Classical Civilisation A Level and AS Level Courses

Unit CC1

Archaeology: Mycenae and the classical world

• Mycenaean archaeology, art and architecture
• Principles and practices of archaeological methodology

Unit CC2

Homer’s Odyssey and Society

• Homer’s Odyssey and the society and values it represents

Unit CC3

Roman Society and Thought

• Roman society and history through a study of Roman literature (Pliny’s Letters and examples of satire from Horace, Petronius and Juvenal)

Unit CC4

Greek Tragedy in its context

• The works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, as works of literature and as social documents

Unit CC5

Greek Historians

• Historical texts by Thucydides, Herodotus and Plutarch

Unit CC6

City Life in Roman Italy

• The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia in their social, cultural, political and historical contexts

Unit CC7

Roman Britain: life in the outpost of the Empire

• Romano-British society and history as depicted in the literary and archaeological record

Unit CC8

Art and Architecture in the Greek World

• The sculpture, vase painting and architecture of the Classical Greek world

Unit CC9

Comic Drama in the Ancient World

• The works of Aristophanes, Menander and Plautus in their historical, literary and cultural contexts

Unit CC10

Virgil and the world of the hero

• Virgil’s Epic, the Aeneid, in its literary and cultural context
• Parts of Homer’s Iliad

Unit 1

• Any unit CC1-CC6
• 100 marks
• 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
• 50% of total AS
• 25% of total A level

Unit 2

• Any unit CC1-CC6
• 100 marks
• 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
• 50% of total AS
• 25% of total A level

Unit 3

• Any unit CC7-CC10
• 100 marks
• 2 hours written paper
• 25% of total A level

Unit 4

• Any unit CC7-CC10
• 100 marks
• 2 hours written paper
• 25% of total A level