BA (Hons) German and Egyptology
Course Overview
This innovative Joint Honours programme allows you to combine the study of German language and culture with the fascinating history of Ancient Egypt in a single, tailored degree. You will develop advanced linguistic skills while exploring the artefacts, languages, and societies of the ancient world, creating a unique academic profile. The course offers exceptional flexibility, enabling you to design a curriculum that aligns perfectly with your intellectual passions and career goals.
Key Program Highlights
- Design a truly bespoke degree by studying two distinct disciplines: German and Egyptology.
- Gain advanced proficiency in the German language while investigating ancient Egyptian history, art, and culture.
- Benefit from the unique flexibility to adjust the weighting of each subject after your first year.
- Choose from over 30 subjects within the Honours Select framework to build your ideal programme.
- Develop a highly unique and interdisciplinary skillset valued by a diverse range of employers.
Course Overview
This innovative Joint Honours programme allows you to combine the study of German language and culture with the fascinating history of Ancient Egypt in a single, tailored degree. You will develop advanced linguistic skills while exploring the artefacts, languages, and societies of the ancient world, creating a unique academic profile. The course offers exceptional flexibility, enabling you to design a curriculum that aligns perfectly with your intellectual passions and career goals.
Key Program Highlights
- Design a truly bespoke degree by studying two distinct disciplines: German and Egyptology.
- Gain advanced proficiency in the German language while investigating ancient Egyptian history, art, and culture.
- Benefit from the unique flexibility to adjust the weighting of each subject after your first year.
- Choose from over 30 subjects within the Honours Select framework to build your ideal programme.
- Develop a highly unique and interdisciplinary skillset valued by a diverse range of employers.
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
