Learning & Teaching
General information
Providing our students with a range of learning opportunities and excellent teaching is the primary aim of the School of Classics. We employ innovative methods and approaches that enhance our students’ learning throughout their studies.
All of our degrees are modular. Full-time students are required to take 120 credits in every level of study. The vast majority of our modules are worth 20 credits. A full-time student will normally take 6 modules every year – 3 in each semester. Full-time study is available residentially for undergraduate degrees and both residentially and at a distance for postgraduate degrees.
Part-time students are required to take between 40 and 60 credits every year. Part-time study is available residentially for undergraduate degrees and both residentially and at a distance for postgraduate degrees.
All our undergraduate modules are taught through a combination of lectures, seminars and workshops. Lectures offer students the opportunity to be introduced into specific aspects of a module. Seminars are opportunities for group-discussion and debate. Workshops allow students to explore aspects of a module in an autonomous fashion under the lecturer’s supervision.
Students are required to attend all lectures, seminars and workshops. On average undergraduate students spend about 12 hours per week in class and about 30 hours per week in class and assignment preparation.
Postgraduate modules are taught via seminars only for residential students and via e-learning for distance learners.
Our modules are assessed through a variety of methods, from traditional examinations to group wikis, as part of our employability-centred curriculum development. Examinations take place at the end of each semester. We offer our students a range of independent study modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels for them to explore their own interests in the ancient world.
Our students enjoy the use of an excellent suite of subject-specific resources, both electronic and hard-copy at the Learning Resources Centre. All our modules are taught with the support of innovative e-learning techniques via our Virtual Learning Environment.
All our undergraduate and postgraduate modules are taught by specialists and active researchers. The influence of our research into our teaching offers our students the opportunity to learn from the best in the subject and follow the latest scholarly trends and discoveries.
We offer our students several opportunities to travel through fieldtrips, both within and outside the curriculum, and through study-abroad options.
Contact us
School of Classics
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Lampeter Campus
Ceredigion
SA48 7ED
United Kingdom
Tel: 01570 424723
e-mail:
classics@trinity
saintdavid.ac.uk
