Ancient History and Philosophy BA

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll also undertake a major research project in either subject in your final year.

Ancient History

Core modules in your first year will introduce you the major events and trends that affected the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds, and you’ll also have the chance to learn or continue with Latin or Ancient Greek. Over the next two years you’ll deepen your understanding of ancient political systems and broaden your understanding of theoretical approaches to ancient sources. You’ll also choose from a range of optional modules, exploring diverse topics from across the classical world, revealing the complex nuances of these fascinating societies.

Philosophy

Core modules in your first year will introduce you to topics such as ethics and logic and teach you to construct arguments. This will lay the foundation for the next two years, where you’ll continue to take a broad approach to philosophy by choosing modules from areas such as logic and language, philosophy of science, mind and knowledge or history of philosophy. By your final year you will also have highly developed research and analytical skills.

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• The Greek World: an Introduction
• The Roman World: An Introduction
• How to Think Clearly and Argue Well

Optional modules

• Beginners Ancient Greek
• Beginners Latin
• Darwin, Germs and the Bomb
• LCS Academic Essentials
• The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong
• Knowledge, Self and Reality
• How Science Works
• Great Philosophical Thinkers

Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Evidence and Enquiry in Classics
• Ancient Empires: Power and Control

Optional modules

• Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)
• Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections
• The Athenian Empire
• Intermediate Latin (Level 2)
• Ovid the Innovator
• Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel (Level 2 module)
• Augustus and his Legacy
• Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy
• Virgil's Aeneid
• Greek Art and Society
• Homer's Iliad
• Greek Tragedy
• Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)
• Beginners Latin (Level 2)
• Plato's Republic
• Edge of Empire
• Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation)
• Black Europe
• Introduction to the Philosophy of Language
• Formal Logic
• History of Modern Philosophy: Locke and Berkeley
• Ethics of Life and Death
• Thinking About Race

Year 3

Optional modules

• Major Research Project
• Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel
• Augustus and his Legacy
• Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy
• Greek Tragedy
• Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3)
• Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science
• Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science
• External Placement: Beyond the University