BA Ancient History and History (Industrial)

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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Programme specification

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional modules so you can fit in both subjects. Classical texts are taught in translation, so you don’t need to have studied an ancient language. However, we offer Ancient Greek and Latin in every year of the degree if you want to learn or continue with either.

The Ancient History and History degree programme allows you to study history from the ancient world right up to the present day. You’ll have the chance to explore the civilisations of ancient Greece, Rome and Persia as well as more recent history across the globe. Students on this programme will benefit from contact with leading scholars in their field in both of the partner subjects. The Schools of History and Languages, Cultures and Societies are both internationally-recognised research leaders in their fields, with long-established reputations for excellence in research and teaching.

A combination of core modules will give you a good grounding in different types of historical research methods, archaeology, literary analysis and life in ancient Greek and Roman society. You’ll also choose from a range of optional modules that covers everything from Sparta to the Tudors, the history of Britain, Indian or African history, or black politics in the US to the present day. You’ll even have the chance to begin or continue with Latin or Ancient Greek throughout your degree. This degree allows you to combine the skills of the classicist and the historian to pursue your interests across periods and cultures. Throughout the course, you will develop valuable interpretative and analytical skills, as well as becoming a confident researcher. You will demonstrate these qualities in when you undertake a Final Year Project on a topic of your choice in either History or Ancient History.

Students on this programme may apply for transfer to an International Degree. The opportunity to apply for a work placement (Industrial Degree) is also available. Classics at Leeds has exchange links with Verona University (Italy) and modern language classes are available before you go to prepare you for the experience. There are also opportunities at our partner universities across the world where courses are taught in English.

At Level 3, all students will take a 40 credit capstone project appropriate to their degree programme. Alongside the capstone projects, students will be able to take 80 further credits of optional specialist modules.

Year 1

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS1300	The Greek World: an Introduction	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS1400	The Roman World: An Introduction	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1000	Exploring History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1065	Diverse Histories of Britain	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional Modules

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST1060	Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-1750	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1310	The Medieval World in Ten Objects	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1320	Medieval Lives: Identities, Cultures and Beliefs	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1510	Global Empires	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1520	Global Decolonization	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1530	The Making of the Twentieth Century	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS1100	Ancient Lives	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS1650	Introduction to Classical Archaeology	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS1030	Advanced Ancient Greek	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1200	Intermediate Ancient Greek	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1810	Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 1)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS1045	Advanced Latin	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS1250	Intermediate Latin	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS1910	Beginners Latin	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.

Year 2

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To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 and 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS2800	Evidence and Enquiry in Classics	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HIST2025	History in Practice	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS2400	Invisible Greeks and Romans	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2900	Ancient Empires: Power and Control	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits, and may study up to 40 credits, of History modules from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-5,to include no more than 20 credits from each basket. The modules offered may vary year on year.

Basket 1: Medieval and Early Modern History

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2083	Voices of the People: Language and Speech in the Early Modern World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2105	Medieval Romans and the shape of Afro-Eurasia today	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2135	Britain and the Industrial Revolution	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2170	Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Basket 2: Modern History

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2011	Mud, Blood and Poetry: The Cultural History of War in Britain	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2360	Bass Culture in Modern Britain	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2432	Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-1939	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2580	Slavery Studies Through Autobiography	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2595	Curiosities and Monstrosities: Stuff on Display in Britain, c. 1753-1851	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it

Basket 3: Cross Listed with International History and Politics

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2140	Imperial Germany 1871-1918	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2152	Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2301	The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1921-1993	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2430	The History of Africa since 1900	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2557	Thinking About History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2565	Histories of Black Britain	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Basket 4: Medieval and Early Modern History

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2045	Transformations of the Roman World	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2073	Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-1715	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2111	Sacred Figures and Social Power: The Saints of Medieval Europe	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV2085	Medieval Narratives in the Modern World: Nationalism, Terrorism, Popular Culture	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Basket 5 Modern History

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2079	The Republic in Crisis: Conflict and Identity in France since 1870	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2103	Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2320	The Lucky Country? The Social History of Australia in the Twentieth Century	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2434	The Global Caribbean, 1641-1848	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2658	Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. Not all modules in this list will run every year.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS2255	The Worlds of Alexander the Great	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2352	The World of Herodotus	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2390	The Rise of Rome: Myth and History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2420	Augustus and his Legacy	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2650	The Image of Sparta	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2680	Greek Art and Society	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS2740	Greek Religion	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2890	The City in the Roman World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2926	A Water History of the Ancient World	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2927	Time, Space and Place in the Greek and Roman Worlds	20	Not running in 202526

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules. Not all modules in this list will run every year.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS2120	Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2125	Writing Love in the Ancient World	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2220	Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2450	Screening Antiquity	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2595	Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2750	Happiness and the Good Life in the Greek and Roman Worlds	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2760	Thinkers and Storytellers: Myth and Reason in the Ancient World	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2790	Greek Tragedy	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2924	Ancient Comedy	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS2925	The Ancient Novel	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS2200	Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2810	Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS2260	Intermediate Latin (Level 2)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS2910	Beginners Latin (Level 2)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.

Year 3

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Those accepted onto the Work Placement Programme spend their third year in industry, between Levels 2 and 3.

Students must follow an approved programme of study during their year in industry which is monitored by the placement tutor(s) responsible within the Careers Centre. In order to be awarded the Work Placement Degree, students must have fulfilled the requirement that they undertake a full 1200 hours of work placement, in which they must perform satisfactorily.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
FOAH8001	Work Placement Year	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Year 4

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To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 and 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects.

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS3200	Major Research Project	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3500	History Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following History Special Subject modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST3001	Conquest, Convivencia and Conflict: Christian and Muslim Spain, 711-1212	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3005	The 'Russian' Civil Wars, 1916-1922	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3018	Pieces of A Man: the art, politics and life of Gil Scott-Heron (1949 – 2011)	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3026	People, Water and Sand: An Environmental History of the Middle East	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3071	An Animal History of Byzantium, c. 1000-1200	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3235	Dividing India: The Road to Democracy in South Asia, 1939-1952	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3240	The Harlem Renaissance: Black Culture and Politics 1919-1940	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3270	The Third Reich, 1933-1945	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3290	Popular Belief in the Medieval West 1000-c.1500	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3332	The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3390	The Soviet Sixties: Politics and Society in the USSR, 1953-1968	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3498	Early Modern Media: Printing and the People in Europe c.1500-c.1800	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3590	White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3687	The Later Elizabethan Age: Politics and Empire	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3695	The Korean War	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3745	Secret Service: The World of British Intelligence	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3747	The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 1979	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3785	Europe on the Move: Refugees and Resettlement, 1919-59	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3888	The Global Vietnam War	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3930	The First World War: A Global Conflict	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST3100	Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-1900	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3453	The Body in Australian History, 1788-2007	20	Not running in 202526
HIST3689	Order and Disorder in Early Modern France: Understanding the French Wars of Religion	20	Not running in 202526
HIST3723	Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy	20	Not running in 202526
HIST3790	Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-1888	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

If HIST3500 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-4; if CLAS3200 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-4:

Basket 1: candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following. Not all modules in this list will run every year.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS3004	A Water History of the Ancient World	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3006	Time, Space and Place in the Greek and Roman Worlds	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3150	The Worlds of Alexander the Great: From Pella to Punjab	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3352	The World of Herodotus	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3390	The Rise of Rome: Myth and History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3420	Augustus and his Legacy	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3650	The Image of Sparta	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3680	Greek Art and Society	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3740	Greek Religion	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3890	The City in the Roman World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Basket 2: candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following. Not all modules in this list will run every year.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS3001	Ancient Comedy	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3002	The Ancient Novel	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CLAS3003	Thinkers and Storytellers: Myth and Reason in the Ancient World	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3005	Happiness and the Good Life in the Greek and Roman Worlds	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3007	Writing Love in the Ancient World	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3120	Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS3220	Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3450	Screening Antiquity	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3595	Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present	20	Not running in 202526
CLAS3790	Greek Tragedy	20	Not running in 202526

Basket 3: candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS3230	Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3815	Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3835	Advanced Ancient Greek	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Basket 4: candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CLAS3260	Intermediate Latin (Level 3)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3915	Beginners Latin (Level 3)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CLAS3935	Advanced Latin	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules

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