Assessment

You are taught through lectures, seminars and tutorials. At every level, we attach importance to interactive teaching and learning, in order to develop your independence and study skills. In Level 1, each module lasts for one Teaching Block (a half-year). You have two lectures per week for each non-language 20 credit module, some of which may be set up as discussion classes. For each module you will have to write one essay or other exercise, which counts for 25 per cent of the assessment; the remaining 75 per cent comes from a formal examination at the end of the module. Latin, Greek and Egyptian Language have three or four classes per week, combining continuous assessment and examination. At Levels 2 and 3, we offer a menu of 20 credit modules covering all aspects of history, archaeology, literature and culture of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman worlds. All students must write a dissertation (20 credits) in their final year, based on independent research. We adopt an innovative and imaginative approach to assessment: the taught modules are assessed in a wide range of ways, including quizzes, exhibitions, group presentations, assessed seminars, and timed in-class exercises, as well as by formal examination.