BA Ancient History
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 5,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits.
About this course
BA (Hons) in History, focusing on the political, social, cultural, economic, and military development of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the wider Mediterranean. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can study languages such as Ancient Greek and Latin alongside modules in classical literature and Mediterranean archaeology.
Modules
- GREEK WORLDS 1
- FRAMING ANTIQUITY
- ROMAN WORLDS 1
- INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL LITERATURE
- ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EAST
- INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT EGYPT
- INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE EGYPTIAN I
- ANCIENT GREEK 1A
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- LATIN 1A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE EGYPTIAN II
- ANCIENT GREEK 1B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- LATIN 1B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- GREEK WORLDS 2
- ROMAN WORLDS 2
- GREEK LITERARY CULTURES
- NOMADS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EURASIA
- ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH AND MORTUARY PRACTICES
- MIDDLE EGYPTIAN TEXTS I
- BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
- SETTLEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY IN EGYPT
- SUMERIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- ANCIENT GREEK 1A
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- LATIN 1A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- PLACEMENT YEAR PREPARATION
- CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
- IMPERIAL EPIC
- CYPRUS AND THE PTOLEMAIC POSSESSIONS OUTSIDE EGYPT
- ACE WORK PLACEMENT
- ROMAN LITERARY CULTURES
- AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- MIDDLE EGYPTIAN TEXTS II
- COPTIC LANGUAGE AND TEXTS
- THE CELTS (IRON AGE EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN)
- SOCIAL LIFE IN EGYPT
- FIRST CIVILISATION: MESOPOTAMIA AND THE SUMERIANS
- ANCIENT GREEK 1B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- LATIN 1B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- HERODOTUS' HISTORIES
- RULES FOR THE MUSE: ANCIENT LITERARY CRITICISM
- INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
- ANCIENT DRAMA IN PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW
- DISSERTATION
- HUNTER/GATHERER SOCIETIES
- FROM FORAGING TO FARMING; EPIPALAEOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN SOUTH WEST ASIA
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (1550 - 1200 BCE)
- ADVANCED EGYPTIAN TEXTS
- EGYPTIAN RELIGION
- ANCIENT GREEK 1A
- ANCIENT GREEK 2A
- ANCIENT GREEK 3A
- ANCIENT GREEK 4A
- LATIN 1A
- LATIN 2A
- LATIN 3A
- LATIN 4A
- LATIN 5A
- CONQUEST, CONFLICT AND CULTURE: SICILY FROM PROTOHISTORY TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
- IMPERIAL EPIC
- CYPRUS AND THE PTOLEMAIC POSSESSIONS OUTSIDE EGYPT
- AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION SKILLS
- ANCIENT WARFARE
- LATE EGYPTIAN
- AUGUSTUS AND THE FOUNDATION OF EMPIRE
- ANCIENT GREEK 1B
- ANCIENT GREEK 2B
- ANCIENT GREEK 3B
- ANCIENT GREEK 4B
- LATIN 1B
- LATIN 2B
- LATIN 3B
- LATIN 4B
- LATIN 5B
- RULES FOR THE MUSE: ANCIENT LITERARY CRITICISM
- HERODOTUS' HISTORIES
- ANCIENT DRAMA IN PERFORMANCE: THEN AND NOW
- INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD