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BA Ancient History

University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

A degree in Classics and Ancient History, will provide you with skills which are highly valuable to employers across many sectors. You will develop an advanced knowledge of other cultures, learn how to think logically and independently, to interpret and critique sources, to assess and evaluate information and to communicate (verbally and in writing) in a sophisticated way.

General Eligibility

A-Level: AAA-AAB IB: 36/666-34/665 BTEC: DDD Contextual offers A-Level: ABB-BBB IB: 32/655-30/555 BTEC: DDM

Part Time Work Details

Apprentices will need to be employed by your organization for a minimum of 30 hours per week. Your organization will also need to commit to sponsoring apprentices to complete this qualification.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
Greek History: Problems and Sources Roman History: Problems and Sources Classical Language and Texts: Greek I Classical Language and Texts: Greek II Classical Language and Texts: Greek III Classical Language and Texts: Latin I Classical Language and Texts: Latin II Classical Language and Texts: Latin III Ancient Sources (Written Evidence) - Tyranny Ancient World (Written Evidence): Persuasion in Ancient Greece Ancient World: Greek Philosophy Ancient World: Roman Philosophy Text and Context: Early Greek Poetry Text and Context: Roman Laughter
2 Year 2
Greek History: Problems and Sources Roman History: Problems and Sources Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Tyranny Ancient World (Written Evidence): Persuasion in Ancient Greece Ancient World: Greek Philosophy Ancient World: Roman Philosophy Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus Ancient Sources Material Evidence: Building Communities in Archaic Greece
3 Year 3
The Crisis of the Athenian Polis Dissertation Philip II and Alexander the Great of Macedon Ancient Literary Criticism Ovid and the Erotic Passions The World of Late Antiquity The World(s) of Didactic Poetry Applied Classics Receptions of the Classical Body Classical Language and Texts: Greek II Classical Language and Texts: Greek III Classical Language and Texts: Greek IV Classical Language and Texts: Greek V: Imperial Greek Prose Classical Language and Texts: Latin II Classical Language and Texts: Latin III Classical Language and Texts: Latin IV Classical Language and Texts: Latin V: Epic Greek Political Thought Being and Not-Being in Greek Philosophy: from Parmenides to Aristotle Ancient Science and Society Dialogues with the Past: Creative Interpretative Project Polybios and the Challenge of Change The Persians in a Near Eastern Context Courage in the Ancient World Lost Works and Fragments Roman Political Thought Knowledge, Wealth and Power in the Ancient World

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
IELTS and IELTS Indicator (International English Language Testing System – academic version) 6.5 and no less than 6.0 in the writing section and no less than 5.5 in any other section TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home Edition and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition 90 with minimum scores of 21 for writing, 21 for listening, 22 for reading and 23 for speaking.

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