Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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

Year: 4
2024/25 Session

Students must choose two 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. The two choices must be co-requisite modules

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject A: (De)constructing the Romans 09 37882 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: 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 Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE 09 37469 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject B: (De)constructing the Romans 09 37807 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: 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 Spartan kosmos 545-371 BCE 09 37470 20 Semester 2
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 1 09 38790 20 Semester 1
LH Greek 2 09 38791 20 Semester 2
LH Greek 3 09 38813 20 Semester 1
LH Greek Mythology 09 27276 20 Semester 2
LH Greek Texts 09 38814 20 Semester 2
LH Hellenistic Literature 09 29632 20 Semester 1
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
LH Love in Greek Literature 09 28093 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject A: Living and dying in wetlands 09 37369 20 Semester 1
LH War, Peace, and Diplomacy in the Roman World 09 30686 20 Semester 1

Choose 40-60 credits (depending on whether the student does the Dissertation or an Extended Essay) from the Department’s provision of optional modules & ancient languages. The list will be provided by the Department & differs year by year. Students must do either the Dissertation or an Extended essay. They may chose the semester they wish to do the extended essay & must choose either an optional module in the other semester or an Advanced/ intermediate Language that runs across the year.

Students may choose to do 1 or 2 intermediate or advanced languages.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
CAHA Dissertation 09 26194 40 Full Term
LH CAHA Extended Essay 09 28092 20 Full Term

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.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1

Students who have taken LI 37673 Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy cannot take the LH version of this module.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 38933 20 Semester 1