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BA Ancient History and History

University of Leicester

Institution
University of Leicester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Ancient History and History BA
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
V110
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB

About this course

BA in History and Classics. Core topics include Historical Research. A wide range of option modules is available across ancient, medieval and modern periods. Year 3 placements with local heritage organisations and schools are available alongside an accredited internship programme.

Modules

  • After Hitler: Society, Culture and The Politics of The Nazi Past in The Two Germanies, 1945-1990
  • The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Cultures of Struggle and Liberation: Twentieth Century Southern Africa
  • My Empire Reborn: Justinian and his Age
  • Babylonian Sources
  • Sport and the British
  • You are what you Wear? Clothing, Fashion and Belonging in the Modern World
  • Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
  • The Archaeology of Colonialism in the Americas
  • The Making of a Nation: India and the British Empire 1857-1947
  • Lived Experience in Imperial Rome
  • Daring to be Free: The Women's Movement, 1850s to 1970s
  • Conflict, Heritage and archaeology
  • Late Antique North Africa
  • Oracles. Dreams and Omens: Divination in the Greek World
  • Archaeology and Ancient History in Action: Community Engagement and Heritage Practice
  • The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World 1830-1914
  • Great Greek Monuments
  • The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968
  • The Death Penalty and its Abolition: A Global History
  • Approaching Ancient Evidence (Greek)
  • Introduction to Greek History
  • Making History
  • Approaching Ancient Evidence (Roman)
  • Introduction to Roman History
  • Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
  • Modern Britain: c1700-Present
  • Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation
  • With Liberty and Justice for All? US History since 1776
  • Sources, Method, and Theory for Ancient History
  • Perceiving the Past
  • Medieval and Early Modern Europe: People, Power, Faith, and Culture
  • The Age of Augustus
  • A World Connected: Economy, Wellbeing and Sustainability since 1950
  • Beastly Histories
  • Living with Dictatorship: European Societies, 1918-1941
  • Fight the Power! Race, Rights and Protest in the USA
  • Digital Histories
  • The Ancient Near East
  • Archaeology of the Roman Empire
  • Madness, Monarchy and Politics from George III to Queen Victoria
  • The Medieval Mediterranean World
  • The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
  • Jack-the-Ripper: Crime, Popular Culture and Policing in Victorian Times
  • Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
  • History in the Classroom
  • Working with History: The Heritage Field Project
  • World's End: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Environmental Crises
  • The Many Falls of the Roman Empire
  • Roman Religion
  • Global Cities
  • Becoming the Historical Researcher
  • Slavery in the Ancient World