Classical Studies and Philosophy with Study Abroad BA

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The Classical Studies and Philosophy degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

Depending on your programme you can take up to 30 credits each year in another subject, for instance a language or business module, to develop career-related skills or just widen your intellectual horizons.

Please note that modules offered are subject to change, depending on staff availability, timetabling, and demand.

Year 1 Compulsory modules

For Philosophy you would choose at least three modules from below.

Please note, modules CLA1507 and CLA1508 run in alternate years; students will take whichever module is running.

CodeModuleCredits Classical Studies Either CLA1507 or CLA1508 CLA1507Ancient World: Greek Philosophy15 CLA1508Ancient World: Roman Philosophy15 Philosophy PHL1006Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 15 PHL1002AKnowledge and Reality 1 15 PHL1002BKnowledge and Reality 2 15 PHL1005AEvidence and Argument 1 15 Optional modules

Select 45 credits of Classical Studies Level 1 optional modules.

Select 15 credits of Philosophy Level 1 optional modules.

CodeModuleCredits Classical Studies Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) CLA1303Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing15 CLA1308Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Comparing Empires and Imperialism15 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) CLA1354Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus15 CLA1357Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Globalisation and Identity in the Western Roman Empire15 Text and Context CLA1406Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy15 CLA1408Text and Context: Suetonius and Imperial Power15 CLA1410Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature15 Classical Language & Texts CLA1201Classical Language & Texts: Greek I30 CLA1202Classical Language & Texts: Greek II30 CLA1204Classical Language & Texts: Greek III30 CLA1251Classical Language & Texts: Latin I30 CLA1252Classical Language & Texts: Latin II30 CLA1254Classical Language & Texts: Latin III30 Philosophy PHL1007Philosophical Reading 1 15 PHL1008Philosophical Readings 2 15 PHL1013Philosophy of Morality 15 PHL1036Foucault-Discipline and Punish15 PHL1112Philosophy of Film15 Year 2 Compulsory modules

Please note, modules CLA2507 and CLA2508 run in alternate years; students will take whichever module is running.

CodeModuleCredits Either CLA2507 or CLA2508 CLA2507Ancient World: Greek Philosophy15 CLA2508Ancient World: Roman Philosophy15 Optional modules

For Classical Studies select three modules from Ancient Sources and Text and Context, or one each from Ancient Sources, Text and Context and Classical Language & Texts at an appropriate level of ability depending on previous achievement. For Philosophy select 60 credits from available level Philosophy options, at least 45 of which must be level 2 and the remaining 15 credits can be level 2 or 3.

CodeModuleCredits Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) CLA2303Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Roman Historical Writing15 CLA2308Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Comparing Empires and Imperialism15 Ancient Sources (Material Evidence) CLA2354Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus15 CLA2357Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Globalisation and Identity in the Western Roman Empire15 Text and Context CLA2406Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy15 CLA2408Text and Context: Suetonius and Imperial Power15 CLA2410Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature15 Classical Language and Texts CLA2202Classical Language and Texts: Greek II30 CLA2205Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV30 CLA2252Classical Language and Texts: Latin II30 CLA2254Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV30 CLA3204Classical Language and Texts: Greek III30 CLA3254Classical Language and Texts: Latin III30 Philosophy

60 credits from available level Philosophy options.

Year 3 Compulsory modules

Students spend this year in a European University on an Erasmus/Socrates exchange or other approved programme of study. The year abroad comprises 120 credits. Assessment is normally based on the ECTS credits gained at the partner institution abroad.

CodeModuleCredits HUM3999Year Abroad120 Year 4

You can choose to do a dissertation in either Classical Studies or Philosophy or you can take 60 credits of available level 3 optional modules in both subjects.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits Choose either CLA3009 or PHL3040 CLA3009Classical Studies Dissertation30 PHL3040Philosophy Dissertation 30 Optional modules

If you have chosen to take the Classical Studies dissertation, you will select 30 credits of Classical Studies options and 60 credits of Philosophy options. If you have chosen to take the Philosophy dissertation, you will select 30 credits of Philosophy options and 60 credits of Classical Studies options.

CodeModuleCredits Classical Studies CLA3010Greek Mythology30 CLA3018Neronian Literature and Society30 CLA3020Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World30 CLA3028Philip II and Alexander the Great of Macedon30 CLA3108The World of Late Antiquity30 CLA3112Medicine in Antiquity15 CLA3116Britain in the Roman World15 CLA3255Greek Political Thought15 CLA3256Impact of Greek Culture15 CLA3258The Reception of Greek Culture15 CLA3259The Ancient Greek Novel15 CLA3260Tales of the Unexpected: Paradoxography, Fiction and the Culture of Wonder15 CLA3263Being and Not-Being in Greek Philosophy: from Parmenides to Aristotle15 CLA3264Ancient Science and Society15 CLA3265Art and Visual Culture in the Roman World15 CLA3267Dialogues with the Past: Creative Interpretative Project15 Classical Language and Texts CLA2205Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV30 CLA2254Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV30 CLA3204Classical Language and Texts: Greek III30 CLA3251Classical Language and Texts: Latin V: Epic30 CLA3254Classical Language and Texts: Latin III30 CLA3266Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Comedy30 Philosophy PHL3011Philosophy of Science30 PHL3013Virtues and Vices15 PHL3014Symbolic Logic15 PHL3018Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology 15 PHL3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 PHL3032Freedom15 PHL3033Equality15 PHL3035Critical Bioethics15 PHL3037Aristotle's Politics15 PHL3038The Self15 PHL3046AThe Holocaust, Genocide and Society30 PHL3074Cyborg Studies 30 PHL3075Philosophical Readings 615 PHL3100Knowledge and History: Theories of Scientific Change15 PHL3888EIndependent Study Module (FCH)30 Full module descriptions

For full module descriptions please visit the Classics and Ancient History website and Philosophy website.