition and Narrative: Homer's lliad 30
CL4435 Greek Theatre 30
CL4437 Modern Classics: Classics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 30
CL4438 Animals in Greco-Roman Antiquity 30
CL4445 Women in Ancient Societies 30
CL4449 After Virgil: The Aeneid and its Reception 30
CL4455 Roman Praise 30
CL4461 Senecan Tragedy and its Reception 30
CL4462 Leaders and Leadership in the Ancient World 30
CL4463 Travels and Marvels in the Graeco-Roman World 30
CL4464 The Religious Sense in the Classical Roman World 30
CL4465 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Literature 30
CL4466 A People's History of Scottish Classics 30
CL4467 Classics for the Modern World: interventions and applications 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4504 Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world 30
CL4602 From Classical Temple to Christian Basilica 30
CL4604 Greek Sculpture 30
CL4605 Classical Bodies 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: ME3236 - ME3238, ME3608, ME3611 - ME3613
ME3236 Soldiers and Saints in Late Roman Gaul 30
ME3237 Legal Cultures in Late Antiquity 30
ME3238 Holy Lives in Late Antiquity 30
ME3608 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3611 The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
ME3613 Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA Ancient History (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:
30 credits - AN3034 (Third Year only).
30 credits - AN4000 - AN4989.
At least 30 further credits - AA4000-AA4989, AN4000-AN4989, CL4000-CL4989, (maximum one of ME3236, ME3237, ME3238, ME3608, ME3611, ME3612, ME3613) and [CL4999 or CL4794, (ID4002 and CL4990) - fourth year only]

Only one of CL4999 and CL4794 can be taken
MA (Hons) Biblical Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
(( DI4498 Honours Dissertation in Divinity 30 OR
DI4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
( View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 AND
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
DI4015 Communication in Divinity 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI4600 - DI4789 )) OR
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4616 Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
DI4700 Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : The Bible and War 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4733 Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI3716 Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI4600 - DI4789 AND
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4616 Atonement 30
DI4626 The Book of Revelation: English Texts 30
DI4627 The Book of Revelation: English and Greek Texts 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4629 Epistle to the Hebrews: Greek Text 30
DI4630 The Gospel of Mark: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
DI4700 Hebrew Prose and Poetry 30
DI4705 Biblical Aramaic 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic : The Bible and War 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4733 Creation and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI3716 Reading in the Greek New Testament 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 )
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
DI4015 Communication in Divinity 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

60 credits should be selected from DI3716, DI4600 - DI4789, (ID4002 with ID4002 if a 4000-level dissertation or comparable independent research project is taken in the other Honours subject.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).