Programme Requirements for 2022/23 Session


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B.A. Ancient and Medieval History Full-time

Year: 3
2022/23 Session

Not all modules are available every year. Choice is also subject to timetable constraint and an equal number of credits being taken in each semester.

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Dissertation 09 23512 40 Full Term

Students must choose two Special Subject modules to the value of 40 credits from a range of Medieval history options that will vary from year to year depending on staff availability. The two choices must be co-requisite modules:

Special Subjects (A):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 A 09 30931 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present A 09 30932 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt A 09 37120 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Empire-wallahs: India in the British Imagination A 09 30927 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Facing the Fuhrer, the Duce and the Emperor: British Foreign and Defence Policies, 1931-1942 A 09 30956 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 A 09 37112 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World A 09 37124 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I A 09 37956 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem A 09 30960 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain A 09 30958 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich A 09 31842 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain A 09 30959 20 Semester 1

Special Subjects (B):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 B 09 31109 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present B 09 31110 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt B 09 37121 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Facing the Fuhrer, the Duce and the Emperor: British Foreign and Defence Policies, 1931-1942 B 09 31113 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 B 09 37116 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World B 09 37125 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I B 09 37958 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem B 09 31117 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain B 09 31115 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich B 09 31840 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain B 09 31116 20 Semester 2

Students must choose two Special Subject modules to the value of 40 credits from a range of Medieval history options that will vary from year to year depending on staff availability. The two choices must be co-requisite modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject A: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World 09 37452 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE 09 37469 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject B: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World 09 37453 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE 09 37470 20 Semester 2

Choose 40 credits of optional modules from lists available annually in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology. At least 20 credits must be at Level H. The choice of optional modules is subject to availability, timetabling constraints and approval of the Programme Leader. Where modules are linked, both elements must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject B: Living and dying in wetlands 09 37371 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Women and Social Movements in Brazil: A 09 35005 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Women and Social Movements in Brazil: B 09 35006 20 Semester 2
LH Age of Empires 09 27256 20 Semester 1
LH Autumn Advanced Option: Britain’s Wars of Colonisation and Decolonisation 09 31864 20 Semester 1
LH Autumn Advanced Option: ‘Vanished: Extinction from the Dodo to Extinction Rebellion’ 09 34967 20 Semester 1
LH Death, Burial and Society 09 24039 20 Semester 2
LH Face to face with Egypt’s Gods 09 32026 20 Semester 2
LH Greek Mythology 09 27276 20 Semester 1
LH Love in Greek Literature 09 28093 20 Semester 1
LH Roman Religion and its Limits 09 29675 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject A: Living and dying in wetlands 09 37369 20 Semester 1
LH Spring Advanced Option: Body Politics 09 32002 20 Semester 2
LH Spring Advanced Option: Bread, Wine and Barricades: Freedom, Ecology and the Nature of Modern France 09 32031 20 Semester 2
LH Spring Advanced Option: Piracy, Plunder, Peoples and Exploitation: English Exploration in the Tudor Period 09 32004 20 Semester 2
LH War, Peace, and Diplomacy in the Roman World 09 30686 20 Semester 1