BA Classics and Ancient Middle Eastern Studies
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 36 points (A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5.)
About this course
BA in Classics and Ancient Middle Eastern Studies, a Greek and Latin degree focused on the history, archaeology, and languages of the ancient world and the ancient Middle East. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a final-year dissertation and offers an optional study abroad year. The first year introduces the discipline through compulsory study via Approaches to Studying Classics and the Ancient World, alongside optional modules such as Introductory Hittite, Introduction to Roman Archaeology, and Greek Myth: Its Use and Meaning. The second year continues with specialized options including Roman Coinage, Greek Art and Architecture, and The Prehistoric Mediterranean. The third year centres on the Final Year Dissertation, supported by optional modules such as Greek Translation, Ancient Near Eastern Science, and Latin Translation.
Modules
- Approaches to Studying Classics and the Ancient World
- Introductory Hittite
- Sanskrit for Beginners A
- Sanskrit for Beginners B
- Introduction to Roman Archaeology
- World Archaeology (ii): From early states to globalization
- Introduction to Greek Archaeology
- Introduction to Middle Eastern Archaeology
- Texts in Archaeology
- Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Language
- Greek Myth: Its Use and Meaning
- Introductory Hittite
- Introductory Sanskrit
- Hittite Texts
- Sanskrit for Beginners A
- Sanskrit for Beginners B
- Roman Coinage
- Greek Art and Architecture
- Roman Art and Architecture
- The Prehistoric Mediterranean
- The Archaeology of the Near East from Prehistory to 2000 BC
- Final Year Dissertation
- Greek Translation
- Mycenean Greek
- Greek Papyrology
- Homer: Iliad
- Homer: Odyssey
- Herodotus
- Ugaritic Language A
- Ancient Near Eastern Science
- Cultures of War in Ancient Greece
- Latin Translation