Year 1

In your first year you will split your studies equally between the disciplines of Ancient History and History: in Ancient History you will take core modules in which you will gain key insights into the span and names of ancient Greek and Roman history, and will critically explore the types of textual guides to these cultures. In History, the core modules will cover medieval to early modern history and approaches, while options take you through 18th to 20th century British to world history.

Core modules

• Approaching Ancient Evidence (Greek)
• Introduction to Greek History
• Medieval and Early Modern Europe: People, Power, Faith, and Culture
• The Shock of the Modern
• Approaching Ancient Evidence (Roman)
• Introduction to Roman History

Option modules

Choose two option modules from:

• Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
• Great Britain: The State We're In
• US History since 1776
• Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Year 2

In your second year you will continue to balance your BA studies equally between the two disciplines. You will have more opportunity to shape the course of your degree this year as you will be able to choose option modules from a rich array of topics in Ancient History and History that interest you the most. In addition you will take a core module focusing on the critical assessment of sources and methods in Ancient History.

If you aim to write your third year dissertation on an area of History rather than Ancient History then you must take the option module ‘The Historian’s Craft’.

Core module

• Sources, Method, and Theory for Ancient History

Option modules

Choose three option modules from:

• Religion in the Roman World
• Classical and Hellenistic Greek States
• The Age of Augustus
• Religion in the Roman World
• A World Connected: Economy, Wellbeing and Sustainability since 1945
• From Beer to Fraternity: Alcohol, Society, and Culture in North America
• Fight the Power! Race, Rights and Protest in the USA
• Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
• Imperialism and Decolonisation
• Stormtroops, iron Guard and Red Arrow: Fascism and Genocide in Eastern Europe, 1938-1945
• Digital Histories

Then choose four option modules from:

• The Ancient Near East
• Greek History in 40 Lives
• Archaeology of the Roman Empire
• Classical and Post-classical Latin
• The Medieval Mediterranean World
• The Late Antique World
• Living with Dictatorship: European Societies, 1918-1941
• Histories of Violence
• Madness, Monarchy and Politics in Georgian Britain
• Domestic Revolutions: Women, Men, and the Family in American History
• Enter the Dragon: Modern Chinese History, 1839-1989
• History in the Classroom
• Heritage Field Project
• Becoming the Historical Researcher (double module)
• World's End: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Environmental Crises

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Year Abroad (optional)

We’ll make sure you have everything you need for your future career: not just by awarding you a high quality degree, but also by helping you to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to make your mark in the world as a Citizen of Change. One way you can do this is by opting to take a Year Abroad between Years 2 and 3 of your degree.

Studying abroad is not just for people who are interested in travelling and meeting new people. It is about acquiring life skills that are becoming increasingly significant for a wide range of jobs in our modern globalised society. Whether you go on to a career in the private, public or third sector - or plough your own furrow as an entrepreneur – you will find the experience invaluable.

For more information, including a list of destinations, please visit our Study Abroad website.

Please note

• A year spent abroad still incurs a tuition fee, but this is much lower than for a normal year at Leicester. See the Fees and Funding tab of this page for details.
• You may be eligible for a travel grant from Student Finance England.
• Places are offered on a competitive basis, and eligibility is dependent on your academic performance in Years 1 and 2.
• Language courses, at beginners or advanced level, are available through our Languages at Leicester scheme.

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Final Year (Ancient History dissertation)

Option modules

Choose one module from:

• Church, State and Belief in Soviet Russia, 1941-1991
• A Sea of Conflict? Christian Muslim Encounters c.1100-c.1300
• The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Then choose two modules from:

• Early Christian Europe
• Classical Worlds: Translation and Reception
• Conflict, Heritage and Archaeology
• Gender, Crime and Deviance in Eighteenth Century Britain
• Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
• Making Nazis: Propaganda and Persuasion In The Third Reich, 1933-1945
• An Empire Reborn: Justinian and his Age
• Oracles. Dreams and Omens: Divination in the Greek World
• The USA and the Vietnam War
• When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
• Greek and Roman Art: Ancient and modern contexts
• Crime and Punishment in African American History

Finally choose one module from:

• Great Greek Monuments
• The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968
• Abolitionists: Antislavery Activism in Britain and America, 1787-1865
• The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
• Sparta and the Greek World
• Archaeology and Ancient History in Education
• The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World, 1815-1914
• North Africa in Late Antiquity
• Babylonian Sources
• Decolonising Classical Studies

You will also complete your Dissertation (Ancient History) 

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Final Year (History dissertation)

Option modules

Choose three modules from:

• Early Christian Europe
• Classical Worlds: Translation and Reception
• Conflict, Heritage and Archaeology
• Gender, Crime and Deviance in Eighteenth Century Britain
• Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
• Making Nazis: Propaganda and Persuasion In The Third Reich, 1933-1945
• An Empire Reborn: Justinian and his Age
• Oracles. Dreams and Omens: Divination in the Greek World
• The USA and the Vietnam War
• When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
• Greek and Roman Art: Ancient and modern contexts
• Crime and Punishment in African American History

Then choose two modules from:

• Great Greek Monuments
• The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968
• Abolitionists: Antislavery Activism in Britain and America, 1787-1865
• The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
• Sparta and the Greek World
• Archaeology and Ancient History in Education
• The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World, 1815-1914
• North Africa in Late Antiquity
• Babylonian Sources
• Decolonising Classical Studies

You will also complete your Dissertation (History)

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.