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Study Classical Studies with The Open University

Think Classical Studies is just about the ancient world? The ancient Greek and Roman worlds have given us a heritage of extraordinary richness and diversity, influencing literature, language, history, culture, art, law. Gain valuable perspectives on the origins and development of ancient Greek and Roman societies, and their cultural impact in later periods - how do Barak Obama's speeches relate to ancient Rome or Greece? Find out about our BA in Classical Studies - https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/arts/degrees/ba-classical-studies-q85 Discover more about Classical Studies at The Open University - https://fass.open.ac.uk/classical-studies/study

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at The OU

6 months ago

foreign classical studies is really about possibilities it's a discovery it's discovering a new world what's special about the classics at the OU is that we teach Classics in a very interdisciplinary way so literature language art history politics philosophy so much more as well you'll get to hear from a range of experts people who will take you on Virtual field trips around archaeological sites and introduce you to objects and artifacts that have been excavated from them I think one of the real
ly exciting things for students coming to us is just the variety of material they get to study you're also going to dig into some really unexpected things public artworks in the modern world or modern theater practices all the way through to studying American political history in the 21st century looking at the speeches of Barack Obama one of the benefits about studying at the open University as a small group teaching that we do makes it very different from the conventional University you actual
ly get that bonding with your tutor as a real individual it's not somebody that's distant it's all about people and because it's about people you discover part of you in there you learn how to think critically you'll learn how to write in different ways you'll just learn how to question things really honing your skills of analysis and careful thought classical studies is an adventure and it's like opening new doors into new adventures all the time there's still so much to learn from it's still r
elevant to who we are where we come from and how we identify ourselves today foreign

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