Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Ancient History and History
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: VV50 / Institution code: M20
- Typical A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ACC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 35 points overall with 6,6,5 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
Scholarships and bursaries are available to eligible Home/EU students, including the Manchester Bursary . This is in addition to the government package of maintenance grants.
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Course unit details:
Intensive Greek 1
| 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, and is based on the second edition of the excellent Reading Greek course. 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:
- Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary, Second Edition. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, 2007
- Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises, Second Edition. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, 2007
Additional reading:
- Speaking Greek. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, 2007 (CD Audiobook)
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 22 |
| Seminars | 22 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 156 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Jenny Bryan | Unit coordinator |