Ancient History and History

Leeds University Business School

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This exciting degree allows you to study history from the ancient world right up to the 20th century. You’ll have the chance to study the civilisations of ancient Greece, Rome and Persia as well as more recent history across the globe.
A combination of core modules will give you a good grounding in different types of historical research methods, archaeology, literary analysis and life in ancient Greek and Roman society. You’ll also choose from a range of optional modules that covers everything from Pompeii to the Tudors, the history of Britain, modern Chinese history or black politics in the US to the present day. You’ll even have the chance to learn Latin or Greek. This degree allows you to combine the skills of the classicist and the historian to pursue your interests across periods and cultures.
Leeds has plenty of useful resources for History and Ancient History students. The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections. Our other library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a full training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAB including A in History
including A in History and excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including A in History (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ. to identifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or...

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Archaeology
  • Ancient History

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

From your first year, you'll develop your historical skills and knowledge, as well as an understanding of concepts like historiography. You’ll also gain an understanding of the development of Greek and Roman civilisation and literature.

Once you have this firm foundation, you’ll choose from a range of optional modules over the following two years while striking a balance across historical periods. You could study Greek religion, the legacy of Augustus, Persia under the Achaemenids, the Crusades, medicine in the Middle Ages, Victorian England, pre-colonial India, 20th century African history, the fall of the Soviet Union and more.

By the end of your final year, you will have built a wide range of skills across disciplines, allowing you to research topics and think critically about what you find. You’ll apply these to an independently researched dissertation on a topic of your choice.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • The Greek World: an Introduction 20 credits
  • The Roman World: An Introduction 20 credits
  • Historiography and Historical Skills 20 credits
  • Primary Sources for the Historian: An Introduction to Documentary study 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Ancient Lives 20 credits
  • Intermediate Ancient Greek 20 credits
  • Intermediate Latin 20 credits
  • Introduction to Classical Archaeology 20 credits
  • Beginners Ancient Greek 20 credits
  • Beginners Latin 20 credits
  • LCS Academic Essentials 5 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Evidence and Enquiry in Classics 20 credits
  • Ancient Empires: Power and Control 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Homer's Iliad 20 credits
  • Greek Tragedy 20 credits
  • Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2) 20 credits
  • Beginners Latin (Level 2) 20 credits
  • Plato's Republic 20 credits
  • Edge of Empire 20 credits
  • The Crusades and the Crusader States in the 12th Century 20 credits
  • Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform 20 credits

Year 3

Optional modules

  • Major Research Project 40 credits
  • History Dissertation 40 credits

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