BA (Hons) French and Egyptology
Course Overview
This innovative Joint Honours programme allows you to combine the study of French language and culture with the fascinating history of Ancient Egypt in a single, tailored degree. You will design a curriculum that reflects your specific academic interests and career goals by studying these two distinct disciplines in equal measure. The programme's unique flexibility empowers you to shape your own educational journey from a wide range of module options.
Key Program Highlights
- Design a bespoke degree by combining French and Egyptology in a 50:50 balance.
- Choose from over 30 subjects within the flexible Honours Select framework.
- Potential to adjust the weighting of each subject after your first year.
- Develop a unique and highly specialized academic profile.
- Gain transdisciplinary skills in language, critical analysis, and historical research.
Course Overview
This innovative Joint Honours programme allows you to combine the study of French language and culture with the fascinating history of Ancient Egypt in a single, tailored degree. You will design a curriculum that reflects your specific academic interests and career goals by studying these two distinct disciplines in equal measure. The programme's unique flexibility empowers you to shape your own educational journey from a wide range of module options.
Key Program Highlights
- Design a bespoke degree by combining French and Egyptology in a 50:50 balance.
- Choose from over 30 subjects within the flexible Honours Select framework.
- Potential to adjust the weighting of each subject after your first year.
- Develop a unique and highly specialized academic profile.
- Gain transdisciplinary skills in language, critical analysis, and historical research.
Requirements
Modules
- Introduction to Ancient Egypt I
- Ancient Egyptian Material Culture
- Introduction to Middle Egyptian I
- Introduction to Ancient Egypt II
- Introduction to Middle Egyptian II
- Ancient Egyptian Written Culture
- Principles of Archaeology
- Warfare, Politics and Society in the Greek World
- Classical Greek Literature and Culture
- The Practice of Archaeology
- The Rise of Rome
- Virgil: Literary Cultures and Contexts
- Working with the Past
- Middle Egyptian Texts I
- Egyptian Religion
- Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt
- Middle Egyptian Texts II
- Death in Ancient Egypt: Image, Text and Archaeology
- Coptic Language and Texts
- Death and Mortuary Practices
- Artefacts and Technology
- Human Osteoarchaeology
- Sumerian Language and Literature
- The First Civilisation: Mesopotamia and the Sumerians
- Herodotus' Histories
- Old Worlds and Work Futures: Placements in ACE
- The Roman Experience: History, Archaeology, and Heritage
- The Hellenistic World
- Museums and Monuments
- Settlement Archaeology in Egypt
- Advanced Egyptian Texts
- Social Life in Egypt
- Late Egyptian
- Dissertation
- Akkadian Language and Literature
- International Relations in the Ancient World
- Archaeology and Heritage in Contemporary Society: Ethical and Political Issues
- Egypt after the Pharaohs
- Sumerian Language and Literature
- Biblical Archaeology
- Past, Present and Future: Global Questions and Insights from the Past
- The First Civilisation: Mesopotamia and the Sumerians
