Classical Civilisation and English

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This degree allows you to study the full range of literature in English alongside the classical texts which have influenced the literary tradition and the historical context that shaped them.
Core modules will introduce you to the Greek and Roman worlds and key texts like the Iliad and Aeneid, while you’ll also explore aspects of poetry, drama and prose in English.
You’ll also be able to choose from a wide range of optional modules on topics as broad as medieval English romance, Plato, creative writing, Greek religion, postcolonial fiction, Pompeii, and the ways in which contemporary writing has engaged with Classics. There’s even the option to learn from scratch or continue with Ancient Greek or Latin.
Spanning literature, history, archaeology and philosophy among other disciplines, this wide-ranging Joint Honours degree will equip you with a broad set of skills. It will also give you an insight into the making of the world we live in and its ancient cultural heritage.
Leeds has plenty of useful resources for students of both Classics and English. The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections. Our other library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAB including A in English and excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including A in English (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ. ntry
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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Archaeology
  • Classics
  • English
  • Drama
  • Writing
  • Joint
  • Poetry
  • Prose

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

You’ll spend your first year exploring poetry, drama and prose in English through core modules, as well as discovering Greek and Roman literature and society and developing your research skills.

This will lay the foundations for the next two years, when you’ll choose from core modules covering different periods of English literary history from the medieval period to today, and focus on two classical texts which have been the cornerstones of European literature: the Iliad and the Aeneid.

You’ll also choose from an impressive spread of optional modules in each subject, which could include Greek art, contemporary theatre, Ovid, American fiction, Dante’s engagement with Classics, folklore and mythology, Shakespeare, Augustus, and refugee narratives. You could specialise even further in your final year project, where you’ll demonstrate your critical and research skills by focusing on a topic of your choice.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Studying and Researching English 5 credits
  • IT for LCS Students 5 credits
  • Foundations of English Studies
Optional modules
  • Introduction to Classical Archaeology 20 credits
  • Poetry: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • Drama: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • Ancient languages - various levels

Year 2

Compulsory modules

You will be required to study one of the following modules: Virgil's Aeneid or Homer's Iliad

  • Evidence and Enquiry in Classics 20 credits
  • Virgil's Aeneid
  • Homer's Iliad
Optional modules
  • Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo 20 credits
  • Herodotus and the Beginning of History 20 credits
  • Pompeii - Past, Present and Future 20 credits
  • Renaissance Literature 20 credits
  • Refugee Narratives 20 credits
  • Folklore and Mythology 20 credits
  • Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical 20 credits
  • Introduction to Dante's Comedy 20 credits
  • Ancient languages - various levels

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Final year project
Optional modules
  • Classics in 20th-21st Century Literature 20 credits
  • Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present 20 credits
  • Contemporary Literature 20 credits

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