Classics and Ancient History
Student Prospectus
Why Warwick’s Classics Department?
Warwick’s Classics and Ancient History Department is a great place for students to follow their passions, talents,
and interests, due to the sheer assortment of modules and departmental expertise. The lecturers are always on
hand to talk to, and help, students with their academic pursuits whilst always encouraging them to expand their
horizons. The contact hours and one-to-one feedback sessions are hugely helpful in making sure that we get the
most out of our time at Warwick. The department is always advertising new opportunities for students to follow
Classics outside of the lecture theatre such as attending summer courses at the British Schools in Rome and
Athens, going on archaeological digs, as well as taking a year abroad as part of the Erasmus scheme.
Undergraduate students also have the chance to take part in research alongside their lecturers, contributing to
academic scholarship before they have even graduated.
The Classics Society
Plays – Drama is an increasingly important part of the Classics
Society calendar. In previous years the Society has brought to the
stage ancient plays from a number of genres and authors;
including Pseudolus by Plautus and Euripides’ Bacchae. Working
closely with the department this year (2015/16), members of the
Society directed, produced, and acted in Aristophanes’
Thesmophoriazusae on the main stage of Warwick Arts’ Centre.
Apart from a (critically acclaimed) public performance the play
became part of a wider Classics outreach event that put on the
production for over 500 school children. Actors and backstage
crew with a range of experience are needed for the much
anticipated 2016 production of Lysistrata.
Above: The leads from the most recent play
Below: The sympotic revelries begin
Socials – Classics run socials every week, unlike most other
Academic societies, and engage in a number of activities from
boating around Leamington to pub crawls, and charity events to
our annual toga-filled Christmas Symposium.
Trips – Destinations over the years for our mini and main trips
have included Newcastle, Cardiff, Sorrento, Rome, Athens, and
Cyprus. The society have just come back from a tour Bath, and we
are looking forward to a main tour in the sun next year.
Mentoring – The society has a mentoring system which provides
every first-year undergrad with a second-or-third-year mentor
for both academic and more general advice. We also run language
workshops throughout the year, and exam revision sessions.
Societies
Warwick University has over 240
societies ranging from the Academic to
Musical Theatre, and to Cheese and
Chocolate to Assassin’s Guild. With such
a number there’s bound to be something
here for you. However, if you spot a gap
in the market – start your own!
Nightlife in Leamington, Coventry and Birmingham
Leamington and Coventry are only a short bus ride away and
have great clubs, pubs, bars and restaurants to keep you
entertained. Uniexpress offer coaches and queue jumps for
most of the nights out from campus including Neon and Smack
in Leamington, Kasbah in Coventry and Gatecrasher in
Birmingham.
For anyone worried there won’t be enough going on campus –
you couldn’t be more wrong.
Night Life at the SU
As well as the bars and clubs of the surrounding towns, the SU
provides some of the best and cheapest nights at university.
The Copper Rooms club has a massive two floors with several
bars inside. Wednesday night ‘POP’ is renowned for its
nineties music, drawing sports clubs and societies for fancy
dress circles before the clubbing begins. Twice a term the
Copper Rooms also hosts a firm favourite with ‘Skool Dayz’ so
remember to bring your uniform when packing. For those who
don’t see the appeal of the nineties and noughties music –
every other Friday there’s a night of alternative music (from
rock to ska) called ‘Crash.’
If you’re not into clubbing, the Terrace Bar puts on great
alternative music nights and the Dirty Duck pub has good food
and drink with weekly pub quizzes, karaoke and acoustic
evenings.
Accommodation
There’s a range of accommodation on
campus reserved for first year
undergraduates. This includes blocks
with en-suite bedrooms and also
shared flats, with 30 week lets (term
time only) to 39 week lets (term time,
Christmas
and
Easter).
All
accommodations have a Resident Tutor
for any help or advice you may need in
first year. In second and third year,
most students move out to Leamington
Spa or Coventry – both of which are not
far away.
Study Areas
The Library provides a large and comprehensive supply of
books and journals with more and more e-resources being
made available as time goes on, and a variety of study spaces
(both social and silent). As well as the library work areas there
are the Learning Grids (including a 24 hour one), which are
great for group work and have advisors to help with
presentations and computer skills.
Find Warwick’s Department of Classics and Ancient History website at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/
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Find the Warwick Classics Society website at:
http://www.warwicksu.com/societies/classics/
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Follow us on Twitter/Instagram: @warwickclassics and use the hashtag #warwickclassics