BA Classics and Ancient History
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB. IB: 6,5,5 including 32 points overall.. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma: DDD. BTEC Diploma: DD, plus B at A-level. BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: D, plus AB at A-level.
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Classics and Ancient History BA, a Classics and Ancient History BA degree centred on the ancient and classical world. Core topics include Research Methods. The course spans three years and includes a dissertation in the final year. The first year covers foundations through modules such as Rethinking the Ancient World A: Mythology and Identity, Greek World, The Roman World, and Understanding Archaeology. The second year explores specialised themes via modules like Classical Epic, Athenian Drama, Imperial Rome, and Material Culture and Heritage. The final year involves advanced study and independent research through options such as Special Subject A: Carthage and Rome, Special Subject A: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World, and the CAHA Dissertation.
Modules
- Project A
- Project B
- Rethinking the Ancient World A: Mythology and Identity
- Rethinking the Ancient World B: Other Voices
- Greek World
- The Roman World
- Classics in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- The Transformation of the Roman World, c.200-850
- Understanding Archaeology
- Advanced Texts
- Greek 1
- Greek 2
- Latin 1
- Latin 2
- Anthropologists at Work
- Anthropology of Africa
- Discover History: Skills and Sources
- Ethnographic Film
- Introduction to African Cultures
- Introduction to African Development
- Introduction to African Politics
- Options in History and Heritage
- The Making of the Early Modern World, 1500-1800.
- The Making of the Medieval World, 500- 1050
- Urban Encounters: Anthropology in Birmingham
- Writing Worlds: Ethnography as Craft
- CAHA Study Tour
- Classical Epic
- Athenian Drama
- East Meets West: Power, Knowledge and Culture in the Hellenistic World
- Environmental Archaeology in the Lab
- Human Remains: From Forensics to Display
- Imperial Rome
- Material Culture and Heritage
- Matrons and Monsters: Women in Rome and Byzantium
- Mediterranean and European Archaeology
- Poets and Tyrants: Archaic Greece
- Republican Rome: From the Gracchi to Caesar
- Republican and Imperial Rome
- Rhetoric at Rome
- Thinking Athenian
- Roman Women: Matrons and Monsters
- Understanding Ancient Societies
- Advanced Texts
- Egyptian Language 1
- Egyptian Language 2
- Greek 1
- Greek 2
- Latin 1
- Latin 2
- Humanities in the classroom
- Media in Practice
- Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy
- Professional Skills
- Professional Skills – Freelance
- CAHA Dissertation
- Special Subject A: Carthage and Rome
- Special Subject A: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World
- Special Subject A: Democracy and Empire: The World of the Athenian archē
- Special Subject A: Far-flung corners: being Roman in the late Roman world, c. 200-c.550
- Special Subject A: Greek Epigram
- Special Subject A: Greeks and Barbarians
- Special Subject A: How to build an Empire: Communication and Conflict (-Resolution)
- Special Subject A: Performance Culture in the Ancient World
- Special Subject A: Rethinking the Romans
- Special Subject A: Ritual and Religion: performance, materiality and belief
- Special Subject A: The Roman Republic in Imperial Imagination
- Special Subject A: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE
- Special Subject A: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture
- Special Subject A: Living and dying in wetlands
- Special Subject B: Carthage and Rome
- Special Subject B: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World
- Special Subject B: Democracy and Empire: The World of the Athenian archē
- Special Subject B: Far-flung corners: being Roman in the late Roman world, c. 200-c.550
- Special Subject B: Greek Epigram
- Special Subject B: Greeks and Barbarians
- Special Subject B: How to build an Empire: Communication and Conflict (-Resolution)
- Special Subject B: Living and dying in wetlands
- Special Subject B: Performance Culture in the Ancient World
- Special Subject B: Rethinking the Romans
- Special Subject B: Ritual and Religion: performance, materiality and belief
- Special Subject B: The Roman Republic in Imperial Imagination
- Special Subject B: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE
- Special Subject B: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture
- Age of Empires
- Death, Burial and Society
- Face to face with Egypt’s Gods
- Greek Mythology
- Hellenistic Literature
- Humans and Environments
- Love in Greek Literature
- War, Peace, and Diplomacy in the Roman World
- Sparta
- Advanced Texts
- Egyptian Language 1
- Egyptian Language 2
- Greek 1
- Greek 2
- Latin 1
- Latin 2
- Professional Skills
- Professional Skills - Freelance