Ancient History BA Honours (V110)

Our degrees are divided into stages. Each stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

• CAH1012 West Meets East: Greek History and Society 776-404 BC
• CAH1013 The Road to Empire: Roman History 510-31 BC
• CAC1013 Love and Life in Rome and Verona
• CAC1014 Tragedy, Comedy and History: The World of Greek Literature

You take two optional modules from the following list:

• CAC1012 Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
• CAC1015 How Should I Live?: Introduction to Ancient Moral Philosophy
• CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
  Or CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 1
  
• CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
  Or CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 2
• CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
  Or CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
  
• CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2
  Or CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2

Other optional modules may also be available, including the following:

• ARA1027 Introduction to Archaeology
• ARA1030 The Archaeology of Britain from the Romans to the 20th Century

• CAH2006 In Alexander’s Footsteps: Classical and Hellenistic Empires
• CAH2007 Caesar’s Gift: Rome under the Emperors
• CAH2009 Portfolio in Ancient History 1: Commentaries

You choose three optional modules, usually selected from the following list.

• CAH2013 Sex, Bodies and Identities in Antiquity
• CAC2020 Greek and Roman Religions
• CAC2037 The Classical Inheritance in Western Culture
• CAC2046 Poet and King: Virgil’s Aeneid and the Age of Augustus, Stage 2
• CAC2050 History, Literature and Truth: The Case of the Ancient Historians
• CAC2056 The long shadow of melancholy
• CAC2058 Approaches To Near Eastern and Greek Myth

Other optional modules may also be available.

It may also be possible to continue studying the ancient language(s) from Stage 1 by taking a language module, appropriate to your previous experience, from the following list:

• CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 1
• CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 2
• CAG2001 Level 2 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
• CAG2002 Special Study in Greek Stage 2
• CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
• CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2
• CLA2001 Level 2 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
• CLA2002 Level 2 Latin: Special Study Stage 2

UK and EU students also have the opportunity to broaden their academic experience by spending Stage 2 studying Ancient History at one of our partner institutions in Europe through the Erasmus exchange programme. This will be a fully recognised period of study which counts directly towards your final degree mark.

• CAH3000 Portfolio in Ancient History 2: Research Essay and Dissertation

You choose three modules from the following list, and may select four:

• CAH3005 City of Athens: Power, Society and Culture
• CAH3010 The Life and Afterlife of Alexander the Great
• CAH3025 Celluloid History II
• CAH3033 The Fall of the Roman Empire
• CAH3034 'Like ants or frogs around the pond': Mobility and Identity in the Greek Mediterranean
• CAH3036 Roman Egypt
• CAC3037 The Classical Inheritance in Western Culture
• CAC3046 Poet and King: Virgil's Aeneid and the Age of Augustus: Stage 3
• CAC3056 The long shadow of melancholy*
• CAC3061 Kings and Commonwealths: Roman Republicanism from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment*

* You can take this module if you have not already studied it at Stage 2.

Other optional modules may also be available, including the following Archaeology modules:

• ARA3013 Early Medieval Northern Europe
• ARA3016 The Archaeology of Byzantium and its Neighbours
• ARA3021 Frontier Communities of Roman Britain
• ARA3114 Regionality and the Fall of Rome

It may also be possible to continue studying the ancient language(s) taken at Stage 1 or Stage 2 by taking a language module appropriate to your previous experience from the following list:

• CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
• CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
• CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
• CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2
• CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 1
• CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 2
• CAG2001 Level 2 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
• CAG3002 Level 2/3 Greek: Special Study Stage 3
• CAG3001 Level 3 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
• CAG3002 Level 2/3 Greek: Special Study Stage 3
• CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
• CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2
• CLA2001 Level 2 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
• CLA3002 Level 2/3 Latin: Special Study Stage 3
• CLA3001 Level 3 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
• CLA3002 Level 2/3 Latin: Special Study Stage 3

Our Classics degrees are designed to equip you with a broad range of skills.

The specific content of your course provides you with a well-developed understanding of different cultures and societies. Depending on your module choices you may also learn specific languages such as Latin and Greek.

Throughout your course, you also develop and demonstrate the ability to:

• research, collate, and analyse materials, including written documentation and statistics
• critically evaluate and interpret resources to formulate impartial and coherent arguments
• present information in writing and verbally
• work autonomously, manage your own workload and work to deadlines
• comprehend intellectually rigorous and challenging topics

Together, these make for a very well-rounded individual who possesses a mix of practical, intellectual and transferable skills desirable to employers.

You therefore have an excellent choice of further study and career opportunities open to you on completion of your studies.

Classics graduates find themselves in a diverse range of careers, including:

• research, information work and IT
• law and legal services
• journalism and marketing
• retail
• social work

Find out more about the career options for Classics from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.