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.
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Students 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) |
Students 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) | |
| MEDV1081 | Religion and Culture: Medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam | 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.
Students 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) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students 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) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students 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 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS1910 | Beginners Latin | 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.
Students may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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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.
Students 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) |
Students 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) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST2035 | Medieval Masculinities: Sex, Violence and Learning 1000-1200 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2083 | Voices of the People: Language and Speech in the Early Modern World | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2090 | Sin in Spanish America, 1571-1700 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2105 | Medieval Romans and the shape of Afro-Eurasia today | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2170 | Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 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) | |
| HIST2309 | Communist Eastern Europe, 1945-89 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2360 | Bass Culture in Modern Britain | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2420 | Nationalism, Colonialism and 'Religious Violence' in India, 1857-1947 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2432 | Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-1939 | 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
| 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) | |
| HIST2557 | Thinking About History | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2565 | Histories of Black Britain | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2658 | Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present | 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 4: Medieval and Early Modern History
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST2037 | Dread and Despair? Living with Disability in the Middle Ages | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| 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) | |
| HIST2220 | The Body, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-1750 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2580 | Slavery Studies Through Autobiography | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST2103 | Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2315 | Mughals, Merchants and Mercenaries: 'Company Raj' in India 1600-1857 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2353 | America and the Sixties | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2430 | The History of Africa since 1900 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2434 | The Global Caribbean, 1641-1848 | 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.
Students 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 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2352 | The World of Herodotus | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2390 | The Rise of Rome: Myth and History | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2740 | Greek Religion | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2890 | The City in the Roman World | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2926 | A Water History of the Ancient World | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS2927 | Time, Space and Place in the Greek and Roman Worlds | 20 | Not running in 202627 |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students 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 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2125 | Writing Love in the Ancient World | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2450 | Screening Antiquity | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2750 | Happiness and the Good Life in the Greek and Roman Worlds | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2760 | Thinkers and Storytellers: Myth and Reason in the Ancient World | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS2790 | Greek Tragedy | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS2924 | Ancient Comedy | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS2925 | The Ancient Novel | 20 | Not running in 202627 |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students 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) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students 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) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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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.
Students 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) | PFP |
| HIST3075 | Public History Project | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| HIST3500 | History Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Students will be required to study 40 credits from the following special subject modules. These modules will vary year on year.
Basket 1 Medieval & Early Modern History
| 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) | |
| HIST3071 | An Animal History of Byzantium, c. 1000-1200 | 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) | |
| HIST3687 | The Later Elizabethan Age: Politics and Empire | 40 | 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 2 Modern History – International
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3235 | Dividing India: The Road to Democracy in South Asia, 1939-1952 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3330 | Europe in an Age of Total Warfare | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3332 | The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3590 | White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3695 | The Korean War | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3930 | The First World War: A Global Conflict | 40 | 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 3 Modern British History
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3076 | Bodies on Display: Histories and Ethics of Human Exhibition in Britain | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3392 | Eastern Subjects: British Attitudes to India, 1757-1857 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3440 | The Photographic Age: Photography, Society and Culture in Britain, 1839-1945 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3685 | Georgians at War | 40 | 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 Modern World History
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3018 | Pieces of A Man: the art, politics and life of Gil Scott-Heron (1949 – 2011) | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3220 | Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3240 | The Harlem Renaissance | 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) |
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 IHP Britain & Europe
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3747 | The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 1979 | 40 | 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 6 IHP Global
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3015 | Indonesia from Revolution to Dictatorship (1945-1967) | 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) | |
| HIST3888 | The Global Vietnam War | 40 | 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.
If students have chosen CLAS3200, they may take 20 credits from the following History option modules. These modules will vary year-on-year.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3074 | The Slave Trade, Slavery and Britain’s Atlantic Empire | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3100 | Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-1900 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3450 | American History, American Historians | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3530 | Mapping the Middle Ages: Space and Representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3790 | Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-1888 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MEDV3010 | Medieval Origin Stories: From the Trojans to the Turks | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MEDV3411 | Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics | 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.
If students have chosen HIST3500 or HIST3075, they will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-4; if CLAS3200 is taken, students may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules in Baskets 1-4:
Basket 1: students 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 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| CLAS3006 | Time, Space and Place in the Greek and Roman Worlds | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3150 | The Worlds of Alexander the Great: From Pella to Punjab | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3352 | The World of Herodotus | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3390 | The Rise of Rome: Myth and History | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3420 | Augustus and his Legacy | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3650 | The Image of Sparta | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3680 | Greek Art and Society | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3740 | Greek Religion | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3890 | The City in the Roman World | 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: students 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 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3002 | The Ancient Novel | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3003 | Thinkers and Storytellers: Myth and Reason in the Ancient World | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3005 | Happiness and the Good Life in the Greek and Roman Worlds | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| CLAS3007 | Writing Love in the Ancient World | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3120 | Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3220 | Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections | 20 | Not running in 202627 | |
| CLAS3450 | Screening Antiquity | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3595 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| CLAS3790 | Greek Tragedy | 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 3: students 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) |
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: students 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) |
Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.
Students may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules
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