Students on this programme will benefit from contact with leading scholars in their field in both of the partner subjects. The Schools of English and LCS are both internationally recognised research leaders in their fields, with long-established reputations for excellence in research and teaching.
The programme begins with structured foundational study across a small number of compulsory modules, but also offers a high degree of module choice at levels 2 and 3. Students are exposed to a broad range of different fields of study within the two disciplines, innovative assessment methods (e.g. online discussion forums, wikis, student surveys, posters) and a considerable element of research-based learning culminating in an independent research project at level 3.
Students on this programme may apply for transfer to a European or an International Degree. The opportunity to apply for a work placement degree is also available. Those students who are accepted may participate in one of our Erasmus/Socrates schemes or go to one of a range of universities with which the University of Leeds has established links.
(No longer recruiting from 2025/26)
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1055 | Writing Matters | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL1065 | Reading Between the Lines | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAS1300 | The Greek World: an Introduction | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| CLAS1615 | Greek Poets | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAS1400 | The Roman World: An Introduction | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
| CLAS1625 | Roman Poets | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
Level 1 students may also choose two further option modules in either subject:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAS1100 | Ancient Lives | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS1200 | Intermediate Ancient Greek | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS1250 | Intermediate Latin | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| CLAS1650 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS1810 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 1) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ENGL1221 | Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1286 | Drama: Reading and Interpretation | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| ENGL1855 | Race, Writing and Decolonization | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
(No longer recruiting from 2025/26)
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At Level 2, Candidates will be required to study the following core modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAS2800 | Evidence and Enquiry in Classics | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| ENGL2030 | Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2045 | Body Language: Literature and Embodiment | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAS2600 | Virgil's Aeneid | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2700 | Homer's Iliad | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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) | |
| 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) | |
| CLAS2400 | Invisible Greeks and Romans | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| CLAS2450 | Screening Antiquity | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| CLAS2595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| CLAS2890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2900 | Ancient Empires: Power and Control | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2924 | Ancient Comedy | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| CLAS2925 | The Ancient Novel | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| 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 | |
| MODL2045 | From Inferno to the world. Reading Dante’s Divine Comedy in a global context | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the list below. Candidates may not take more than one option from each basket.
Basket 1:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2085 | Medieval and Tudor Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2065 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2090 | Modern Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 3:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2095 | Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2096 | The World Before Us: Literature 1660–1830 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Basket 4:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2055 | American Words, American Worlds | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2080 | Contemporary Literature | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
Level 2 students may take 20 credits of Discovery module or FOAH2020 Towards the Future: Skills in Context in place of an English or Ancient History option module, provided they have fulfilled the programme requirements to take at least 40 credits in both subjects.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
(No longer recruiting from 2025/26)
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Students pursue a Study Abroad Year at a partner institution.
Students must pursue one of the modules below:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL9001 | English Year Abroad | 120 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| MODL9001 | Year Abroad (Study) | 120 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| MODL9002 | Year Abroad (FLA Placement) | 120 | Not running in 202526 | PFP |
Students must pass the study year abroad in order to be awarded the degree entitled 'International'.
For Horizon Year Abroad Students
If you register for Horizon Year Abroad, you will take LEED9000 Horizon Year Abroad (100 credits) and you will also be required to register for MODL3150 Intercultural Communication and Global Citizenship: A Critical Approach for the Horizon Year Abroad (20 credits). Both of these modules must be passed.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEED9000 | Horizon Year Abroad | 100 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3150 | Intercultural Communication and Global Citizenship: A Critical Approach for the Horizon Year Abroad | 20 | 1 Jun to 30 Sep |
(No longer recruiting from 2025/26)
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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. .
Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAS3200 | Major Research Project | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ENGL3005 | Textual Editing Project | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ENGL3041 | Final Year Project | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
If CLAS3200 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-2; if either ENGL3005 or ENGL3041 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-2.
Basket 1:
The list provided below is indicative and subject to change year by year depending on staff availability.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3031 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3033 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3037 | Speech Acts: Contemporary Approaches to Text and Performance | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3046 | Parts, Periodicals, Newspapers: Literature and the Nineteenth-Century Press | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3063 | Haunted Hinterlands: Wyrd Works and Folk Horror Fictions | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3068 | African American Narrative | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3069 | African Literature | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| ENGL3073 | Turks, Moors and Jews: Race and Identity in Early Modern Drama | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3484 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| FOAH3001 | Global African Writing | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2:
The list provided below is indicative and subject to change year by year depending on staff availability.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3008 | Writing Modern Sexualities | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3062 | Charles Dickens Then & Now | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3065 | Page, Publication and Audience | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3072 | Narratives of Witchcraft and Magic | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3163 | Milton | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3391 | September 11 in Fact and Fiction | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3394 | Bowie, Reading, Writing | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3461 | Imagining the United States: Citizenship, Domesticity and Slavery | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3476 | Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Culture, Media | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3483 | The Politics of Language | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3579 | Law and Literature: Transgression, Justice, and Interpretation | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
If either ENGL3005 or ENGL3041 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules in Basket 3; if CLAS3200 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules in Basket 3:
Basket 3: 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| CLAS3150 | The Worlds of Alexander the Great: From Pella to Punjab | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3230 | Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3260 | Intermediate Latin (Level 3) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep 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 | |
| CLAS3450 | Screening Antiquity | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| CLAS3595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 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 | |
| CLAS3750 | The Divine and the Diviners: The Philosophy and Practice of Roman Religion | 20 | ||
| CLAS3760 | Ancient Pastoral Poetry: Theocritus and Virgil | 20 | ||
| CLAS3790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| CLAS3815 | Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3835 | Advanced Ancient Greek | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3915 | Beginners Latin (Level 3) | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3935 | Advanced Latin | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3045 | From Inferno to the world. Reading Dante’s Divine Comedy in a global context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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