2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Ancient History and Philosophy (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
| Programme code: | BAAHIS&PHI-R | 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: 365
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit: 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:
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
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]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 2 and 3 are not yet available. Before you enter years 2 and 3 details of modules for those years will be provided.
To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 and 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects.
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 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 will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| PHIL2615 | How Do You Know? Topics in Epistemology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2630 | Metaphysical Questions 2 | credits | ||
| 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) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. Not all modules in this list will run every year.
| CLAS2250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2255 | The Worlds of Alexander the Great | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2390 | The Rise of Rome: Myth and History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2740 | Greek Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. Not all modules in this list will run every year.
| CLAS2120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2360 | Ovid the Innovator | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel (Level 2 module) | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2410 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| 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 | |
| CLAS2920 | Plato's Republic | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| CLAS2200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2810 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| CLAS2260 | Intermediate Latin (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2910 | Beginners Latin (Level 2) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 3 are not yet available. Before you enter year 3 full details of modules for that year will be provided.
To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 and 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects.
Discovery modules:
Last updated: 09/05/2024 11:47:59
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