BA Classics and the Ancient World
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 the Ancient World, a classics degree focusing on the history, archaeology, and literature of ancient civilisations. Core topics include Research Methods. The course spans three academic years and culminates in a mandatory independent research project. Throughout the degree, students engage with a broad range of core and optional modules. The first year introduces foundational themes through Approaches to Studying Classics and the Ancient World, complemented by optional choices such as Greek Myth: Its Use and Meaning and Introduction to Roman Archaeology. Subsequent years offer diverse subject matter including Roman Coinage, Greek Art and Architecture, and Sanskrit for Beginners A. Optional study spans varied historical and linguistic topics like Cultures of War in Ancient Greece, Roman Religion: Belief, Culture and Politics, and Ugaritic Language A. The final year centres on the completion of the Final Year Dissertation.
Modules
- Approaches to Studying Classics and the Ancient World
- Introduction to Roman Archaeology
- World Archaeology (ii): From early states to globalization
- Introduction to Greek Archaeology
- Introduction to Social Anthropology
- Introduction to Middle Eastern Archaeology
- Introduction to European Prehistory
- Texts in Archaeology
- Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Language
- Greek Myth: Its Use and Meaning
- Introduction to the Study of Language
- Introductory Hittite
- Sanskrit for Beginners A
- Sanskrit for Beginners B
- Introduction to Roman Archaeology
- Introduction to Middle Eastern Archaeology
- Roman Coinage
- Roman Britain: History and Archaeology
- Greek Art and Architecture
- Roman Art and Architecture
- Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Language
- Final Year Dissertation
- The Late Bronze Age Aegean in the Mediterranean
- The Early Islamic World
- Ugaritic Language A
- Akkadian Language 2
- Sumerian Language 2
- Cultures of War in Ancient Greece
- Roman Religion: Belief, Culture and Politics
- Advanced Topics in Platos Philosophy