- UCAS course code
- Q6R1
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Latin and French
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: Q6R1 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Study with a language
- Typical A-level offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL including specific subjects
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
- Find out more from student finance
- Eligible UK students can apply for bursaries and scholarships
- Funding for EU and international students is on our country-specific pages
- Many students work part-time or complete a student internship
Course unit details:
Social Life in Ancient Egypt
| Unit code | CAHE20072 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
While many museum exhibitions, documentaries and books have focused on the death and Afterlife of the ancient Egyptians, this unit will focus on the body of evidence for daily life and social interactions. It will consider how the Egyptians lived rather than how they died. It will use a mixture of archaeological, textual and iconographic material and focus in particular on sites such as Deir el-Medina to cover topics such as gender roles, inheritance patterns, family relationship, sexuality, the law and economy. The unit will consist of two weekly lectures combined with a weekly seminar.
Aims
- to introduce students to the evidence for daily life and social interactions in ancient Egypt.
- to encourage students to develop a better understanding of how non-elite and elite people lived in Egypt based on scholarly research.
- to provide a broader and more accurate representation of ancient Egyptian society than that projected through funerary archaeology alone.
- to encourage students to develop a more critical approach to the analysis of primary data.
Knowledge and understanding
- to provide a detailed overview of everyday life in an ancient Egyptian town or village in particular during the New Kingdom.
- to demonstrate basic knowledge of ancient Egyptian family relationships and interactions.
- to show an awareness of some of the types of primary sources which can inform us about ancient Egyptian daily life
Intellectual skills
- to conduct high quality guided research.
- to present a clear and balanced academic argument in written form.
- to engage critically with scholarly arguments on the topic.
Practical skills
- to effectively and independently manage time.
- to construct a comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources on a relevant topic.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
• to discuss pertinent research questions in an open forum.
• to conduct guided research based on critical analysis of scholarly literature and some primary source material.
• to construct and present a clear, reasoned argument in written form.
Employability skills
- Other
- This course involves several useful employability skills, primary of which is the ability to conduct independent research, to distil information from a variety of sources, to critically evaluate these sources and use them to underpin a clear and coherent argument in written form.
Assessment methods
| Assessment task | Formative or Summative | Weighting within unit (if summative) |
| Essay | Summative | 60% |
| Exam | Summative | 40% |
Resit Assessment
| Assessment task |
| Essay |
Feedback methods
Feedback method | Formative or Summative |
Written feedback | Summative |
Oral feedback in a dedicated seminar session and upon request during office hours | Formative |
Recommended reading
• Eyre, C. 2013. Use of Documents in Pharaonic Egypt. Oxford University Press.
• Grajetzki, W. 2006. The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: History, Archaeology and Society. Duckworth.
• Lloyd, A. B (ed.) 2014. Ancient Egypt: State and Society. Oxford University Press.
• Meskell, L. 1999. Archaeologies of Social Life. Blackwell.
• Szpakowska, K. M. 2008. Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Recreating Lahun. Blackwell.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 22 |
| Seminars | 11 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 167 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Nicky Nielsen | Unit coordinator |