2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Arabic and Classical Literature
Programme code: | BA-ARAB&CLAS | UCAS code: | QT86 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Ingo Cornils | Contact address: | i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
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:
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.
General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1, students must study 120-125 credits. Students required to take 60 credits in Arabic and 40 credits in Classical Literature plus a 20 credit cornerstone module.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ARAB1001 | Beginning Arabic 1 Pre-requisite for: ARAB1002 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ARAB1002 | Beginning Arabic 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ARAB1030 | Introduction to Arab and Islamic Civilisation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS1610 | After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS1620 | Latin Literature: Republic and Empire | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
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) |
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
The candidate will spend the second year of the programme in an Arabic-speaking country, approved by the School.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
ARAB9001 | Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Arabic and 40 credits in Classical Literature. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as discovery modules.
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:
ARAB2010 | Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB2020 | Essential Skills in Practical Arabic Pre-requisite for: ARAB3020 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2800 | Evidence and Enquiry in Classics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
ARAB2075 | Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ARAB2180 | Culture and Society in the Arab World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ARAB2310 | Modern Middle Eastern History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ARAB2880 | Contemporary Arabic Media | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following core modules:
CLAS2600 | Virgil's Aeneid | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CLAS2700 | Homer's Iliad | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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 be available every year.
In addition, candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of the following Discovery 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) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Arabic and 40 credits in Classical Literature, including at least 20 credits as a Final Year Project module which can be taken in and count towards either of the named subjects. The remaining 20 credits can be taken in either of the two named subjects or as a Discovery Module.
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:
ARAB3020 | Advanced Skills in Arabic Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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) | |
MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3310 | Final Year Project: Extended Essay | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3320 | Final Year Project: Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:
ARAB3010 | Arabic Stylistics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB3050 | Arab Drama on Stage and Screen | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ARAB3072 | Islam and Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ARAB3110 | Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ARAB3140 | Authoritarianism and Democratisation in the Arab World | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ARAB3888 | Advanced Media Arabic: Translation Skills in Text Typology | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study at least 40 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 be available 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) | |
CLAS3050 | Advanced Ancient Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Last updated: 15/08/2017
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