A Level 

Students follow the OCR Classical Civilisation course.

• Component 11: The world of the Hero. Students study the Odyssey and its context and The Aeneid and its context, engaging with literature from both Ancient Greece and Rome
• This unit comprises of both cultural analysis as well as literary appreciation. Assessed by a 2hr and 20-minute exam and this comprises 40% of the A Level.

Students study a further two examined units that focus on the history of elements of Ancient Greece and Rome and explore source material.

• Culture and the Arts: Invention of the barbarian; This component allows learners to explore how the Greeks saw themselves as distinct from their ‘barbarian’ neighbours. It combines study of the history of Greek relations with those they view as ‘Barbarians’ with a study of visual and written source material. Assessed by a 1 hr 45 min exam, comprises 30% of the course
• Beliefs and Ideas: Love and Relationships: Ideas about love and relationships are key aspects of the literature, thoughts, and ethics of any society. This component pays particular attention to same-sex relationships in the ancient world and gender roles in society. This component offers the opportunity for learners to recognise and relate to the passions, frustrations and delights of love in the ancient world. The ethical questions raised by these ideas continue to be wrestled over by successive generations and this unit will generate interesting and important discussions about love, desire, sex, sexuality and the institution of marriage. We study the key authors of Sappho (one of few women writers in the ancient world), Plato, Ovid, and Seneca.