BA Classical Civilisation 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 Love Poetry; The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex; Homer and Heroism; 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.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameCLC101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Of Gods and Heroes - Greek MythologyCLC102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ovid's Metamorphoses. The Transformations of Mythology

Optional Modules

English Literature Compulsory Modules - Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least 2 x 20 credit modules. You may select all three. You must ensure a balance of 60 credits per teaching block

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Monsters, Theories, TransformationsEN-114Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Voices of PoetryEN-119Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Stage Play World

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English Literature Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 1 x 20 credit module, if required to make your total credits in English Literature up to 60. You must also ensure you select a balance of 60 credits in each teaching block.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE100Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Grammar and MeaningALE108Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Language Teaching MethodologyALE114Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Sounds of EnglishALE115Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Language of Everyday LifeALE116Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20A History of the English LanguageALE120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying the English LanguageAM-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to American Literature and CultureEN-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 FictionMLE100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Modern European Fiction: Texts and Contexts

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Classical Civilisation Optional Modules

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 1 x 20 credit module from the list below remembering to ensure a balance of 60cr in each teaching block.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLC103Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and RhetoricCLE120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Egyptian History and Civilisation 1CLG101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Greek Language ICLG105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLG125Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Greek 1 (Level 1)CLH100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Greek History and SocietyCLH145Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Greek and Roman Art and ArchitectureCLH150Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Rome from Village to Empire: An Introduction to Roman HistoryCLL101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Latin Language ICLL105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLL125Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Latin 1 (Level 1)

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Degree / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameCLC206Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Reading Classical Civilisation

Optional Modules

Compulsory Selective - Classical Civilisation

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You should select one or two of these modules. To enrol in a TB2 Latin or Greek modules, you MUST enrol in the corresponding TB1 module. Staff can advise on the appropriate level of Latin or Greek modules on request. Students should not take modules in more than one beginning ancient language in the year.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLC200Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Roman Love PoetryCLC203Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and SexCLC205Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Homer and Heroism: HomerCLC211Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Plato's RepublicCLG203Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language I (post-Beginning Greek Language)CLG204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language II (post-Beginning Greek Language)CLG221Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Greek Language ICLG222Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Greek Language IICLG225Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Greek 1 (Level 2)CLG226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Greek 2 (Level 2)CLG227Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Advanced Greek 1 (Level 2)CLG228Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Advanced Greek 2 (Level 2)CLH2005Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Set in Stone? Inscribing and Writing in AntiquityCLH2006Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Imperial Image: Roman Emperors and Empresses in History, Literature and Art from Augustus to the Severans.CLH215Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Archaic Greece (Level 2)CLH216Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Armies and Enemies of Imperial RomeCLH227Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Kings, Tyrants and Lawgivers in Ancient GreeceCLH267Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Gender in the Roman WorldCLH268Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beyond Mainland Greece: Asia in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods.CLH297Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Alexander and the Hellenistic worldCLL203Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language I(post-Beginning Latin Language)CLL204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language II(post-Beginning Latin Language)CLL221Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Latin Language ICLL222Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Latin Language IICLL225Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Latin 1 (Level 2)CLL226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Latin 2 (Level 2)CLL227Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Advanced Latin 1 (Level 2)CLL228Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Advanced Latin 2CLP202Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages

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Optional Modules - Classical Civilisation

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLH2007Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Roman EconomyCLH284Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Writing Ancient History

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Compulsory Selective - English Literature

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Choose a minimum of 40 credits from this box. You may decide to select all 60cr of English Literature from this box and not make a selection from the optional box below.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-206Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Debating Texts: Theory in LiteratureEN-207Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Revolution of the Word: ModernismEN-226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Conflict and the Gothic in the long nineteenth centuryEN-237Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to PostmodernEN-239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20No-Man's Land: Literature of the Great WarEN-241Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of BritainEN-242Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Contentious ShakespeareEN-266Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Medieval Encounters

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Optional Module Choices - English Literature

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If you have not selected 60 credits in the box about you must select 20 credits from this box.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE200Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Theory and PracticeALE218Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discourse AnalysisALE224Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Vocabulary StudiesALE250Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20First Language AcquisitionAM-204Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Race and Ethnicity: American PerspectivesAM-215Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20American Word/American ImageAM-250Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ghettos, Streets, Suburbs: Cultural Representations of the American City, 1890 - presentEN-204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Creative Non-FictionEN-232Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing PoetryEN-234Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Writing FictionEN-236Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing DramaEN-260Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying DialectHUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & EntrepreneurshipMS-219Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying Digital MediaMSS202Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The History of Screen Animation

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 - Classical Civilisation

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, orfrom the Optional Classical Civilisation modules. If you have selected neither, you MUST take either 60 credits from below, or 40 credits and 20 credits from the Optional Classical Civilisation modules.

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: HomerCLC312Semester 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.CLH367Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Gender in the Roman WorldCLH368Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beyond Mainland Greece: Asia in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods.CLH388Semester 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 - Classical Civilisation

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select a maximum of 20 credits to ensure you have fulfilled the 60 credits required for Classical Civilisation.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLH3007Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Roman EconomyCLH369Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Italy before the Romans

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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 dissertation, you MUST take either 60 credits from below, or 40 credits and 20 credits from the Optional 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