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 and world history.

Core modules

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

Option modules

Choose one option module from:

• Modern Britain: c1700-Present
• 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 (Ancient History dissertation)

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 Becoming the Historical Researcher

Core module

• Sources, Method, and Theory for Ancient History
• Perceiving the Past

Option modules

Choose two option modules from:

• The Age of Augustus
• The Many Falls of the Roman Empire
• Roman Religion
• Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
• A World Connected: Economy, Wellbeing and Sustainability since 1945
• Enter the Dragon: Am introduction to Modern China
• Beastly Histories
• Living with Dictatorship: European Societies, 1918-1941
• Fight the Power! Race, Rights and Protest in the USA
• Digital Histories

Then choose four option modules from:

• Classical and Hellenistic Greek States
• The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
• The Ancient Near East
• The Medieval Mediterranean World
• Archaeology of the Roman Empire
• The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
• Madness, Monarchy and Politics from George III to Queen Victoria
• Domestic Revolutions: Women, Men, and the Family in American History
• Imperialism and Decolonisation
• Jack-the-Ripper: Crime, Popular Culture and Policing in Victorian Times
• Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
• History in the Classroom
• Working with History: The Heritage Field Project
• 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 2 (History dissertation)

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 Becoming the Historical Researcher

Core module

• Sources, Method, and Theory for Ancient History
• Perceiving the Past
• Becoming the Historical Researcher

Option modules

Choose two option modules from:

• The Age of Augustus
• The Many Falls of the Roman Empire
• Roman Religion
• Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
• A World Connected: Economy, Wellbeing and Sustainability since 1945
• Enter the Dragon: Am introduction to Modern China
• Beastly Histories
• Living with Dictatorship: European Societies, 1918-1941
• Fight the Power! Race, Rights and Protest in the USA
• Digital Histories

Then choose three option modules from:

• Classical and Hellenistic Greek States
• The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
• The Ancient Near East
• The Medieval Mediterranean World
• Archaeology of the Roman Empire
• The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
• Madness, Monarchy and Politics from George III to Queen Victoria
• Domestic Revolutions: Women, Men, and the Family in American History
• Imperialism and Decolonisation
• Jack-the-Ripper: Crime, Popular Culture and Policing in Victorian Times
• Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
• History in the Classroom
• Working with History: The Heritage Field Project
• 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

Depending on your route you will take either Dissertation (Ancient History) or History Dissertation

Option modules

You can choose to take a year-long special subject module from:

• Ideals of Womanhood in 19th-Century America
• The British Antislavery Movement, 1787-1833
• After Hitler: Society, Culture and The Politics of The Nazi Past in The Two Germanies, 1945-1990
• The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Then choose two or three modules (depending if you have chosen the special subject module) from:

• Great Greek Monuments
• My Empire Reborn: Justinian and his Age
• Babylonian Sources
• Classical Worlds: Translation and Reception
• The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968
• Fourteenth Century Crisis in England? Politics and Society 1297-1413
• The Death Penalty and its Abolition: A Global History
• Sport and the British
• You are what you Wear? Clothing, Fashion and Belonging in the Modern World
• When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
• Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World

Finally choose one or two modules (depending on if you have chosen the special subject module) from:

• Late Antique North Africa
• Oracles. Dreams and Omens: Divination in the Greek World
• Archaeology and Ancient History in Education
• Conflict, Heritage and Archaeology
• Lived Experience in Imperial Rome
• Britain’s Imperial Economy: Power, Wealth and Colonialism 1830-1939
• What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939
• Daring to be Free: The Women's Movement, 1850s to 1970s
• Gender, Crime and Deviance in Eighteenth Century Britain

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.