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 Latin 2
| Unit code | CAHE30182 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
This course continues from CAHE20171 Intensive Latin 1.
Pre/co-requisites
Pre-requisite units
At least 40% scored in the course unit CAHE20171 Intensive Latin 1. Students who, previous to starting CAHE20171, had achieved a qualification in Latin higher than GCSE (for example, AS-level, Scottish Higher, International Baccalaureate), are expected to have audited CAHE20171 and may now take CAHE30182 Intensive Latin 2 for credit. No student may enter CAHE30182 without having scored at least 40% in CAHE20171.
Aims
- To complete the study of Latin grammar and syntax begun in CAHE20171 Intensive Latin 1
- To reach the stage where students can read Latin texts unaided
Knowledge and understanding
By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:
- consolidation of the material of CAHE20171;
- completion of the student’s introduction to the essentials of Latin syntax and vocabulary, with further development of active and passive competence in the Latin language;
- enhanced reading knowledge of the language to a point at which students can begin to read unmodified Latin texts with accuracy, confidence, and enjoyment.
Intellectual skills
By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:
as for CAHE20171 Intensive Latin 1, but at a more advanced level of language-awareness.
Practical skills
By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:
as for CAHE20171 Intensive Latin 1, but at a more advanced level of language-awareness.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:
as for CAHE20171 Intensive Latin 1, but at a more advanced level of language-awareness.
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
Test - 40%
Exam - 60%
Feedback methods
Feedback method | Formative or Summative |
in-class feedback on exercises and translation | Formative |
individual written feedback on weekly written homework; this feedback is provided weekly | Formative |
consultation hours or other meetings by arrangement | Formative |
automated feedback through online quizzes | Formative |
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 22 |
| Seminars | 22 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 156 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Alison Sharrock | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes