BA Ancient History
Course Overview
This UK Ancient History degree offers a deep and interdisciplinary exploration of the ancient world, from Egypt to the fall of Rome, providing crucial insights into the foundations of modern society. You will develop specialist knowledge in a supportive research environment and have the unique opportunity to enhance your studies at a university abroad.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from experts across diverse fields including history, archaeology, philosophy, and literature
- Gain hands-on experience through archaeological fieldwork and international study tours
- Choose to study ancient languages like Latin to engage directly with primary sources
- Pursue your specific passions with a wide range of specialized topics and research opportunities
- Option to spend a semester abroad at partner universities across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia
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Course Overview
This UK Ancient History degree offers a deep and interdisciplinary exploration of the ancient world, from Egypt to the fall of Rome, providing crucial insights into the foundations of modern society. You will develop specialist knowledge in a supportive research environment and have the unique opportunity to enhance your studies at a university abroad.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from experts across diverse fields including history, archaeology, philosophy, and literature
- Gain hands-on experience through archaeological fieldwork and international study tours
- Choose to study ancient languages like Latin to engage directly with primary sources
- Pursue your specific passions with a wide range of specialized topics and research opportunities
- Option to spend a semester abroad at partner universities across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia
Requirements
The requirements may vary based on your selected study options.
Modules
- Ancient Sources in Context
- Introduction to the Ancient World
- The Ancient World in the Modern Day
- Thinking Through Things: the archaeology and anthropology of material worlds
- Debates and Issues in Archaeological Science
- From Alexander to Augustus: Leadership in the Ancient World
- From Constantine to Theodosius: Christians, Pagans and Emperors
- Introduction to Ethnography: Food and Culture
- Introduction to Historical Archaeology
- Landscapes and Seascapes of Britain’s Past
- Latin 2
- Literary Transformations
- Masada: History and Myth
- Humanities Study Abroad Preparation Module
- Making History Part 2: Debates and Research
- Making History: Historians and Audiences
- Year Abroad Report Module for Humanities Students
- Year in Employment
- Ancient Greek Philosophy
- Ancient Greeks at War
- Ancient Rome: the First Metropolis
- Bones, bodies and burials: osteology and comparative anatomy
- Cleopatra’s Egypt
- How the Arts Work: A Practical Introduction to Cultural Economics
- Imperial China: From China’s mythical emperors to the 19th century
- Introduction to Ethnography: Food and Culture
- Introduction to Film Studies
- Latin 1
- Latin 2
- Maritime Archaeology
- Myth and the Ancient World
- Peasants, Empresses and Holy Virgins: Women in Late Antiquity
- The Life and Afterlife of the Vikings
- The power of Rome: Europe’s first empire
- Ancient History Dissertation
- Reading Histories
- A Short History of Exploration
- Cultures in Contact: A Diverse Ancient World
- Cultures in Contact: Resisting Rome
- Framing the Past:Stardom, History and Heritage in the Cinema
- How the Arts Work: A Practical Introduction to Cultural Economics
- Later Anglo-Saxon England
- Latin 1
- Latin 2
- Living with the Romans: Urbanism in the Roman Empire
- More than Pyramids & Pharaohs? Ancient Egypt in Context
- Presenting the past: Museums and Heritage
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