Structured PhD (Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) (Classics)

Course Overview

The discipline of Classics is eager to provide supervision in any area of studies relevant to the specialist interests of a member of staff; these research specialties are listed below. Admission to a Structured Ph.D. degree is at the discretion of the potential supervisor and the Head of discipline and is based on a proposal from the applicant following discussion with a suitable member of staff. As part of the Structured Ph.D. program the discipline may recommend attendance at Greek or Latin language classes. Candidates should have obtained an honors degree in an appropriate subject (Second Class Honours, Grade 1 minimum) and would usually hold a Master’s degree.

As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured PhD programme, students avail themselves of a range of interdisciplinary taught modules.  The wide menu of available options include modules that:

• are discipline-specific in that they augment the student's existing knowledge in their specialist area, e.g., Reflective Practice in Teaching Classics and Late Antiquity
• are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills which are essential to the completion of the research project, e.g., additional language skills
• acknowledge a student’s professional development, e.g., presentation of a paper at an International Conference enhance a student's employability through generic training, e.g., Careers Workshops, computer literacy.

Each student will be assigned a primary Supervisor(s) and a Graduate Research Committee made up of experienced researchers to plan their program of study and to provide on-going support to their research.