Archaeology & Ancient History and History BA
Bachelor's degree
In Birmingham
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Birmingham
Our Archaeology & Ancient History and History degree is taught in an intellectually challenging and stimulating environment, focused on ensuring you are a fully supported and active learner.
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Subjects
- Joint
- Ancient History
- Archaeology
- Latin
- Greek
Course programme
Please note: You will take 120 credits of modules in each year of study. The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.
Joint Honours flexibilityEvery degree programme at the University is divided into 120 credits of study for each year of the programme. In the first year of a Joint Honours programme, you will study 60 credits in each subject as you learn the core elements of the disciplines. We recognise that students on Joint Honours programmes might come to favour one subject slightly more than another. To account for this, we have added more flexibility into the second and final years of our programmes. In the second year, you can stick with the 60-60 split between the two subjects or shift to a 80-40 credit weighting, effectively a major/ minor combination. You can either go back to 60-60 in the final year, maintain the same 80-40 split or reverse the major and the minor and go to a 40-80 weighting.
First year Archaeology & Ancient History compulsory modules- Project A (10 credits)
- Project B (10 credits)
- 40 credits of Archaeology and Ancient History optional modules
Descriptions of Archaeology & Ancient History modules (compulsory and optional)
History compulsory modules- Practising History A: Skills in History (10 credits)
- Practising History B: Approaches to History (10 credits)
Choose one of these two modules:
- Discovering the Middle Ages (20 credits)
- The Making of the Modern World 1500-1800 (20 credits)
Choose one of the following modules:
- Living in the Middle Ages (20 credits)
- The Making of the Contemporary World: Modern History c.1800 to the Present (20 credits)
- War and Society* (20 credits)
- United States History 1865-2000*(20 credits)
*please note numbers on these modules may be capped
Descriptions of History modules (compulsory and optional)
Second yearArchaeology & Ancient History
- 80 credits - optional modules
- 60 credits - optional modules
- 40 credits - optional modules
Descriptions of Archaeology & Ancient History second year modules
History- 80 credits - Group Research; History Option A and B; choose from either History in Theory and Practice, Research Methods or *Professional Skills *please note: places on this module are limited
- 60 credits – Group Research; History Option; choose from either History in Theory and Practice, Research Methods or *Professional Skills *please note: places on this module are limited
- 40 credits – Group Research; History Option
Descriptions of History second year modules
Final year
Archaeology & Ancient History- 80 credits - Dissertation or Extended Essay; optional modules, including Greek, Latin, Akkadian or Egyptian Language at appropriate level
- 60 credits - Dissertation or Extended Essay; optional modules, including Greek, Latin, Akkadian or Egyptian Language at appropriate level
- 40 credits - Dissertation or Extended Essay; optional module, including Greek, Latin, Akkadian or Egyptian Language at appropriate level
Descriptions of Archaeology & Ancient History modules
History- 80 credits – either Special Subject A and B or History Dissertation; History Advanced Option A and B
- 60 credits – either Special Subject A and B or History Dissertation; History Advanced Option
- 40 credits – either Special Subject A and B or History Dissertation
Joint Honours students taking a Special Subject can substitute an Advanced Option for a Joint Honours History Dissertation.
Descriptions of History modules
Archaeology & Ancient History and History BA