该课程由考古学系和古典学系联合开设，提供了考古学和古典学的补充平衡，使您能够深入研究古代世界及其文学。根据考古学系NSS的结果，我们在学生满意度方面拥有出色的成绩记录，在2010年至2017年的每次全国学生调查中，我们对课程质量的满意度均为90-100％。该课程的“古典研究”内容使人们可以深入了解希腊和罗马世界的文学，历史和文化，而希腊，罗马世界是现代西方文明的核心。您在翻译方面学习过的文学模块包括诗歌，悲剧和喜剧，并涵盖诸如爱，损失，责任，战争与和平之类的广泛主题。还有机会发现古代世界如何影响了现代文学
This BA Archaeology and Classical Studies with Professional Experience course offers an in-depth study of the Ancient World and its literature.Delivered jointly by the Department of Archaeology and the Department of Classics, this course provides a complementary balance of archaeology and classical studies.The Classical Studies element of the course provides a broad exposure to the literature, history, and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds, which sit at the heart of modern Western civilisation. Your literary modules, studied in translation, include poetry, tragic and comic drama, and cover broad themes such as love, loss, duty, war and peace. There is also the opportunity to discover how the ancient world has influenced modern literature and culture, and to study other aspects of the ancient past such as its art including through first-hand access to our own unique collection of Greek and Egyptian antiquities.<br><br>This four-year degree course includes a placement or a year's study at a university abroad in your third year, giving you the opportunity to develop valuable professional and international experience. You can also combine the two options by spending one semester studying abroad and then undertaking a half-year professional placement abroad or back in the UK.We provide opportunities for you to undertake placements in a variety of contexts. Placements are an excellent way to enhance your work-related skills and develop a network of contacts, as well as strengthen your employability prospects.Past students have undertaken work placements in a charity, a barristers' chambers and within a division of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Opportunities are also available working across the archaeological, heritage, planning and museum sectors including: research institutions, government organisations, local planning authorities, archaeological consultancies, field units, specialists and archivists. Alternatively you can choose a placement in a non-related business or industry, exploring different career options and enhancing your employability by drawing on the many non-vocational, transferable skills you obtain from an Archaeology and Classical Studies degree.<br><br>This joint degree can lead to a variety of careers. The course is an ideal foundation to begin your career in commercial archaeology, heritage management and research, as well as disciplines such as teaching, business, publishing and marketing.We have long-established, excellent relationships with employers within the archaeology, heritage and related sectors. Archaeology and Classical Studies graduates from the University of Reading are represented among the staff of major employers such as Oxford Archaeology, Wessex Archaeology, Museum of London Archaeology, Natural History Museum, Environment Agency, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, GCHQ, the University of Oxford and Sotherby's. Some of our graduates have progressed into roles in the civil service and in teaching at both primary and secondary levels. Each year a number of graduates pursue further, higher study following graduation.