BA Ancient History,

Institution

Swansea University

Level

undergraduate

Subject

Ancient History, BA (Hons)

Duration

3 years

UCAS code

V112

Typical offer

A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB-BBC IB: 32 points

About this course

BA in Classics, exploring the societies, cultures, and legacies of the ancient Greek and Roman world. Core topics include research methods and fieldwork. The programme offers Latin and Ancient Greek at multiple levels of proficiency and includes a history and heritage field trip. Students can also study Egyptology, examining ancient Egyptian and Sudanese history and literature.

Modules

• History of the Mediterranean World (c.1000 BCE – c. 500 CE)
• Why the ancient world matters today
• Pompeii and beyond
• Of Gods and Mortals - Introduction to Greek Mythology
• Introduction to Ancient Egyptian History, Culture and Society
• Beginning Greek 1
• Intermediate Greek 1
• Further Greek 1
• Beginning Latin 1
• Intermediate Latin 1
• Further Latin 1
• Ovid's Metamorphoses: Transformations of Mythology
• Voices of the Nile: 3000 years of storytelling in ancient Egyptian literature
• The Past in its Place: History and Heritage Field Trip
• Beginning Greek 2
• Intermediate Greek 2
• Further Greek 2
• Beginning Latin 2
• Intermediate Latin 2
• Further Latin 2
• Intermediate Greek 1
• Beginning Greek 1
• Archaic Greece
• The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800
• Gender in the Roman World
• Intermediate Latin 1
• Beginning Latin 1
• Intermediate Greek 2
• Beginning Greek 2
• The Imperial Image: Roman Emperors and Imperial Women in History, Literature and Art.
• Guided Research Project
• Alexander and the Hellenistic world
• Intermediate Latin 2
• Beginning Latin 2
• Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages
• The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates
• The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex
• Reading Classical Civilisation
• Roman Love Poetry
• Plato's Republic
• Extended Research Project in Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology
• Intermediate Greek 1
• Further Greek 1
• Culture and Control in Roman Britain
• Archaic Greece
• Intermediate Latin 1
• Further Latin 1
• Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval
• Intermediate Greek 2
• Further Greek 2
• Pagans, Christians, and the "Falls" of Rome
• Alexander and the Hellenistic world
• Intermediate Latin 2
• Further Latin 2
• Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages
• The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex
• Roman Love Poetry
• Plato's Republic