Ancient History (BA) part time

This is a three-year degree programme comprising of some core modules that provide essential skills and training as well as a wide variety of optional modules for you to select from in order to tailor your degree to meet your interests. You can also take further modules in the humanities and social sciences, thereby extending your range of skills and knowledge.

Year one

The first year provides you with a focused introduction to the study of Greek and Roman history at University which fosters your critical and analytical skills through close engagement with the ancient sources and modern interpretations. You take three 20-credit Ancient History modules, one Greek, one Roman and a historical study skills module. In addition you take 60 credits in other Humanities subjects.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsIntroduction to Ancient Greek HistoryHS310120 creditsIntroduction to Roman HistoryHS310220 creditsYear two

In Year 2, you take two 20-credit core modules, an introduction to historical methods and an independent study on a topic of your choice, plus 80 credits of optional modules, chosen from a range of 10-, 20- and 30-credit modules.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsIntroduction to Ancient Greek HistoryHS310120 creditsIntroduction to Roman HistoryHS310220 creditsYear three

In Year 3, all students write a dissertation on a topic of their choice (40 credits) and take 80 credits of optional modules.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsReading Latin 2HS332220 creditsReading Greek 2HS332420 creditsLatin Historical TextsHS334310 creditsLatin Historical TextsHS334410 creditsGreek Historical TextsHS334610 creditsReading Latin 1HS342120 creditsReading Greek IHS342320 creditsGreek Historical TextsHS334510 creditsPots, Poems and Pictures: Using Evidence for Ancient HistoryHS433620 creditsIndependent 2nd Year StudyHS433420 creditsInscriptions and Athenian HistoryHS332610 creditsGods & the Polis: Athenian FestivalsHS333010 creditsRoman ReligionHS333110 creditsGreek and Roman MedicineHS337620 creditsLife in Ancient RomeHS435810 creditsHouses in Roman ItalyHS436310 creditsIntroduction to Spatial Techniques and TechnologiesHS241810 creditsGeographic Information Systems for Archaeologists and Ancient HistoriansHS241910 creditsAegean Bronze Age: Emergence To CollapseHS238720 creditsArt & Archaeology of Classical GreeceHS238920 creditsHeritage CommunicationHS242820 creditsRoman Imperial History 31BC - AD138HS331730 creditsThe Later Roman Empire AD284 - 602HS331830 creditsTyrants, Kings and Democrats: the Rise of Classical GreeceHS337420 creditsKing and Court in the Ancient Near EastHS337720 creditsDeath and Burial in the Roman WorldHS430820 creditsGreek WarfareHS436620 creditsModule titleModule codeCreditsJulian the ApostateHS330710 creditsGreek ValuesHS330910 creditsAthens in the Age of Demosthenes and LykourgosHS337110 creditsHellenistic Art and ArchitectureHS435610 creditsLatin Historical TextsHS334310 creditsLatin Historical TextsHS334410 creditsReading Greek IHS342320 creditsReading Greek 2HS332420 creditsReading Latin 1HS342120 creditsReading Latin 2HS332220 creditsGreek Historical TextsHS334510 creditsByzantium: The Golden Age, c. 850 - 1050HS332910 creditsGreek Historical TextsHS334610 creditsConquest & Crisis: The Roman RepublicHS331630 creditsGender & Sexuality in Greece and RomeHS336220 creditsThe Roman ArmyHS436720 creditsViking-Age ScandinaviaHS238010 creditsComplex Societies in Barbarian EuropeHS236510 creditsStructure & Corrosion of MetalsHS235910 creditsNeolithic Beginnings: Last Foragers and First Farmers in the Eastern MediterraneanHS242420 creditsViking Britain and IrelandHS231010 creditsNeolithic/Early Bronze Age BritainHS235720 creditsMedieval ArchaeologyHS238220 creditsArt & Archaeology of Archaic GreeceHS238620 creditsWar, Peace and Diplomacy, c.900-c.1250HS170730 creditsHeresy & Dissent 1000-1450HS171030 creditsClass, Protest and Politics: South Wales 1918-39HS186830 creditsHeresy & Dissent 1000-1450HS171030 creditsCulture, Soc & I.D. in Wales 1847-1914HS186530 creditsPoverty and Relief in Medieval EuropeHS171430 creditsThe British Civil Wars and Revolution, C.1638-1649HS174230 creditsBuilding the Modern WorldHS174430 creditsBeing Human: Self and Society in Britain from Darwin to the Age of Mass CultureHS174830 creditsNations, Empire and Borderlands from 1789 to the presentHS174930 creditsFrom King Coal To Cool Cymru: Society and Culture in Wales, 1939-2000HS175630 credits"An Empire for Liberty": Race, Space and Power in the United States, 1775-1898HS176030 creditsIndia and The Raj 1857-1947HS176530 creditsThe Search for an Asian Modern: Japanese History from 1800 to the Post-War EraHS176830 creditsThe Soviet Century: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-1991HS177630 creditsInto The Vortex: Britain and The First World WarHS178730 creditsMaking Empires: Britain and the World, 1541 - 1714HS179330 creditsMedicine and Modern Society, 1750-1919HS179930 creditsThe World of the Anglo-Saxons, c.500-c.1087HS180330 creditsSexuality and the Social Order in Medieval EuropeHS180430 creditsThe Military Orders 1100-1320HS180530 creditsDeviants, Rebels and Witches in Early Modern Britain and IrelandHS182830 creditsFrom Bismarck To Goebbels: Biography and Modern German History, 1870-1945HS182930 creditsPolitics, Economics and Strategy: Britain's European Dilemma, 1951-1975HS183930 creditsRace, Sex and Empire & India, 1765-1929HS185530 creditsGlimpses of the Unfamiliar: Travellers to Japan from 1860 to the Post-War EraHS185830 creditsCymru a'r Rhyfel Mawr, 1880-2014HS186730 creditsIdentity and The British State: Wales, 1485-1660HS187230 creditsViolence and Ideology in Inter-War Soviet RussiaHS188330 creditsEurope and the Revolutionary Tradition in the Long Nineteenth CenturyHS188730 creditsSlavery and Slave Life in North America, 1619-1865HS189030 creditsGender, Power and Subjectivity in Twentieth-Century BritainHS189430 creditsThe Dangerous City? Urban Society & Culture 1800-1914HS189630 creditsIntermediate Sanskrit TextsRT122420 creditsIslam in The Contemporary WorldRT121120 creditsEarly HinduismRT133820 creditsExploring GnosticismRT121820 creditsIndian Philosophy, Indian HistoryRT122320 creditsUnderstanding Muslim ScripturesRT122620 creditsBuddhism: The First Thousand YearsRT122720 creditsNew Testament EpistlesRT320520 creditsNew Testament Greek Texts IRT320920 credits