BA Ancient History
Entry requirements
A level: ABB including one essay based subject
About this course
BA in History, focusing on classical civilizations, ancient languages, and medieval periods. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can study Latin and Greek at beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels alongside optional modules in related subjects such as archaeology and art.
Modules
- Constructing Archaic Greek History
- From Republic to Empire: Introduction to Roman History, Society & Culture 218-31BC
- Cities and Citizens
- The Odyssey
- Discoveries and Discoverers: Sights and Sites
- Virgil's Aeneid
- Doing Archaeology 1
- Introduction to the History and Culture of Pharaonic Egypt
- Intensive Greek 1
- Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Intensive Latin 1
- Advanced Latin Language 1
- Advanced Greek Language 1
- Intensive Greek 2
- Intensive Latin 2
- Mapping the Medieval
- Histories of the Islamic World
- An Introduction to the Medieval World
- Digital Greek New Testament
- Bible in Ancient and Modern Worlds
- Standing on The Shoulders of Giants: Foundations for Study in The Arts
- Ice Age to Baroque: Artworks in History
- Climate change and societal response: Lessons from the past
- The Roman Empire 31BC - AD313 Rome's Golden Age
- Politics and Society in Classical Greece
- Through Cicero's Eyes
- The Conquering Hero: The Life, Times and Legacy of Alexander The Great
- Thinking Archaeology
- Intensive Greek 1
- Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Intensive Latin 1
- Greco-Roman Society and Technology
- Roman Love Elegy
- Dispute and Desire: the Erotics of Ancient Greek Literature
- Ekphrasis in Latin texts
- Doing Archaeology 2
- Roman Women in 22 Objects
- Tomb and Temple: Religion and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
- The First Cities: The Archaeology of Urbanism in the Near East
- The Archaeology of Ritual
- Greek Epic Poetry
- Gods, Kings and Heroes: The Poetry of Archaic Greece
- Finding Happiness in the Ancient World
- From Sites to Statues: Understanding Heritage in a time of Culture Wars
- Art and Technology in Ancient Egypt
- Exile
- Advanced Latin Language 1
- Advanced Greek Language 1
- Intensive Greek 2
- Intensive Latin 2
- Advanced Latin Language 2
- Advanced Greek Language 2
- Histories of the Islamic World
- Revolutionary Cities: The Urban World of the Middle Ages
- Biblical Hebrew
- New Testament in Greek II
- Data Literacy in a Digital World
- Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology Dissertation
- Intensive Greek 1
- Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Intensive Latin 1
- Through Cicero's Eyes
- Advanced Latin Language 1
- Advanced Greek Language 1
- Intensive Greek 2
- Intensive Latin 2
- Advanced Latin Language 2
- Advanced Greek Language 2
- The Hellenistic World, c. 323-31 BCE
- Greco-Roman Society and Technology
- Roman Love Elegy
- Dispute and Desire: the Erotics of Ancient Greek Literature
- Ekphrasis in Latin texts
- Advanced Latin Language 3
- Advanced Greek Language 3
- Tomb and Temple: Religion and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
- The First Cities: The Archaeology of Urbanism in the Near East
- Greek Epic Poetry
- Gods, Kings, and Heroes: The Poetry of Archaic Greece
- Finding Happiness in the Ancient World
- From Sites to Statues: Understanding Heritage in a time of Culture Wars
- Art and Technology in Ancient Egypt
- Exile
- The Normans and the Kingdom of Sicily in the Mediterranean World (1000-1200)
- Science and Islam