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BA Classical Civilization and History

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

A degree as demanding and broad as Classical Civilisation and History equips you with a wide range of transferable skills that are highly valuable to employers.

You’ll have advanced communication skills, which allow you to present and defend your ideas confidently and clearly. You’ll also have strong independent research skills and be able to think critically about the information you find. You’ll also have teamwork skills, and the organisational skills needed to handle two different subjects.

This means our graduates are in a great position to succeed in diverse careers. They’ve gone into publishing, law, journalism, education, advertising and marketing, business and finance, the charity sector, and the civil service. Many have also continued to postgraduate study.

General Eligibility

A-level: AAB including A in History if taken

Other course specific tests:

When 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 ABB at A Level including A in History (if taken) 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:

Exploring History

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below):

Ancient Lives

The Greek World: An Introduction

The Roman World: An Introduction

Greek Poets

Roman Poets

Introduction to Classical Archaeology

Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 1)

Intermediate Latin (Level 1)

Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 1)

Beginners Latin

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules:

Evidence and Enquiry in Classics

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below):

Invisible Greeks and Romans

Virgil's Aeneid

Homer's Iliad

Ancient Empires: Power and Control

Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)

Intermediate Latin (Level 2)

Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)

3 Year 3

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

Major Research Project

Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3)

Intermediate Latin (Level 3)

Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 3)

Advanced Ancient Greek

Beginners Latin (Level 3)

Advanced Latin

Traversing Time: The Voyage of Argo

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

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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