BA Ancient History
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Ancient History, a history degree centred on the historical, archaeological, and cultural study of the ancient world. Core topics include Historical Research, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Research Methods. The course includes opportunities for a study abroad period and culminates in an independent research dissertation. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Ancient Sources in Context, Introduction to the Ancient World, The Ancient World in the Modern Day, and Thinking Through Things: The Archaeology And Anthropology Of Material Worlds. Year two continues with core skill development in Making History: Historians and Audiences and Making History Part 2: Debates and Research, alongside preparation for international study. Optional choices across the degree span subjects like Latin language study, ancient philosophy, archaeology, and specific historical periods. The final year focuses on advanced independent study supported by compulsory modules including Reading Histories and the Ancient History Dissertation.
Modules
- Ancient Sources in Context
- Introduction to the Ancient World
- The Ancient World in the Modern Day
- Thinking Through Things: The Archaeology And Anthropology Of Material Worlds
- Antiquity and Authority: Ancient Persia in Modern Iranian Politics
- Debates and Issues in Archaeological Science
- From Alexander to Augustus: Leadership in the Ancient World
- Introduction to Ethnography: Food and Culture
- Landscapes and Seascapes of Britain’s Past
- Latin 2
- Literary Transformations
- Masada: History and Myth
- Humanities Study Abroad Preparation Module
- Making History Part 2: Debates and Research
- Making History: Historians and Audiences
- Year Abroad Report Module for Humanities Students
- Year in Employment
- Ancient Greek Philosophy
- Ancient Greeks at War
- Ancient Rome: the First Metropolis
- Antiquity and Authority: Ancient Persia in Modern Iranian Politics
- Bones, Bodies and Burials: osteology and comparative anatomy
- Creating Elizabeth I: Ancient Inspiration for a Renaissance Queen (1558-1603)
- Digital Futures of the Past: Power, Ethics, and Representation
- Humanities and Professional Practice
- Imperial China: From China’s mythical emperors to the 19th century
- Introduction to Ethnography: Food and Culture
- Introduction to Film Studies
- Latin 1
- Latin 2
- Maritime Archaeology
- Myth and the Ancient World
- Rome: Politics and Power
- The Power of Rome: Europe’s first empire
- Ancient History Dissertation
- Reading Histories
- A Short History of Exploration
- A Short History of the Populist Leader
- Ancient Rome: the First Metropolis
- Classical Chinese Philosophy
- Classical Indian Philosophy: Self, Knowledge, and Liberation
- Creating Elizabeth I: Ancient Inspiration for a Renaissance Queen (1558-1603)
- Cultures in Contact: A Diverse Ancient World
- Cultures in Contact: Resisting Rome
- Framing the Past:Stardom, History and Heritage in the Cinema
- Later Anglo-Saxon England
- Latin 1
- Latin 2
- Living with the Romans: Urbanism in the Roman Empire
- More than Pyramids & Pharaohs? Ancient Egypt in Context
- Presenting the Past: Museums and Heritage