2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Ancient History and History

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

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School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Languages, Cultures and Societies / Classics

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Classics and Ancient History (including Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek)
History

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Ancient History and English (For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional modules so you can fit in both subjects. Classical texts are taught in translation, so you don’t need to have studied an ancient language. However, we offer Ancient Greek and Latin in every year of the degree if you want to learn or continue with either.
The Ancient History and History degree programme allows you to study history from the ancient world right up to the present day. You’ll have the chance to explore the civilisations of ancient Greece, Rome and Persia as well as more recent history across the globe. Students on this programme will benefit from contact with leading scholars in their field in both of the partner subjects. The Schools of History and Languages, Cultures and Societies are both internationally-recognised research leaders in their fields, with long-established reputations for excellence in research and teaching.
A combination of core modules will give you a good grounding in different types of historical research methods, archaeology, literary analysis and life in ancient Greek and Roman society. You’ll also choose from a range of optional modules that covers everything from Sparta to the Tudors, the history of Britain, Indian or African history, or black politics in the US to the present day. You’ll even have the chance to begin or continue with Latin or Ancient Greek throughout your degree. This degree allows you to combine the skills of the classicist and the historian to pursue your interests across periods and cultures. Throughout the course, you will develop valuable interpretative and analytical skills, as well as becoming a confident researcher. You will demonstrate these qualities in when you undertake a Final Year Project on a topic of your choice in either History or Ancient History.
Students on this programme may apply for transfer to an International Degree. The opportunity to apply for a work placement (Industrial Degree) is also available. Classics at Leeds has exchange links with Verona University (Italy) and modern language classes are available before you go to prepare you for the experience. There are also opportunities at our partner universities across the world where courses are taught in English.
At Level 3, all students will take a 40 credit capstone project appropriate to their degree programme. Alongside the capstone projects, students will be able to take 80 further credits of optional specialist modules.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

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

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.

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:

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates are required to study at least 40 credits of History modules, to include 20 credits from each group, across different semesters.

Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the list below:

Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the list below:

The following modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.

These modules are excellent preparation for the final year dissertation.

Candidates may also choose further modules from among the following:

NB. Not all modules will run in every year.

Students may also choose to study the below module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject, pursue additional modules in the two named subjects or take the above FOAH module

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Ancient History and a minimum of 40 credits in History. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects.
All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects (EITHER Ancient History (CLAS) or History (HIST)).

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

All students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules.

All students are required to take ONE of the following Special Subject modules.

Students who take the CLAS FYP may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Students who take the CLAS FYP may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules. These modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.

Students who take the HIST FYP are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in the following optional modules.

Students who take the CLAS FYP may study up to 40 credits in the following optional modules:

NB. Not all modules will run in every year.

Discovery modules:

All students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Ancient History or History.

Last updated: 22/07/2024 16:30:21

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