None! 

Although it is a good start if you have secured a Grade 6 or above in English Literature GCSE. 

Some sample essay questions:

• ‘In the Odyssey Penelope is the only female character depicted as being without fault or flaw.’ To what extent do you think this is true of the way women are portrayed in the Odyssey? 

• Aeneas behaves in an unheroic way throughout the second half of the Aeneid’. To what extent do you agree with this statement? 

• ‘The most important aspect of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is the question of who killed Laius.’ Discuss how true you think this statement is, and justify your response. 

• How controversial were Socrates' views on the gods?

You can see the sample assessment materials on the OCR website. 

Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at Kings College London, puts it this way:

Studying Mediterranean antiquity superbly equips individuals to think socio-politically and to persuade other people orally, visually and in writing. It hones transferrable skills like source criticism and culturally relativist analysis. It's a perfect A Level to do with any other subject because the Greeks invented all academic disciplines including Medicine and Material Science. It gets school-leavers and graduates great jobs and gives them nourishing and beautiful brain-food for non-working hours for life. 

Previous students have often gone on to study undergraduate courses related to Classics, such as Classical Studies, Ancient History, Archaeology, Philosophy and  many more and there are a wide range of careers that value the skills and thought-processes it promotes. As Richard Dawkins puts it: 'what Classics has always done is just teach people how to think...'.