2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Ancient History and History (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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 from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Ancient History and History

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]

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 modules:
History in Practice- 20 credits

Optional modules:

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

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits of History modules from the following optional modules in Basket 1 and Basket 2, to include no more than 20 credits from each basket:
Basket 1:

Basket 2:

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. Not all modules in this list will run every year.

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. Not all modules in this list will run every year.

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

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

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.

Discovery modules:

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.

Optional modules:

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.

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following History Special Subject modules:

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

If HIST3500 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.

Basket 2: candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following. Not all modules in this list will run every year.

Basket 3: candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following:

Basket 4: candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following:

Discovery modules:

Last updated: 09/05/2024 11:50:01

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