2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Ancient History and Philosophy
| Programme code: | BA-AHIS&PHIL | UCAS code: | V150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Paul White | Contact address: | p.m.white@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry
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:
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:
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 Philosophy(For students entering from September 2024 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.
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.
Ancient History offers you the chance to explore the Ancient Greeks and Romans and the people they envied and emulated, traded with and invaded through studying their literature, architecture, art, material culture and a range of other sources. You’ll study the civilisations of ancient Greece, Rome, Persia and beyond, and how they have been received and interpreted by other cultures. You’ll gain an understanding of life in these unique societies as they evolved, as well as developing your own interests through investigating the Athenian empire, Sparta and the Peloponnesian League, and Rome from Republic to Empire.
With philosophy at Leeds, you can explore fundamental questions about how we understand the world: what’s the difference between belief and knowledge? Why are we here? How do we know what we know – and can we ever know anything at all? Through core and optional modules you’ll learn how to construct arguments and study key topics such as ethics and logic, as well as specialist knowledge in topics from ancient and moral philosophy to the ethics of life and death, philosophy of language or aesthetics.
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 Philosophy 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
| 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) | |
| PHIL1260 | How To Do Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional 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) |
The remaining 40 credits may be taken either as Discovery credits, or as choices from the optional modules listed below, or as a combination of both.
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| PHIL1005 | The Mind | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL1007 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL1015 | Thinking About Race | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL1022 | Philosophy Meets the World | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| CLAS1100 | Ancient Lives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS1650 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| CLAS1030 | Advanced Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS1200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS1810 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 1) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
| CLAS1045 | Advanced Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS1250 | Intermediate Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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 module:
| CLAS2800 | Evidence and Enquiry in Classics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following core optional modules:
| CLAS2400 | Invisible Greeks and Romans | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2900 | Ancient Empires: Power and Control | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may also choose further modules from among the following:
| CLAS2120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2255 | The Worlds of Alexander the Great | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2260 | Intermediate Latin (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel (Level 2 module) | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2390 | The Rise of Rome: Myth and History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2410 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2430 | The Ancient Greek Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2450 | Screening Antiquity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2460 | Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2600 | Virgil's Aeneid | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2700 | Homer's Iliad | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2740 | Greek Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2810 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2910 | Beginners Latin (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ITAL3045 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2075 | Global Environmental Humanities | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
NB. Not all modules will run in every year.
Students will be required to study at least 40 credits and may study up to 60 credits from the following optional modules:
| PHIL2615 | How Do You Know? Topics in Epistemology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2631 | God, Thought and the World: Topics in Philosophy of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2906 | Do the Right Thing: Topics in Moral Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2915 | How to Live Together: Topics in Political Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2925 | Reality Check: Topics in Metaphysics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students may also choose to study the below module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 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, 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 Philosophy. 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 or Philosophy).
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:
All students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) 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) |
Students who take their FYP in Philosophy are required to take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list of Ancient History optional modules.
Students who take their FYP in Ancient History may take up to 40 credits from the following list of Ancient History optional modules:
| CLAS3120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3150 | The Worlds of Alexander the Great: From Pella to Punjab | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3230 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3260 | Intermediate Latin (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3360 | Ovid the Innovator | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3390 | The Rise of Rome: Myth and History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3430 | The Ancient Greek Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3450 | Screening Antiquity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3460 | Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3740 | Greek Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3815 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3835 | Advanced Ancient Greek | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3900 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3915 | Beginners Latin (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3935 | Advanced Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ITAL3045 | Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3600 | Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MODL3610 | Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL3650 | Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students who take their FYP in Ancient History are required to take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list of Philosophy optional modules.
Students who take their FYP in Philosophy may take up to 40 credits from the following list of Philosophy optional modules
| PHIL3112 | Kant | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3123 | Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3125 | Continental Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| PHIL3865 | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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 Philosophy. Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
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