BA Ancient History and English Literature

Modules

Disclaimer: Module selection options may change.

Some of our modules run in alternate years. The modules listed below are taught in the current year. We also teach: Roman Popular Culture; Archaic Greece; Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome; Gender in the Roman World; Beyond Mainland Greece: Asia in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods; Alexander and the Hellenistic world; Roman Love Poetry; The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex; Homer and Heroism.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameCLH100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Greek History and SocietyCLH150Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Rome from Village to Empire: An Introduction to Roman History

Optional Modules

Compulsory Modules Selective - English Literature

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students must select 2 modules from this box. Students may decide to select all three of these modules.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Monsters, Theories, TransformationsEN-119Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Stage Play WorldEN-120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20English Essentials

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Optional Module Choices

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select enough optional modules to make your total credits up to 120 credits for the year. To enrol on a TB2 Latin Greek or Egyptian module you MUST enrol in the corresponding TB1 module. Staff can advise on the appropriate level upon request. 60 credits must be selected per teaching block unless you opt to study modern languages when the split must be 50/70 or 70/50. Modern Languages (for All) modules must be taken as a pair.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying the English LanguageAM-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to American Literature and CultureCLC101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Of Gods and Heroes - Greek MythologyCLC102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ovid's Metamorphoses. The Transformations of MythologyCLC103Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and RhetoricCLE112Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Middle Egyptian 1 (Year 1)CLE113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Middle Egyptian Language 2 (Year 1)CLE120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Egyptian History and Civilisation 1CLE121Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Egyptian History and Civilisation 2CLE122Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Ancient Egyptian Language for Archaeology (1st year)CLG101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Greek Language ICLG102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Greek Language IICLG105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLG106Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) IICLG125Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Greek 1 (Level 1)CLG126Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Greek 2 (Level 1)CLH145Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Greek and Roman Art and ArchitectureCLL101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Latin Language ICLL102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Latin Language IICLL105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLL106Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) IICLL125Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Latin 1 (Level 1)CLL126Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Latin 2 (Level 1)CY-140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 1CY-141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 2EN-112Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Approaches to Gender in English LiteratureEN-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.EN-117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Writing: Fiction GenresEN-118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing: Styles of FictionML-102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern European Film: Themes and PerspectivesMLA140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Arabic 1MLA141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Arabic 2MLE100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Modern European Fiction: Texts and ContextsMLF140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - French 1MLF141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - French 2MLG140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - German 1MLG141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - German 2MLI140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Italian 1MLI141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Italian 2MLS140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Spanish 1MLS141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Spanish 2MLZ140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Mandarin 1MLZ141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Mandarin 2

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Degree / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Dissertation

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : A dissertation is not required for this degree but may be taken in either subject.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLD300Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40Classics, Ancient History, Egyptology DissertationEN-3031Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40Dissertation - English Literature

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Compulsory Selective - Ancient History

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If you have selected the Classics Dissertation (CLD300, you MUST take 20 credits from below. If you have selected the English Literature Dissertation (EN-3031), you MUST either 60 credits from below, or from the Optional Ancient History modules. If you have selected neither, you MUST take either 60 credits from below, or 40 credits and 20 credits from the Optional Ancient History modules.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLC312Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Plato's RepublicCLG321Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language ICLG322Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language IICLG325Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Greek 1 (Level 3)CLG326Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Greek 2 (Level 3)CLG327Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Advanced Greek 1 (Level 3)CLG328Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Advanced Greek 2 (Level 3)CLG329Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Advanced Greek 3CLG330Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Advanced Greek 4CLH3005Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Set in Stone? Inscribing and Writing in AntiquityCLH3006Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Imperial Image: Roman Emperors and Empresses in History, Literature and Art from Augustus to the Severans.CLH3007Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Roman EconomyCLH367Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Gender in the Roman WorldCLH368Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beyond Mainland Greece: Asia in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods.CLH369Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Italy before the RomansCLH388Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Late Antiquity; The Transformation of the Roman World AD 250-600CLH393Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Archaic GreeceCLH397Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Alexander and the Hellenistic worldCLL321Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language ICLL322Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language IICLL325Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Latin 1 (Level 3)CLL326Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Latin 2 (Level 3)CLL327Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Advanced Latin 1 (Level 3)CLL328Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Advanced Latin 2 (Level 3)CLL329Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Advanced Latin 3CLL330Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Advanced Latin 4CLP309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages

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Optional Module Choices - Ancient History

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may select a maximum of 20 credits to ensure you have fulfilled the 60 credits required for Ancient History.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLC300Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Roman Love PoetryCLC303Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and SexCLC305Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Homer and Heroism: Homer

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Optional module choices - English Literature

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If you have selected the English Literature Dissertation (EN-3031), you MUST take 20 credits from below. If you have selected the Classics Dissertation (CLD300), you MUST take either 60 credits from below, or 40 credits from below and 20 credits from the Optional Creative Writing modules. If you have selected neither dissertatio, you MUST take either 60 credits from below, or 40 credits and 20 credits from the Creative Writing modules.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-316Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Contemporary American FictionAM-333Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem RenaissanceEN-3011Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-3027Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20William Blake: Poetry and DesignsEN-3029Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Postmodernist and Post-war FictionEN-3037Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Exodus: Moses and Minority LiteratureEN-3040Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Gothic / Gothic WalesEN-3042Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Postcolonial LiteratureEN-3043Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry in the Twentieth CenturyEN-3046Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Stuff: Victorian Literature and Material CultureEN-3047Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Other Tongues: Multilingualism in English Language LiteratureEN-3048Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Professional Development: Preparing for WorkEN-3050Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Written in Blood: Reading the VampireEN-3051Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to GenomesEN-3052Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sex and Death: Jacobean Drama EN-314Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20ChaucerEN-374Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Theorising Texts: Shakespeare, Bronte, JamesEN-376Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Prehistory, History and LanguageEN-394Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Reading/Writing TraumaEN-398Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Masculine and Monstrous in the Middle Ages

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Optional Modules - Creative Writing

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may take a maximum of 20 credits to complete the 60 credits required for English Literature. Students must have completed a creative writing module if they wish to take EN-3026. Students may not take both EN-3031 and EN-3026

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-3014Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Fiction WritingEN-3026Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing Personal ProjectEN-306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing for Radio and ScreenEN-309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Creative Non FictionEN-319Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Poetry Writing