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
• Barbarism and Civilisation: Medieval and Early Modern Europe
• 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 1877
• 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

• The Roman Principate

Option modules

Choose one ancient history option module from:

• The Ancient Near East
• Religion in the Roman World
• Greek History in 40 Lives
• Archaeology of the Roman Empire

Then choose one history option module from:

• Religious History
• Histories of Violence
• Global Cities

Then choose one history option module from:

• Americas Plural: Latin America and the United States
• Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
• Madness, Monarchy and Politics in Georgian Britain
• A World Connected: Welfare, Economy and Government since 1945
• Slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction in the United States
• Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

Then choose two ancient history option modules from:

• Classical and Hellenistic Greek States
• Classical and Post-classical Latin
• Roman Social History and the Roman Family
• Religion in the Roman World
• Celts, Britons and Barbarians: Iron Age Europe in context
• The Medieval Mediterranean World

Plus either Becoming the Historical Researcher (you must choose this if you plan to write your third year dissertation on history)

Or two more history option modules: choose one option module from:

• Race and Ethnicity
• All Bourgeois Now? Class in History

And one option module from:

• The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
• Enter the Dragon: Modern Chinese History, 1839-1989
• From Beer to Fraternity: Alcohol, Society, and Culture in North America
• History in the Classroom
• Living with Dictatorship: European Societies, 1918-1941
• Holy Wars in Sacred Lands: Conflict and Coexistence during the Crusades
• Heritage Field Project

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)

If you want to, you can spend your third year studying abroad at one of our partner institutions (eligibility is dependent on your academic performance in Years 1 and 2). Alternatively, you can opt to continue studying at the University and complete your degree in three years.

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 work in the private sector, the state sector, a non-governmental organisation, or become self-employed you will find the experience invaluable. Find out more from our Study Abroad Unit.

Please note, a year spent abroad still incurs a tuition fee, but this is much lower than for a normal year at Leicester. See our Fees and Funding section for details.

We have links with several European universities, administered through the Erasmus+ scheme. If you are eligible for a loan from Student Finance you can apply for a travel grant from them. Languages courses, at both beginners and advanced level, are available through the University’s Languages at Leicester scheme.

• For the latest information on the future of the Erasmus+ scheme at UK universities please see our Brexit microsite.

We have links with the following universities:

• Università di Bologna, Italy
• Universitat de València, Spain
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
• Universität Freiburg, Germany
• Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

We also have links with some universities outside Europe. If you are receiving financial assistance from Student Finance your support will continue and you may also be eligible to apply for additional travel grants or scholarships. We have links with the following universities:

• Flinders University, Australia
• University of Calgary, Canada

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)

Modules

Choose one History option module from:

• The Holocaust: Genocide in Europe
• After Hitler: Society, Culture and The Politics of The Nazi Past in The Two Germanies, 1945-1990
• Beauty, Sex & Science: Whose Body is it Anyway c.1550-2015?
• A Sea of Conflict? Christian Muslim Encounters c.1100-c.1300
• How Soon is Now? A Social History of Urban England, 1945-1985
• The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Choose one Ancient History option module from:

• Households and Domesticity in the Ancient World
• Textiles, Dress and Identity in the Roman World
• Great Greek Monuments
• Early Christian Europe
• Warfare, Conflict and Violence in the Human Past 

And then one Ancient History option module from:

• Sparta and the Greek World
• Greek and Roman Art
• The Roman Labyrinth: Crete under the Emperors
• The Fall of the Roman Republic
• Archaeology and Ancient History in Education 

And one History option module from:

• When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century 
• The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World, 1815-1914
• What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939
• Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, c1350-1650
• The Medieval Natural World
• From Empire to Nation: Modern South Asia, c. 1857-1947

Plus your Ancient History Dissertation

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)

Modules

Choose five option modules from the lists below, three from the lists marked A and two from the lists marked B. At least one – but no more than two – of your option modules should be in history.

Ancient History modules list A

• Households and Domesticity in the Ancient World
• Textiles, Dress and Identity in the Roman World
• Great Greek Monuments
• Early Christian Europe
• Warfare, Conflict and Violence in the Human Past

History modules list A

• The USA and the Vietnam War
• Crime and Punishment in African American History
• Food, Diet and Health in Early Modern Europe
• The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
• From Empire to Nation: Modern South Asia, c. 1857-1947
• Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
• Gender, Crime and Deviance in Eighteenth Century Britain

Ancient History modules list B

• Sparta and the Greek World
• Greek and Roman Art
• The Roman Labyrinth: Crete under the Emperors
• The Fall of the Roman Republic
• Archaeology and Ancient History in Education 

History modules list B

• What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939 
• The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World, 1815-1914 
• Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, c1350-1650
• The Medieval Natural World
• When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century

Plus your History dissertation 

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.