BA Ancient History and Spanish (4 years)

Year 1

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

In your first year you will follow a total of eight modules (four in each semester). These are divided equally between the two parts of your degree. In Modern Languages one module in each semester (two over the year) will be your Spanish language course while the second module in each semester will be a Modern Languages content module

LANG1017 is an additional (5th semester 1) non-credit bearing compulsory module

Semester OneCompulsory

LANG1017

Academic Skills for ML students

HIST1155Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Introduction to the Ancient World

SPAN9xxx Spanish Language (both semesters)

ARCH1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Emergence of Civilisation: domesticating ourselves and others

HIST1106Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Emperor Constantine the Great: From Just Church to State Church

HIST1118Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Seven Years War and Britain’s global empire

HIST1168Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Roman Army in Britain: life on the northern frontier

SPAN1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The History and Politics of the Hispanic World

SPAN1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Introduction to the Languages of the Spanish-Speaking World

SPAN1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Narrative and Cultural Identity in the Hispanic World

Semester TwoOptional

ARCH1028Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Landscapes and Seascapes of Britain’s Past

ARCH1030Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Ancient and Medieval Worlds

ARCH1062Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Wonderful things: World history in 40 objects

ENGL1080Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Literary Transformations

HIST1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Masada: History and Myth

HIST1022Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Childhood and Youth in Early Modern Society

HIST1084Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Cities of the Dead: Death, Mourning and Remembrance in Victorian Britain

HIST1085Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

German Jews in Great Britain

HIST1089Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Histories of Empire

HIST1102Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The End of the World: Apocalyptic Visions of History

HIST1103 The Collapse of Austria-Hungary

HIST1113Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Crimean War

HIST1119Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Long Summer? Edwardian Britain 1901-1914

HIST1125Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

When an empire falls: Culture and the British Empire, 1914-1960

HIST1154Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Ancient History: Sources and Controversies

HIST1153Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Alexander the Great and His Legacy

LANG1004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Reading Culture

LANG1013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Reading the City

LING1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning

LING1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Applications of Linguistics

PHIL1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Ancient Greek Philosophy

Year 2

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

In each semester you should choose one optional Modern Languages module from the list below (two modules in total). In order to meet the requirements of your programme you must choose at least one SPAN module in the year.

LANG2010 is an additional compulsory module designed to prepare you for the year abroad.

Compulsory modules

SPAN9xxx Spanish Language

LANG2010 Managing Research and Learning (preparation for the year abroad)

Semester OneCompulsory

LANG2010

Managing Research and Learning

HIST2055Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Ancient Rome: the First Metropolis

HIST2085Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Rebels with a Cause: The Historical Origins of Christianity

HIST2103Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Self-inflicted - Extreme Violence, Politics and Power

ARCH2017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Maritime Archaeology

HUMA2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Life and Afterlife of the Vikings

SPAN2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Gender, Race and Nation in Modern Latin America

SPAN2011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Myths and Realities of Contemporary Spain

SPAN2012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Power and Discourse in Spanish-speaking societies

LANG2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State

LANG2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography

Semester TwoOptional

ARCH2012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Archaeology and Society

SPAN2006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

High, Popular and Mass Culture in Modern Spain

HIST2045Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Cleopatra’s Egypt

HIST2076 The First British Empire: the beginnings of English dominance, 1050-1300

HIST2085Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Rebels with a Cause: The Historical Origins of Christianity

HIST2090Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Britain’s Global Empire, 1750–1870

HIST2109Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Ancient Greeks at War

SPAN2010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Exploring Spanish Linguistics

SPAN2014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Ethnography of Latin America

LING2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Multilingualism

Year 3

Students will spend the year abroad in a country where the chosen language is spoken, either as :

• an English language assistant (British Council)
• studying on a University course (Erasmus)
• on an approved work placement

During the year abroad students are required to complete an Investigative Project (LANG3005). This is an independent study project (6000 words) supervised by a member of staff and written in the target language.

Year 4

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

In each semester you should choose one optional module from the list below (two modules in total). In order to meet the requirements of your programme you must choose at least one SPAN module in the year.

Compulsory modules

SPAN9XXX Spanish Language

Semester OneOptional

HIST3042Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

From Tyranny to Revolution: England 1625-49: Part 1

HIST3123Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Slavery and Freedom in the British Caribbean Part 1

HIST3130Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Medieval Love, Sex and Marriage: Part 1

HIST3133Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Heresy and Inquisition in the Early Modern Iberian World Part 1

HIST3142Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Passions and Profits: Wealth, Freedom and Virtue in the Age of Adam Smith (Pt. 1: Texts)

HIST3171Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Crisis of Austria-Hungary Part 1

HIST3195Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Islam, Conquests and Caliphates, Part 1

HIST3197 America from Revolution to Republic 1

HIST3203Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The American Empire Part 1

ARCH3017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Presenting the past: Museums and Heritage

ARCH3034Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Archaeology of Seafaring

SPAN3004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Barrios and Borders: Language and Identity amongst US Latinos

SPAN3011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Exiles, Migrants and Citizens: Narrating and documenting displacement in contemporary Spain

SPAN3012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Sex, Soap Operas and Female Dissidents: Representations of Women in the Hispanic World

LANG3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Dissertation

LANG3007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Translation: Theory and Practice

Semester TwoOptional

HIST3043Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

From Tyranny to Revolution: England, 1625-49 Part 2

HIST3124Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Slavery and Freedom in the British Caribbean Part 2

HIST3131Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Medieval Love, Sex and Marriage: Part 2

HIST3134Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Heresy and Inquisition in the Iberian World Part 2

HIST3146Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Passions and Profits: Wealth, Freedom and Virtue in the Age of Adam Smith (Pt. 2: Texts)

HIST3166Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The Crisis of Austria-Hungary Part 2

HIST3196Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Islam, Conquests and Caliphates, Part 2

HIST3198 America from Revolution to Republic 2

HIST3204Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

The American Empire Part 2

ARCH3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS)