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B.A. Ancient and Medieval with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Students choose 80 credits of optional modules. Optional modules: Students must choose TWO co-requisite Special Subject modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) in EITHER History OR CAHA. Optional modules: Students then choose 40-credits of optional modules (20 in each Semester) which may include up to 40 credits of appropriate level ancient language modules. OR students may choose a Special Subject from the other department. If students have not undertaken a 20-credit LI Professional Skills module in Year 2, you may choose to take this at LH in place of a 20-credit CAHA option in Semester 1. Optional modules: Credits must be evenly balanced between semesters. Optional modules: All optional lists are indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability. Optional modules: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) from History AND 40 credits of optional modules from History or CAHA (20 in each semester) PLUS the 40-credit Dissertation. Optional modules: OR Optional modules: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) from CAHA AND 40 credits of optional modules from History or CAHA (20 in each semester) PLUS the 40-credit Dissertation. Optional modules: OR Optional modules: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) from History AND two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) from CAHA PLUS the 40-credit Dissertation.

History Special Subjects (A) in Semester 1:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe: A 09 36066 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects A 09 32131 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: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I A 09 37956 20 Semester 1

History Special Subjects (B) in Semester 2:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe: B 09 36067 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects B 09 32129 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: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I B 09 37958 20 Semester 2

CAHA Special Subjects A in Semester 1:

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 37889 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Ritual and Religion: performance, materiality and belief 09 37462 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: The Roman Republic in Imperial Imagination 09 37467 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: The Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE 09 37469 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture 09 37456 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Living and dying in wetlands 09 37369 20 Semester 1

CAHA Special Subjects B in Semester 2:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject B: (De)constructing the Romans 09 37807 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Carthage and Rome 09 37473 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World 09 37453 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Democracy and Empire: The World of the Athenian archē 09 37455 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 37368 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Greek Epigram 09 37459 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Greeks and Barbarians 09 37475 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: How to build an Empire: Communication and Conflict (-Resolution) 09 37465 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Living and dying in wetlands 09 37371 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Performance Culture in the Ancient World 09 37808 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Ritual and Religion: performance, materiality and belief 09 37463 20 Semester 2
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 37470 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject B: Wonderful things: an introduction to ancient Egyptian art and architecture 09 37457 20 Semester 2

History Options. History Options. Students may choose 40 credits of optional modules (20 credits in each semester) History Options. This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Advanced Option: Before Globalization?: Afro-Eurasian World History 500-1800 09 38888 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Experts, Scholars, and Spies: the Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe 09 38744 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: Indigenous and Settler Histories 09 38748 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Women Behaving Badly in Tudor and Stuart England 09 38760 20 Semester 2

CAHA Options. This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Age of Empires 09 27256 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 1
LH Greek Mythology 09 27276 20 Semester 2
LH Hellenistic Literature 09 29632 20 Semester 1
LH Humans and Environments 09 23536 20 Semester 2
LH Introduction to Egyptian A 09 34715 20 Semester 1
LH Introduction to Egyptian B 09 34716 20 Semester 2
LH Love in Greek Literature 09 28093 20 Semester 1
LH War, Peace, and Diplomacy in the Roman World 09 30686 20 Semester 1
Sparta 09 22891 20 Semester 2

OR 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.

Language modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Greek 1 09 38790 20 Semester 1
LH Greek 2 09 38791 20 Semester 2
LH Greek 3 09 38813 20 Semester 1
LH Greek Texts 09 38814 20 Semester 2
LH Introduction to Egyptian A 09 34715 20 Semester 1
LH Introduction to Egyptian B 09 34716 20 Semester 2
LH Latin 1 09 38849 20 Semester 1
LH Latin 2 09 38850 20 Semester 2
LH Latin 3 09 38858 20 Semester 1
LH Latin Texts 09 38859 20 Semester 2