Bachelor of Arts (BA)

BA Ancient History

Explore the Graeco-Roman world as a historian.
  • Duration: 3 years
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: V110 / Institution code: M20
  • Key features:
  • Study with a language

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Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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Course unit details:
Intensive Greek 1

Course unit fact file
Unit code CAHE20151
Credit rating 20
Unit level Level 2
Teaching period(s) Semester 1
Available as a free choice unit? Yes

Overview

This is the first half of a two-module intensive programme that will take you beyond A-Level standard by the end of the year. It is designed to be fast-moving but rewarding. It is available to undergraduates in any year as well as to postgraduates. This first module assumes no previous knowledge of Greek or any foreign language, but if you have GCSE Greek you may still take it for credit; if you have AS Level Greek, you should audit this module in order thoroughly to revise and consolidate your Greek, and then in Semester 2 take CLAH 30162 Intensive Greek 2 for credit.

Pre/co-requisites

None. However, this course may not be taken for credit by candidates who have already achieved a qualification in Greek which is higher than GCSE. You may take this course if you have GCSE Greek. Students with A-Level Greek should take CAHE30120 Advanced Greek 1. Students who are not ready to enrol on CAHE30120 may audit CAHE20151 and take CAHE30162 for credit.    


Students hoping to continue the study of Greek in subsequent years are required to register also for the second semester course Intensive Greek II (CAHE30162). Students taking BA Classical Studies or BA Ancient History are strongly encouraged to register for both units.

Anti-requisite: Students are not permitted to take CAHE20151 Intensive Greek  and CAHE20171 Intensive Latin in the same academic year.
 

Aims

To introduce students to the basic elements of the Greek language.

Knowledge and understanding

By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:

  • a knowledge and understanding of the basic workings of a highly-inflected language, Classical Greek;
  • mastery of (roughly half of) the basic Greek forms and constructions (accidence and syntax), together with a vocabulary of several hundred words, and a developing ability to use them both actively and passively;
  • the ability to read a simple Greek text, seen or unseen, with fluency and accuracy.

Intellectual skills

By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:

  • subject-specific skills, including an incipient ability to read, understand, translate and write Greek;
  • an insight into the nature of the differences between English and Classical Greek.

Practical skills

See specific skills listed below

Transferable skills and personal qualities

By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:

  • an increased awareness of the structures and resources of the English language;
  • a developed ability to analyse and to describe linguistic forms and structures.

Employability skills

Other
The course supports the development of a large number of important employment skills, most notably the ability to understand, commit to memory, and successfully deploy the elements of a complex communication system. Conscientious study of an ancient language enhances understanding of English grammatical structures and broadens vocabulary, thereby enhancing the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and eloquently. Students of ancient languages also learn how to extract key elements from complex information and to identify, make sense of, and solve associated problems.

Assessment methods

Method Weight
Other 40%
Written exam 60%

Test

Feedback methods

Feedback method

Formative or Summative

Written feedback on weekly homeworks

Formative

Oral feedback in seminars

Formative

Written and oral feedback on summative assessments

Formative and Summative

Recommended reading

Compulsory purchases:

  • Greek to GCSE: Part 1. Revised edition for OCR GCSE Classical Greek (9–1). Bloomsbury. 2016. 
     

Recommended purchases:  

  • Greek to GCSE: Part 2. Revised edition for OCR GCSE Classical Greek (9-1), Bloomsbury. 2016. 

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures 22
Seminars 22
Independent study hours
Independent study 156

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Manolis Tsakiris Unit coordinator

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