Programme Requirements for 2026/27 Session

B.A. Ancient History with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 4
2026/27 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
CAHA Dissertation	09 26194	40	Full Term

Students must choose two co-requisite Special Subject modules (one per semester) to the value of 40 credits from a range of options that will vary from year to year depending on staff availability. Optional modules: Students choose 40 credits of optional modules. This may include up to 40 credits of appropriate level ancient language modules. Students may replace 20 credits with ONE 20-credit Professional Skills module if not undertaken at LI Optional modules: All optional lists are indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability. Optional modules: Credits must be evenly balanced across Semesters.

CAHA Special Subjects A:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject A: (De)constructing the Romans	09 37882	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Carthage and Rome	09 37472	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World	09 37452	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Democracy and Empire: The World of the Athenian archē	09 37454	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Far-flung corners: being Roman in the late Roman world, c. 200-c.550	09 37460	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: From Stonehenge to Mycenae: the Bronze Age in Europe	09 37367	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Greek Epigram	09 37458	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Greeks and Barbarians	09 37474	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: How to build an Empire: Communication and Conflict (-Resolution)	09 37464	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Performance Culture in the Ancient World	09 23512	20	Semester 1

CAHA Special Subjects A:

CAHA Special Subjects A:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester

CAHA Special Subjects A:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject A: The Roman Republic in Imperial Imagination	09 37467	20	Semester 1

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject A: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE	09 32131	20	Semester 1

CAHA Special Subjects A:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject A: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture	09 30957	20	Semester 1

CAHA Special Subjects A:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject A: Living and dying in wetlands	09 35001	20	Semester 1

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: (De)constructing the Romans	09 37807	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Carthage and Rome	09 30931	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World	09 37453	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Democracy and Empire: The World of the Athenian archē	09 30932	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Far-flung corners: being Roman in the late Roman world, c. 200-c.550	09 37461	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: From Stonehenge to Mycenae: the Bronze Age in Europe	09 37120	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Greek Epigram	09 30956	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Greeks and Barbarians	09 37112	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: How to build an Empire: Communication and Conflict (-Resolution)	09 37122	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Living and dying in wetlands	09 37124	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Performance Culture in the Ancient World	09 37808	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Ritual and Religion: performance, materiality and belief	09 30955	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: The Roman Republic in Imperial Imagination	09 37468	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE	09 30960	20	Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject B: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture	09 31842	20	Semester 2

Optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Age of Empires	09 30959	20	Semester 1

Optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Death, Burial and Society	09 24039	20	Semester 2
LH Face to face with Egypt’s Gods	09 32026	20	Semester 1

Optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Greek Mythology	09 38880	20	Semester 2

Optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Hellenistic Literature	09 36067	20	Semester 1

Optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Humans and Environments	09 32129	20	Semester 2

Optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Love in Greek Literature	09 31114	20	Semester 1

Optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH War, Peace, and Diplomacy in the Roman World	09 30686	20	Semester 1
Sparta	09 22891	20	Semester 2

Special Subjects (B) Sem 2:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
	09 35002	0

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Greek 1	09 37868	20	Semester 1

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Greek 2	09 31109	20	Semester 2

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Greek 3	09 32125	20	Semester 1

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Greek Texts	09 31110	20	Semester 2

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Introduction to Egyptian A	09 37121	20	Semester 1

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Introduction to Egyptian B	09 31113	20	Semester 2

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Latin 1	09 37116	20	Semester 1

Language modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Latin 2	09 37123	20	Semester 2

Special Subjects (B) Sem 2:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Latin 3	09 37125	20	Semester 1

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Latin Texts	09 37958	20	Semester 2

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation. Students who undertook a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.