MA Classics
Groningen, Netherlands
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 May 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 18,700 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* € 1863 (EU/EEA students, part-time)
Introduction
The Classics track is a highly flexible interdisciplinary one-year Program, offering a variety of research-led courses on Greek and Latin literature, language and culture.
You can enter the Program with or without prior knowledge of Greek or Latin, and can tailor your studies to your interests. Specializations include:
- Latin literature (prior Latin needed)
- Greek literature (prior Greek needed)
- Classics and the modern world (prior Greek and/or Latin optional)
- Language consolidation
- Educational MA (prior Greek and Latin needed)
You will write a thesis and take an interdisciplinary course , on the interface of literary studies with ancient history or classical archaeology. You may also integrate ancient history courses and organize a placement.
Our alumni are skilled writers and have an eye for detail as well as the bigger picture. They are sought-after employees in many fields, including education, publishing, the cultural sector, journalism and the government.
The course is taught in English; Dutch-speaking students may produce their written work in Dutch.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Master placement
- Thesis & methods course
- Interdisciplinary course
- Ancient history research seminar
- Beginners' Greek
- Beginners' Latin
- Commentary course: Aristophanes and Plautus
- Thematic course Greek
- Thematic course Latin
- Greek Epigraphy (Masterlanguage)
- Latin literature (Masterlanguage)
- Tutorial Greek epigraphy (historical or literary)
- Tutorial Latin epigraphy (historical or literary)
- Greek literature (Masterlanguage)
- Latin epigraphy (Masterlanguage)
- Tutorial Greek epigraphy (historical or literary)
- Tutorial Latin epigraphy (historical or literary)
- Ancient history research seminar 2
- Interaction ancient and modern literature
- Interdisciplinary research seminar (Faculty courses)
- Master's Thesis
- Power and Cult in the Hellenistic World (Research Seminar Ancient History)
- Research seminar Greek
- Research seminar Latin
- Tutorial Greek epigraphy (historical or literary)
- Tutorial Latin epigraphy (historical or literary)
Program Outcome
Credits: 60 ECTS
MA in Classics & Ancient Civilizations
As a graduate, there are many career options open to you. If you wish to apply your knowledge of the ancient world and its research, you may work in an academic library or in museums.
Following this one-year also does not exclude the option of becoming a teacher of Classics in secondary school; you can obtain a qualification by following the one-year postmaster LHVO at the college of education (NB this postmaster requires a minimum level of proficiency in Dutch: NT2 program II).
The skill set of a classicist is highly valued elsewhere, too. Typically, our graduates have a keen sense of language, good writing skills, a critical and analytical mind; having been trained to overview an ancient society in its many aspects, you will be able to reflect on culture and society. You can therefore also work in journalism, the cultural sector, publishing or the civil service. Other examples can be found on the website of the study association of Classics in Groningen, Boreas (in Dutch).
Career Opportunities
Job examples
- Publisher
- Staff member in a museum or (academic) library
- Journalist
- Communications consultant
- Government employee