2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Classical Civilisation (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
| Programme code: | BACLCV-R | UCAS code: | 8G42 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
Classics and Ancient History (including Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek)
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 Civilisation
Classics is defined as the study of the Greek and Roman world. The broad chronological limits of that study are the period between the earliest surviving Greek literature (approximately the 8th century BC) and the fall of the western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, but it also covers the reception of ancient culture in a variety of media, including art, literature and film, going right up to the present day.
Likewise the subject has broad geographical limits: it covers the entire area eventually occupied by the Roman empire, from Britain in the north-west to Mesopotamia in the south-east, from the country of the Rhine and Danube in central Europe to the whole northern edge of Africa. Within those limits anything within the culture is a legitimate topic of study: its literature and languages, its art and philosophy, its history and society: these may be studied through textual or material remains as appropriate.
This includes some of the foundational texts and ideas, and some of the most inspiring artistic works of European culture, whether the epic poetry of Homer and Virgil, the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, the stories of Greek mythology, or key historical events such as the Persian Wars and the creation of the Roman Empire.
Classical Civilisation is the degree that offers the broadest approach to this general area of study, and students have freedom within the programme to choose their own paths so as to specialise in literary, historical and social or philosophical aspects of the subject, or to opt for interdisciplinary combinations. Texts are studied in translation, although there are opportunities to take up the study of Greek and Latin, and we certainly encourage students to do so.
The programme includes general overviews of Greek and Roman history and culture, and a particular focus on Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid, as the key texts for understanding the classical world. But a wide variety of other options are on offer, and students are given the opportunity to select among them.
Leeds has leading researchers in many of the central fields of classical study who teach in their own areas of specialism; it also has first-rate library and IT facilities, of which students are encouraged to make the fullest use.
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) | |
| CLAS1615 | Greek Poets | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS1625 | Roman Poets | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
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 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) |
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]
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 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| CLAS2400 | Invisible Greeks and Romans | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2600 | Virgil's Aeneid | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2700 | Homer's Iliad | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2900 | Ancient Empires: Power and Control | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 60 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 take no more than a total of 60 discovery credits offered by other programmes of study over Levels 2 and 3.
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| CLAS3200 | Major Research Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits, and may study up to 60 credits, from the following optional modules. 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 |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. 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 |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| 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) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| 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 take no more than a total of 60 discovery credits offered by other programmes of study over Levels 2 and 3.
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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