Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year
Royal Holloway, University of London
About this course
Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year, an undergraduate programme in Classics. Core topics include Research Methods and Historical Research. After the Foundation Year, students normally progress onto the BA Classical Studies degree. A supervised Extended Essay of 8,000–10,000 words is required, and a year abroad is available.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC-CCD (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 24 points overall.
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What students say
Based on about 47 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 85%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 93%
- Left higher education: 7%
What graduates do next
Based on about 7 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 20%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Skilled trades occupations: 15%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 55%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 30%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 20%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 5%
- West Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 11%
- London: 45%
- South East: 25%
- South West: 9%
Who gets in
Based on about 50 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Cultures of Thinking
- Culture and Memory
- Society on Screen
- Textual Cultures
- Foundations of Classical Studies
- Studying Classical Antiquity
- Beginner’s Greek
- Intermediate Greek
- Beginner's Latin
- Intermediate Latin
- Introduction to Greek Literature
- Roman Literature of the Empire
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
- Greek History and the City State
- Key Themes in Roman History
- Introduction to Greek Archaeology
- Introduction to Roman Archaeology
- Advanced Greek
- Advanced Latin
- Intensive Latin
- Homer (In Translation)
- Greek Drama (In Translation)
- Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Art and Power in Augustan Rome
- Virgil’s Aeneid: The Empire in the Literary Imagination
- Greek History to 322 BC
- Augustus: Propaganda and Power
- Historiography of the Roman World
- The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy
- Spinning the Past: Greek Historiography from Herodotos to Diodoros
- The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
- Rome and its Empire from Augustus to Commodus
- The Later Roman Empire
- Byzantium and its Neighbours, 641-1081
- From Dig to Digital: Archaeological Theory, Method and Practice
- Life in the Big City
- Intensive Greek
- Athenian Law and Social History
- Extended Essay (Dissertation)
- Further Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
- Alexander the Great
- Understanding Pompeii and Herculaneum
- City of Athens
- Art, Architecture and Identity in the Hellenistic World
- Augustus
- Christians and Pagans from Constantine to Augustine (AD 306-430)
- Contemporary Approaches to Latin Literature
- Encounters with Latin Poetry (in Latin)
- Food in the Ancient World
- History and Fiction
- Latin Epic (in Latin)
- Latin Letters (in Latin)
- Of Masks & Voices: Gender and Performance in Ancient Greece
- Plato (in Greek)
- Roman Protests and Riots
- Tacitus and the Making of Empire
- Thinking Myth: classical myth and its reception
- Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year at Royal Holloway, University of London earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £25,500 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £35,000. The £30,500 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for Classics.
What do graduates of Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year at Royal Holloway, University of London do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year at Royal Holloway, University of London?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year at Royal Holloway, University of London?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 24 points in the IB. The average entrant had 120 UCAS points.
Does Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year at Royal Holloway, University of London include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on Classical Studies with Integrated Foundation Year at Royal Holloway, University of London?
93% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.