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:
Advanced Greek Language 3
| Unit code | CAHE30321 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
This course-unit takes you on from CAHE 30221 Advanced Greek 2 to the next level. It involves (a) the accurate translation and linguistic comprehension of unseen texts (verse and in prose); (b) the development of more advanced skills relating to the reading of Greek (c) practice in unprepared translation from English into Greek.
Pre/co-requisites
| Pre/Co/Antirequisite units | Completion (with a mark of at least 40%) of CAHE30220 Advanced Greek 2. Students who have achieved marks below 40% in CAHE30220 Advanced Greek 2 are not permitted to proceed to CAHE30320 Advanced Greek 3. A COMPENSATED FAIL at Advanced 2 IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
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Aims
To continue the study of Greek language acquired at CAHE 30221 Advanced Greek 2, developing skills of reading a wider range of authors (in prose and verse), further consolidating knowledge and understanding of vocabulary and grammar, and developing active knowledge of the language, through translation both into and out of Greek.
Knowledge and understanding
By the end of this course students will have/be able to:
- read a wide range of passages from Greek authors, both verse and prose;
- demonstrate a deeper understanding of Greek grammar;
- increased their engagement with Greek texts, by acquiring honing their knowledge of scansion, understanding the rules of Greek pronunciation, and related issues in the language, including Greek accentuation;
- increased knowledge of the Greek canon.
Intellectual skills
By the end of this course students will have:
- further developed their ability in prose composition, translating both sentences and continuous passages of English into idiomatic Greek;
- increased capacity to translate unseen passages of Greek into English, with reduced assistance.
Practical skills
By the end of this course students will be able to:
- use language aids, such as dictionaries and grammars, fast and skilfully
Transferable skills and personal qualities
By the end of this course students will be able to show:
- self-discipline;
- organisation;
- problem solving.
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
| Mid-semester test | 30% |
| In-person exam | 70% |
Feedback methods
| Feedback method | Formative or Summative |
Written feedback on weekly homework exercises
| Formative |
Written feedback on summative assessment (mid-year exam)
| Formative & Summative |
Additional one-to-one feedback (during the consultation hour or by making an appointment).
| Formative |
Recommended reading
S. Anderson, J. Taylor, Writing Greek (Bloomsbury, 2010)
Other materials will be provided on the Virtual Learning Environment.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Practical classes & workshops | 33 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 167 |