Ancient History - MA | Master's degree | Humanities & Culture | On Campus | One year full-time (part-time enrolment possible) | University of Kent | United Kingdom

The major civilisations of the ancient world, including those of Egypt, Greece and Rome, still shape global culture today. Our MA in Ancient History enables you to gain an advanced understanding of ancient culture, whether you focus on literature, thought, art or religion. The MA gives you an opportunity explore the history, political and social organization, or material artefacts of ancient cultures, to demonstrate a critical engagement and develop an informed sense of the similarities and differences between them and our own culture. The program allows you to develop your research skills and to become by the end of the degree an independent researcher, well equipped for future work for a PhD or to undertake research outside academia. The program begins by focusing on research skills, which you study alongside either an option module or a language module (in ancient Greek or Latin). For the Spring Term, you choose two option modules that reflect the research interests of staff within the Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies. This is an ideal program for graduates of history, ancient history, classics or the wider humanities, wanting to gain practical experience in applying their expertise. This program is taught at our Canterbury campus. There is also a version of this program which allows you to spend a term in Rome.