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BA Ancient History and Philosophy

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

You’ll be capable of researching complex topics independently and thinking critically about information from different sources. You’ll be analytical and have highly developed communication skills. You’ll also have organisational and time management skills. In addition, studying for a joint honours degree allows you to become intellectually versatile as you switch between different disciplines.

Graduates from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures go on to a wide range of careers, including publishing, the armed forces, journalism, law, curatorship, the civil service, advertising and marketing, education, business and finance and the charity sector. Some of our graduate's progress onto postgraduate study.

We do everything we can to help prepare you for your career. Student-run career groups allow you to get together with other students who share your career ambitions. At the same time, you could also become a peer mentor under our scheme or apply for one of the internships the school offers every year.

General Eligibility

A-level: ABB

Other course specific tests:

Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be BBB at A Level and grade A in the EPQ.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • The Greek World: an Introduction

  • The Roman World: An Introduction

  • How to Think Clearly and Argue Well

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Ancient Lives

  • Introduction to Classical Archaeology

  • Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 1)

  • Intermediate Latin (Level 1)

  • Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 1)

  • Beginners Latin

  • Magic, Science and Religion

  • History of Psychology

  • Introduction to the History of ScienceDarwin, Germs and the Bomb

  • The Mind

  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

  • The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong

  • Knowledge, Self and Reality

  • How Science Works

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Evidence and Enquiry in Classics

  • Ancient Empires: Power and Control

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo

  • The Athenian Empire

  • Herodotus and the Beginning of History

  • The Rise of Rome: Myth and History

  • Invisible Greeks and Romans

  • Roman Comedy

  • Augustus and his Legacy

  • The Ancient Greek Novel

  • Screening Antiquity

  • Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy

  • Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present

  • Virgil's Aeneid

  • The Image of Sparta

  • Greek Art and Society

  • Homer's Iliad

  • Plato on Love

  • Greek Religion

  • Greek Tragedy

  • The City in the Roman World

  • Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)

  • Intermediate Latin (Level 2)

  • Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)

  • Beginners Latin (Level 2)

  • History of Modern Philosophy: Locke and Berkeley

  • Ethics of Life and Death

  • Political Philosophy

  • Moral Philosophy

  • Introduction to Epistemology

  • Philosophy of Religion

  • Introduction to Metaphysics

  • Philosophical Issues in Biology

  • How Biology Works

  • Philosophy Students into Schools

  • Thinking About Race

3 Year 3

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo

  • Major Research Project

  • The Athenian Empire

  • Herodotus and the Beginning of History

  • Ovid the Innovator

  • The Rise of Rome: Myth and History

  • Augustus and his Legacy

  • The Ancient Greek Novel

  • Screening Antiquity

  • Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present

  • The Image of Sparta

  • Greek Art and Society

  • Plato on Love

  • Greek Religion

  • Greek Tragedy

  • The City in the Roman World

  • Roman Comedy

  • Introduction to Dante's Comedy (in Translation)

  • Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3)

  • Intermediate Latin (Level 3)

  • Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3)

  • Advanced Ancient Greek

  • Beginners Latin (Level 3)

  • Advanced Latin

  • Philosophy of Mind

  • Feminist Philosophy

  • War, Terror and Justice

  • Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics

  • Philosophy of Modern Physics

  • Philosophical Issues in Technology

  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences

  • Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science

  • Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science

  • Existentialism and Phenomenology

  • External Placement: Beyond the University

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic or IELTS for UKVI (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration) (Academic) or IELTS Online at 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component skill. Please note that we cannot accept results from these tests that are over two years old at the start date of the course you intend to study.

TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) or TOEFL iBT Home Edition at 80 overall with no less than 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 19 in writing. Please note that we do not accept TOEFL My Best scores and we expect candidates to have met the relevant requirements from a single TOEFL test.

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