Careers in Classics and Ancient History
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Careers in Teaching
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Why?
• A way of staying in touch with Classics and Ancient History
• Classical Subjects a boom area: since 1999, c. 450 centres have started to offer GCSE/ A-level in Classics/Class Civ/Ancient History/Greek/Latin
• Opportunities to move into other subject areas
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Teaching
• Starting point: Teaching Development Agency: http://www.tda.gov.uk/
• Applications through Graduate Teacher Training Registry: http://www.gttr.ac.uk/
• The deadline for primary school PGCE is 1/12/11
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Possible Routes
• PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) route: usually subject specific
• GTP (Graduate Teacher Programme)• BEd (3 years full time)
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Teaching Ancient History/ Classics (1)
• ONE ROUTE is the PGCE in Classics• Cambridge, Kings’ College London• Require a good degree in a classical/ancient
history subject• A-level standard Latin
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Teaching Ancient History/Classics (2)
• Classics PGCE requires Latin to A-level standard; is very competitive
• Option to take a PGCE History: introduce Ancient History to your school!
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JACT
• http://www.jact.org/• Website for information on classical teaching• Worth joining and cheap - £16 for a student
membership• Two free journals: Omnibus and Journal of
Classical Teaching
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MA in Classics and Ancient History
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Why do an MA?
Good reasons:
• Want to learn more!
• Preparation for a PhD in Classics & Ancient History.
• Preparation for a Classics PGCE.
• Increase employability, develop ‘transferable skills’….
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Why do an MA?
Less good reasons:
• Addicted to student life. •Can’t get a job.
• Don’t know what else to do.
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Outcomes:At the end of the MA, students will:
• demonstrate the enhancement of previously acquired skills at a more critical, reflective, and sophisticated level, especially skills involving synthesising information from a variety of sources, historical and/or literary interpretation, exercising independent and critical judgement. •understand and respect the ‘otherness’ of the past by developing specialist knowledge about one or more aspect of Graeco-Roman civilisation.
• be able to design and complete a substantial piece of independent research.
• work effectively as autonomous scholars.
• be able to understand complex problems and communicate them clearly in oral and written form, with the help, where appropriate, of visual or graphic aids.
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Course Structure and Content
You take 180 credits, made up of:
1. Research training: 30 credits. (‘Core seminar’: covers, e.g., epigraphy; commentaries; literary theory; numismatics; reception studies…)
2. Three taught course-units: 3 x 30 credits
1. Greek or Latin (at any level: Beginners to Advanced III)(or a modern language: French, Italian, German).
2. Dedicated M.A. course-units (range of topics in Greek and Roman history, literature, and culture).
3. ‘Directed Reading’ units.
3. Dissertation: 60 credits (12-15,000 words)
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Specialist ‘Pathways’:
• City of Rome (includes course at British School at Rome).
• Greek Myth and Society.
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Contact hours, workload, assessment, lifestyle…
• Contact hours for each 30-credit unit: from 6 hours (‘one-on-one’ tutorial-style teaching for Directed Reading) to 33 hours (for Language courses).
• Each 30 credit unit requires (at least!) 300 hours of work: much of it independent.
• Assessment is usually by extended essay (6000 words) or by examination.
• The course lasts for 12 months (Sept – Sept); undergraduate vacations do not apply.
• You will be able (and encouraged) to become an active member of the Departmental Research Community, by (for example):• Attending our weekly research seminar.• Participating in the staff-postgraduate Monday Lunch.• Attending conferences and seminars held in the department.
• You will be able (and encouraged) to become an active participant in the national (or international!) research community by (for example):• Attending specific training courses and events organised on a national level.• Participating in major conferences held outside Manchester (Classical
Association Annual Conference, Annual Meeting of Postgraduate Ancient Historians, etc etc…)
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Part-time Options:
It is possible to take the MA over 2 years. This will usually involve:
• Year 1: 2 x 30 credit units (usually: Research skills + Language); begin work on dissertation.
• Year 2: 2 x 30 credit units; complete dissertation (60 credits).
• Timetabling can be flexible, but you will need to be able to attend University at least two days per week (usually Monday + Thursday).
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Costs
• Tuition fees: £5000 FT (or £2500 + c.£2500 PT)
• Maintenance: c.£5000?
• [Those on the ‘City of Rome’ pathway who attend the British School at Rome course will face additional maintenance costs of c.€2000.]
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Grants, bursaries, etc
• No central (government) funding for the MA.
• Some assistance available at School/Departmental level (one or two partial fees bursaries).
• Rylands Achievement Awards: £500 towards fees for Manchester graduates with first-class degrees.
• Access bursaries to assist with maintenance costs (two available in the School).
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Application
• Apply online:http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduatestudy/apply/
• Provide two academic references.
• Applications are assessed individually and on merit. But ...
• we usually expect applicants to have (or be on course for) a 2.1 (including a 2.1 in the undergraduate dissertation).
• Deadline: if you are applying for funding: 15 Feb 2012. Otherwise: any time before the end of August 2012.
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Next steps….
• Talk to your Academic Advisor, dissertation supervisor, course tutors, etc…
• Talk to the Postgraduate Programme Director ([email protected])
• Look out for details of funding opportunities (should be advertised by email/online within the next two weeks).
• Read prospectuses; compare courses. (nb: you can apply to as many MA programmes as you like).