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2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Arabic and Classical Literature

Programme code:BA-ARAB&CLASUCAS code:QT86
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Martin Thomas Contact address:m.thomas@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:

ARAB1001Beginning Arabic 1
Pre-requisite for: ARAB1002
20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ARAB1002Beginning Arabic 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ARAB1030Introduction to Arab and Islamic Civilisation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1610After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS1620Latin Literature: Republic and Empire20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL1150Worlds of Literature20 creditsSemesters 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.

MODL1500LCS Academic Essentials5 creditsSemester 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:

ARAB9001Arabic Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 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:

ARAB2010Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2020Essential Skills in Practical Arabic
Pre-requisite for: ARAB3020
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2800Evidence and Enquiry in Classics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

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

ARAB2091Arab Media, Politics and Society20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2180Culture and Society in the Arab World20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2310Modern Middle Eastern History20 creditsSemesters 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:

CLAS2600Virgil's Aeneid20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2700Homer's Iliad20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep 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)
CLAS2900Ancient Empires: Power and Control20 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.

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:

ARAB3020Advanced Skills in Arabic Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

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)
MODL3300Final Year Project: Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3310Final Year Project: Extended Essay20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3320Final Year Project: Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3340Final Year Project: Extended Translation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3350Final Year Project: Digital Documentary40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:

ARAB3010Arabic Stylistics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB3050Arab Drama on Stage and Screen20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB3072Islam and Modernity20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ARAB3110Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB3140Authoritarianism and Democratisation in the Arab World20 creditsNot running in 201819
ARAB3888Advanced Media Arabic: Translation Skills in Text Typology20 creditsSemesters 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:

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
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 in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Last updated: 07/02/2019

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