2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Ancient History and Philosophy
Programme code: | BA-AHIS&PHIL | UCAS code: | V150 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Ingo Cornils | Contact address: | i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 365
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
The relevant benchmark statement for Ancient History is published by QAA as 'Classics and ancient history
(including Byzantine studies and Modern Greek) 2007', and is available online at: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/classics.pdf
The relevant benchmark statement for Philosophy is published by QAA as 'Philosophy 2007', and is available online at: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/Philosophy.pdf
Programme specification:
Students on this programme will benefit from contact with leading scholars in their field in both of the partner subjects. The Schools of PRHS and LCS are both internationally-recognised research leaders in their fields, with long-established reputations for excellence in research and teaching.
The programme begins with structured foundational study across a small number of compulsory modules, but also offers a high degree of module choice at levels 2 and 3. Students are exposed to a broad range of different fields of study within the two disciplines, innovative assessment methods (e.g. online discussion forums, wikis, student surveys, posters) and a considerable element of research-based learning culminating in an independent research project at level 3.
Students on this programme may apply for transfer to a European or an International Degree. The opportunity to apply for a work placement degree is also available. Those students who are accepted may participate in one of our Erasmus/Socrates schemes or go to one of a range of universities with which the University of Leeds has established links.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 120-125 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in Philosophy, 40-45 credits in Ancient History and 40 credits of Discovery modules. The discovery credits may take the form of either further modules in one or both main subjects or of one or more modules chosen from other subject areas.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
CLAS1300 | The Greek World: an Introduction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS1400 | The Roman World: An Introduction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1250 | How to Think Clearly and Argue Well | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Students must choose at least ONE of the following modules:
PHIL1080 | The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1090 | Knowledge, Self and Reality | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1120 | Great Philosophical Thinkers | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
In addition, students may spend some or all of their Discovery credits on the following optional modules:
CLAS1200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1250 | Intermediate Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1650 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS1810 | Beginners Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HPSC1015 | Magic, Science and Religion | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HPSC1030 | History of Psychology | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HPSC1045 | Introduction to the History of Science | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HPSC1050 | Darwin, Germs and the Bomb | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL1005 | The Mind | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1007 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL1109 | How Science Works | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.
MODL1500 | LCS Academic Essentials | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of Discovery Theme modules or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 credits should be taken in one of the named subjects; the final 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or in either of the named subjects.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
CLAS2800 | Evidence and Enquiry in Classics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2900 | Ancient Empires: Power and Control | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates may also choose further modules from among the following:
CLAS3120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3360 | Ovid the Innovator | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3380 | Classics in 20th-21st Century Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3410 | Classics on Screen: Antiquity through a Modern Lens | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3430 | The Ancient Greek Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3440 | Understanding Aristotle's Poetics | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3510 | Pompeii - Past, Present and Future | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3610 | Greeks and Barbarians | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3630 | Politics in Ancient Greece | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3660 | The Art of Persuasion | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3740 | Greek Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3800 | Greek Cultural Values | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3820 | Plato: Three Dialogues | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3850 | Transforming Myth | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3860 | How to be human: Aristotle's anthropology | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3880 | Society and Culture under Nero | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3900 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3910 | Plato's Republic | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3920 | Living the Religious Experience at Rome | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3940 | Making Athens Laugh: Aristophanes & Comedy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3970 | Ancient Magic | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3980 | Should We Ban Homer? Philosophers & Poetry in the Ancient World | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3990 | Edge of Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3045 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB. Not all modules will run in every year.
In addition, candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of the following special skills modules:
CLAS1200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1250 | Intermediate Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1810 | Beginners Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students are required to study at least 40 credits in Philosophy at Level 2, which must include at least one of the following modules:
PHIL2121 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2122 | Formal Logic | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2232 | History of Modern Philosophy: Locke and Berkeley | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2402 | Topics in Epistemology: Theory and Evidence | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2422 | Topics in Epistemology: Knowledge and Justification | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2521 | Realism and Antirealism | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
PHIL2542 | Introduction to Metaphysics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2600 | Philosophical Issues in Biology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2611 | How Biology Works | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students may select further credits from the following modules:
PHIL2221 | Ancient Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2295 | Ethics of Life and Death | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2321 | Political Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2322 | Moral Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2532 | Philosophy of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2999 | Philosophy Students into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules or pursue additional modules in either of the two named subjects.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects, plus at least 40 credits as a Final Year Project which can be taken in and count towards either subject. Any remaining credits can be taken in either of the named subjects or as discovery modules. A maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules may be taken in level 3. Finalists may only take level 1 modules which are listed as discovery skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study one of the following Final Year Project modules:
CLAS3200 | Major Research Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS3000 | Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS3001 | Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS3700 | External Placement: Beyond the University | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following modules:
CLAS3120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3360 | Ovid the Innovator | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3380 | Classics in 20th-21st Century Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3410 | Classics on Screen: Antiquity through a Modern Lens | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3430 | The Ancient Greek Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3440 | Understanding Aristotle's Poetics | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3510 | Pompeii - Past, Present and Future | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3610 | Greeks and Barbarians | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3630 | Politics in Ancient Greece | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3660 | The Art of Persuasion | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CLAS3740 | Greek Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3800 | Greek Cultural Values | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3820 | Plato: Three Dialogues | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3850 | Transforming Myth | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3860 | How to be human: Aristotle's anthropology | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3880 | Society and Culture under Nero | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3900 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3910 | Plato's Republic | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3920 | Living the Religious Experience at Rome | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3940 | Making Athens Laugh: Aristophanes & Comedy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3970 | Ancient Magic | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3980 | Should We Ban Homer? Philosophers & Poetry in the Ancient World | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
CLAS3990 | Edge of Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ITAL3045 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB. Not all modules will run in every year.
In addition, candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of the following discovery skills modules:
CLAS1200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1250 | Intermediate Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1810 | Beginners Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS3050 | Advanced Ancient Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students may select credits from the following modules to arrive at a total of at least 40 credits at Level 3 in Philosophy overall:
They must choose at least 20 credits from one of the following five groups of core modules.
The remaining 20 credits MUST be from another group of core modules or from the non-core additional modules.
If students pursue 60-80 credits, at least 40 credits must be from two different core areas. The remaining 20-40 credits may be from optional/discovery modules or any core area.
Logic & Language
PHIL3111 | Schopenhauer and Nietzsche | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3123 | Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3220 | Hume | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
PHIL3311 | Introduction to Philosophy of Biology | 10 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
PHIL3320 | Philosophy of Biology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3321 | Metaethics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3322 | Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3421 | Philosophy of Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3424 | Advanced Topics in Knowledge, Mind and Action | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3522 | The Structure of Reality | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3690 | Medieval Philosophy | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
PHIL3700 | Feminist Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3723 | War, Terror and Justice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3851 | Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3852 | Philosophy of Modern Physics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3855 | Philosophical Issues in Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PRHS3100 | Existentialism and Phenomenology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO3390 | Philosophy and the Spiritual Life | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules or pursue additional modules in either of the two named subjects.
Last updated: 10/08/2017
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