BA History (Ancient and Modern)
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 38 (including core points) with 666 at HL
About this course
BA in History (Ancient and Modern), a history degree exploring Afroeurasian history from the Bronze Age to the present day. Core topics include Historical Research. The course spans the Bronze Age Mediterranean, the Greco-Roman period, late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the early modern period. The first year covers periods of Greek or Roman history alongside European or world history. Students can choose from options such as the world of Homer and Hesiod, Augustan Rome, text-based papers on Herodotus or Sallust, approaches to history, historiography, or Greek and Latin language papers. Latin or Greek can be studied from scratch without prior qualifications.
Modules
- One period of either Greek or Roman history
- One of the periods of European/ world history offered
- The world of Homer and Hesiod; or Augustan Rome; or one of the History optional subjects (around 25 options)
- A text-based paper on Herodotus; or Sallust; or Approaches to History; or Historiography: Tacitus to Weber from the History syllabus; or a Greek/Latin language paper