Ancient History BA

University College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
The programme includes three first-year core modules, a further core module and a research project in the second year, a final-year special subject, and options chosen from a range of full-year and half-year modules.
Credits can be chosen from the wide range of modules in ancient history, archaeology and classics as appropriate. Students are strongly encouraged to gain maximum benefit from the chronological range of expertise in the department by choosing at least one module in modern, early modern and medieval history.
Teaching is delivered via lectures, seminars and one-to-one tutorials. All seminar groups are capped at a maximum of 15, final-year dissertation subjects at a maximum of 10.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

UCL's exceptional strength and formidable range of expertise in ancient history means that students on this degree programme are offered great scope for choice.
Whilst this degree programme has an emphasis on ancient history, students are also encouraged to take advantage of the range of expertise in the department and explore later historical periods.
Drawing upon UCL History, related UCL departments and relevant University of London colleges, the programme offers a wide variety of modules spanning extraordinary chronological breadth and geographical range.
Exceptional resources, including the British Museum and British Library, are within walking distance, and other London-based museums and organisations provide unrivalled opportunities for accessing primary source material.

The programme is designed to teach many transferable skills: how to gather and organise evidence; how to analyse it and present a structured argument; how to express yourself clearly, both in writing and orally.
UCL's History graduates have excelled in a wide range of occupations, such as lawyers, financial advisers, stockbrokers, television producers, diplomats, journalists, bankers, teachers, and in the health service, the police and overseas development programmes, as well as in progressing to further study.

English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 5. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required

This programme is accredited by the Institute of Physics. Holders of accredited degrees can follow a route to Institute of Physics membership and the Chartered Physicist (CPhys) professional qualification. Graduates of accredited Integrated Master's (MPhys or MSci) degrees have fulfilled the educational requirements for CPhys status, while graduates of accredited Bachelor's (BSc) degrees have partially fulfilled these requirements.

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Ancient History
  • History
  • Making History
  • Writing Ancient History
  • Ancient language
  • Ancient Greek
  • Akkadian
  • Hellenistic
  • Mesopotamian World

Course programme

YEAR 1

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Approaching History
  • Making History
  • Writing Ancient History
Optional modules

You will select 60 credits of optional modules in ancient history or an ancient language. Options may include:

  • Ancient Greek, Latin, Akkadian or other ancient language (level dependent upon ability)
  • Ancient and Medieval China
  • The Greek World c. 800-386 BC
  • The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the end of the Attalid Kingdom
  • The History of Political Thought
  • Bronze Age States in the Ancient Middle East
  • The Near East 1200 BC-336 BC: Empires and Pastoralists
  • The Roman Republic, c.350-44BC
YEAR 2

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Research Seminar
Optional modules

You will select 90 credits of optional modules, including at least 30 credits of ancient history options. Options may include:

  • Understanding the Early Mesopotamian World
  • Cities and Kings in the Hellenistic World
  • Roman Democracy: Myth or Reality
  • Ancient Anatolia Through Material Culture
  • 'Aristocracy' in Ancient Greece


Remaining credits can be selected from a wide range of options in history, ancient languages, or from another approved interdepartmental or intercollegiate module.

YEAR 3

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Dissertation
Optional modules

You will select 90 credits of optional modules, including at least 30 credits in an Ancient History Special Subject. Options may include:

  • Slavery in the Classical World
  • Religious Conversion in the Fourth Century: The Confessions of St Augustine
  • Rome, AD 300-1000: Portrait of a City, Reflections of a Changing World
  • Competitive Men: The Politics of Competition in Ancient Greece
  • Temple Life in Assyria and Babylonia


Remaining credits can be selected from a wide range of options in history, ancient languages, or from another approved interdepartmental or intercollegiate module.

Your learning

Our approach to learning places emphasis on active student participation in seminar discussion (always in groups of fifteen or fewer). Some modules, particularly in your first year, will also include lectures. Essays you write will always be returned to you in individual face-to-face tutorials in which you will receive constructive, personal feedback.

Assessment

Your work will be assessed by a mixture of examinations and written coursework. Significant weight is given to an extended essay based on original sources produced in your final year.

Additional information

Overseas students  Fee - £19,390 (2018/19)

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