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2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Ancient History and History and Philosophy of Science

Programme code:BA-AHIS&HPSCUCAS code:V155
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Martin Thomas Contact address:m.thomas@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 primary relevant benchmark statement for History and Philosophy of Science is published by QAA as ‘History 2007’, and is available online at: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/history07.pdf. It is supplemented by the Supplement for History of Science, Technology and Medicine.

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 History and Philosophy of Science, 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

CLAS1300The Greek World: an Introduction20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS1400The Roman World: An Introduction20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC1015Magic, Science and Religion10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC1045Introduction to the History of Science10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC1050Darwin, Germs and the Bomb10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL1109How Science Works10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

In addition, candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules:

CLAS1100Ancient Lives20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS1200Intermediate Ancient Greek20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1250Intermediate Latin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1650Introduction to Classical Archaeology20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS1810Beginners Ancient Greek20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1910Beginners Latin20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may choose to study additional credits from the following optional modules:

HPSC1030History of Psychology10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC1070Living with Technology10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC1080History of Modern Medicine10 creditsSemester 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.

MODL1500LCS Academic Essentials5 creditsSemester 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

CLAS2800Evidence and Enquiry in Classics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2900Ancient Empires: Power and Control20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students are required to study at least 40 credits from the following list of optional modules:

HPSC2150History of Science in 10 Objects20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC2307Science, Culture and Society in the Industrial Age20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC2400History of Psychiatry and Mental Illness20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2402Topics in Epistemology: Theory and Evidence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2600Philosophical Issues in Biology20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2611How Biology Works10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may also choose further modules from among the following:

CLAS2200Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2220Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2250The Athenian Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2260Intermediate Latin (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2360Ovid the Innovator20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2370Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel (Level 2 module)20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2420Augustus and his Legacy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2460Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2600Virgil's Aeneid20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2680Greek Art and Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2700Homer's Iliad20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2790Greek Tragedy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2810Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2910Beginners Latin (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2920Plato's Republic20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2990Edge of Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL3045Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2015Black Europe20 creditsSemesters 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:

CLAS2200Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2260Intermediate Latin (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2810Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2910Beginners Latin (Level 2)20 creditsSemesters 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:

CLAS3200Major Research Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3000Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3001Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3700External Placement: Beyond the University40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students may choose some or all of their remaining credits from the following optional modules:

HPSC3200Science Communication: History & Theory20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC3315History of the Body20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC3450Mind, Brain & Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3320Philosophy of Biology20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3851Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3852Philosophy of Modern Physics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3855Philosophical Issues in Technology20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3865Philosophy of the Social Sciences20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PRHS3200Moral, Rational Selves: Perspectives on Human Nature20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

PHIL3311 and PHIL3320 are mutually exclusive. PHIL3851 and PHIL3852 are also mutually exclusive.

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following modules:

CLAS3050Advanced Ancient Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3120Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3220Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3230Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3) 20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3250The Athenian Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3260Intermediate Latin (Level 3)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3350Herodotus and the Beginning of History20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3360Ovid the Innovator20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3370Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3420Augustus and his Legacy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3430The Ancient Greek Novel20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3440Understanding Aristotle's Poetics20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3460Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3510Pompeii - Past, Present and Future20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3595Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3660The Art of Persuasion20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3680Greek Art and Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3710Plato on Love20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3740Greek Religion20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3790Greek Tragedy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3815Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3890The City in the Roman World20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3900Roman Comedy20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3910Plato's Republic20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3915Beginners Latin (Level 3)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3940Making Athens Laugh: Aristophanes & Comedy20 creditsNot running in 201819
CLAS3950Love, Patronage & Politics in Augustan Rome: The Roman Elegists20 credits 
CLAS3990Edge of Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL3045Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

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: 07/02/2019

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