Greek and or Latin Languages and Literature MSt

<strong>The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2025). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.</strong> <br/><br/><strong>MSt</strong><br/>The MSt in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature is a nine-month taught course offering advanced study in classical texts, languages, and scholarship methods. It is aimed at a level between undergraduate and doctoral study.<br/><br/>The MSt is the main Masters course in Classical literature and the one which the faculty recommends unless there are particular reasons for preferring the MPhil in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature.<br/><br/>The majority of students take the course as preparation for a research degree, and for such students it might offer, for instance, linguistic training; the opportunity to become acquainted with an ancillary discipline such as papyrology or palaeography; engagement with a particular authors texts at a deeper level; and a first introduction, via the dissertation, to extended research and the extended presentation of a scholarly argument.<br/><br/><strong>MPhil</strong><br/>The MPhil in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature is a 21-month taught course offering advanced study in classical languages and literature with a substantial thesis element. The course is designed as a foundation for future doctoral study.<br/><br/>The majority of students take the shorter MSt, which the faculty recommends as the default masters choice in Greek and/or Latin languages and literature. However, the MPhil is often taken by two groups of students and designed with them in mind: those who feel that they would benefit from two more years of taught education in Classics before embarking on a doctorate; and those who have a clear idea of the topic that they hope to research eventually for their doctorate, and who wish to start extensive work on this topic already in their masters dissertation.<br/><br/>Most students take the course as preparation for a research degree, and for such students it might offer, for instance, linguistic training; the opportunity to become acquainted with an ancillary discipline such as papyrology; engagement with a particular authors texts at a deeper level; and/or textual criticism of Greek and/or Latin; or, reception studies. The MPhil also offers, through an obligatory dissertation, the first steps in actual research and the extended presentation of a scholarly argument.<br/><br/><strong>For the full descriptions, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas</strong>