Classical Studies and English BA Honours
UCAS Code: QQ83
(3 Years)
Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.
Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules
You are required to attend all lectures for SEL1030 "Approaches to Reading". Attendance will be on a 'not for credit/registered' basis.
Optional modules
You take 40 credits from the list below:
- CAC1015 How should I Live? An Introduction to Ancient Moral Philosophy
- EITHER CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
- OR CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 1
- EITHER CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
- OR CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
- EITHER CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
- OR CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 2
- EITHER CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2
- OR CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2
You choose one module from the following list (unless taken above):
- CAC1012 Classical Art from Greek to Roman
- CAC1013 Love and Life in Rome and Verona
- CAC1014 Tragedy, Comedy, History: The World of Greek Literature
- CAC1015 How should I Live? An Introduction to Ancient Moral Philosophy
- CAH1012 West Meets East: Greek History and Society 776–404 BC
- CAH1013 The Road to Empire: Roman History 510–31 BC
Other optional modules may also be available from within or outside the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
Stage 2
Compulsory modules
You will attend all lectures for the module SEL2210 "Independent Research Project". Attendance will be on a 'not for credit/registered' basis.
Optional modules
You choose one of the following modules:
You choose one module from the following list (unless already taken above):
- SEL2201 Writing the Renaissance
- SEL2202 Writing New Worlds 1660-1800
- SEL2203 Revolutionary Britain 1789-1832
- SEL2204 Victorian Passions: Victorian Values
- SEL2205 Fictions of Migration
- SEL2206 Class, Nation and Identity
- SEL2207 Modernisms
- SEL2209 Poetry and Prose Workshop
- SEL2217 Popular Performance Here and Now
You choose one module from either of the following lists:
Ancient Culture modules
- CAC2045 Human Dissection in Antiquity
- CAC2050 History, Literature and Truth: The Case of the Ancient Historians
- CAC2059 Between Men and Gods: Religion in the Classical World
- CAC2060 Homer's Odyssey: An Exploration
Classical Language modules
You choose language modules according to your previous experience or to follow on from modules taken in Stage 1:
You may also choose to begin studying Latin or Greek at beginners’ level at this Stage:
- CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
- CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
- CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
- CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2
You choose a further 20 credits of modules from the Ancient Culture or Classical Languages lists above or Ancient History modules from the list below:
You will take a further 20 credits of modules either from the Ancient Culture list or the Ancient History list, if no CAH-coded module was chosen above, or from the English modules listed above, excluding any module already selected.
Other optional modules may also be available from within or outside the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
Study abroad (optional)
UK and EU students also have the opportunity to broaden their academic experience by spending Stage 2 studying at one of our partner institutions in Europe through the Erasmus exchange programme. This will be a fully recognised period of study during which you also undertake the following module:
Work placement (optional)
You may choose to spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement within an approved organisation.
Stage 3
Compulsory modules
Optional modules
You choose 40 credits of modules from the following lists:
English Group A
- SEL3301 Shakespeare in Performance
- SEL3303 Writing Rebellion: The literature of the English Revolution
- SEL3305 Romantic Poetry
- SEL3345 Long-18th Century Writing: The Social Lives of Things
- SEL3368 Elizabethan Tragedy
- SEL3376 Renaissance Literature: Special Topic
English Group B
- SEL3308 Murder, Mystery, Mayhem: British Detective Fiction, 1850-1950
- SEL3338 Children’s Literature: From Islands to Internet
- SEL3339 Metropolis: Modernist Cities in Fiction and Film
- SEL3347 Contemporary Documentary 2: Theory and Practice
- SEL3356 Madness, Medicine and the Modern Novel: Reading 'Hysteria' in Fiction
- SEL3359 Victorian Dream Worlds: Fantasy Writing and Nonsense Poetry
- SEL3367 The Permissive Society: Gender and Sexual Politics in Post-War British Film (1945-73)
- SEL3369 Radical Children's Literature
- SEL3370 Writing the Postcolonial Nation: Literature from the Indian Subcontinent
- SEL3371 Twentieth Century American Literature: Special Topic
- SEL3374 20th Century American Theatre: Critics, Conflict, Collaborators
- SEL3375 Cultures of Decadence: From the Wilde 90s to the Jazz Age
Exceptionally, with permission from the DPD you may take the following module instead of the modules listed above:
You will take 40 credits of modules from the following lists, but no more than 20 credits may be taken from the Ancient History list:
Ancient Culture modules
- CAC3051 The Ancient Art of Spin: Classical Rhetoric in Theory and Practice
- CAC3054 Epic Journeys: The Odyssey and Homeric Epic
- CAC3058 Ancient Science in Ten Problems
Classical Language modules
- CAG1011 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 1
- CAG1012 Intermediate Greek Language and Literature 2
- CAG2001 Level 2 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
- CAG3002 Level 2/3 Greek: Special Study Stage 3
- CAG3001 Level 3 Greek: Interpretation of Texts
- CAG3002 Level 2/3 Greek: Special Study Stage 3
- CLA1011 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 1
- CLA1012 Intermediate Latin Language and Literature 2
- CLA2001 Level 2 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
- CLA3002 Level 2/3 Latin: Special Study Stage 3
- CLA3001 Level 3 Latin: Interpretation of Texts
- CLA3002 Level 2/3 Latin: Special Study Stage 3
- CAG1001 Beginners’ Greek in Action 1
- CAG1002 Beginners’ Greek in Action 2
- CLA1001 Beginners’ Latin in Action 1
- CLA1002 Beginners’ Latin in Action 2
Ancient History modules
(no more than 20 credits may be selected from this list)
- CAH3009 The Emperor and the Empire
- CAH3015 The Persian Empire 560 - 330 BC
- CAH3030 The Jews in the Greek and Roman World
- CAH3033 The Fall of the Roman Republic
You choose a further module from any of the above list or from the list below:
- CAH3005 City of Athens: Power, Society and Culture
- CAH3099 The Emperor and the Empire
- CAH3025 Celluloid History II
- CAH3030 The Jews in the Greek and Roman World
- CAH3033 The Fall of the Roman Republic
- CAH3034 Like ants or frogs around the pond: Mobility and Identity in the Greek Mediterranean
Other optional modules may also be available from within or outside the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
