2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Classical Literature and Philosophy (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
| Programme code: | BACLAS&PHI-R | UCAS code: | QV8M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Classics and Ancient History (including Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek)
Philosophy
Programme specification:
The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme: BA Classical Literature and Philosophy
Classical Literature gives you the chance to explore some of the most important texts in world literature, and how they have been received in other cultures. You’ll combine core and optional modules to appreciate works by writers such as Homer, Virgil, Aeschylus, Apuleius, Plato and Ovid, all read in English translation, offering a window into Ancient Greek and Roman culture and history. You'll explore poetry, prose, comedy, and tragedy plays in the ancient theatre and discover how later writers from the ancient world to the present day have been inspired by the classics. You can also choose to study Ancient Greek and Latin in every year of the degree.
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 Classical Literature.
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
| CLAS1615 | Greek Poets | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS1625 | Roman Poets | 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 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 the following optional module:
| CLAS1100 | Ancient Lives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| 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:
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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.
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.
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:
| CLAS2600 | Virgil's Aeneid | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2700 | Homer's Iliad | 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) | |
| 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) |
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 | |
| CLAS2710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS2790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2920 | Plato's Republic | 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.
| 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 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) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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.
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.
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following 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) |
If CLAS3200 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules; if either PRHS3000 or PRHS3001 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
- Bioethics (20 Credits)
- Ancient Philosophy (20 Credits)
- Philosophy of Language (20 Credits)
| PHIL3125 | Continental Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3310 | Philosophy of Sex and Relationships | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3322 | Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art | 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) | |
| PHIL3855 | Philosophical Issues in Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
If either PRHS3000 or PRHS3001 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-4; if CLAS3200 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-4:
Basket 1: candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following. Not all modules in this list will run every year.
| CLAS3120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3360 | Ovid the Innovator | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3370 | Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel | 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 | |
| CLAS3710 | Plato on Love | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3900 | Roman Comedy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3910 | Plato's Republic | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Basket 2: candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following. Not all modules in this list will run every year.
| CLAS3150 | The Worlds of Alexander the Great: From Pella to Punjab | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3250 | The Athenian Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3350 | Herodotus and the Beginning of History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| 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 | |
| CLAS3650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| CLAS3740 | Greek Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Basket 3: candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following:
| CLAS3230 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3) | 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) |
Basket 4: candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following:
| CLAS3260 | Intermediate Latin (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3915 | Beginners Latin (Level 3) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3935 | Advanced Latin | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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