Programme structure: Ancient History (BA) - what's running in 2016/17

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Non-Literary Sources for Ancient History	CLAS22319	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Approaches to Ancient History	CLAS22404	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Students must also take the following two units:
Rome: Republic to Principate	CLAS22383	20	Optional		TB-1
The Hellenistic World	CLAS22382	20	Optional		TB-2
Late Antiquity	CLAS22381	20	Optional		TB-1
For students who take optional unit HUMS20002, this may stand in place of one or more of the Year 2 units which are normally mandatory in this programme.
Students must take 40 credit points from the following units
Economy and Society in the Ancient World	CLAS22331	20	Optional		TB-1
Film and the Ancient World	CLAS22350	20	Optional		TB-2
Art in the Ancient World	CLAS22365	20	Optional		TB-1
Epic	CLAS22361	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek and Roman Drama	CLAS22363	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS20006	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level B1	CLAS22315	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level C1	CLAS22405	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS20008	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level B1	CLAS22307	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level C1	CLAS22407	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS20007	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level B2	CLAS22316	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level C2	CLAS22406	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS20009	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level B2	CLAS22308	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level C2	CLAS22408	20	Optional		TB-2
Early and Premodern Christianity	THRS20100	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit 1	THRS20188	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit 2	THRS20189	20	Optional		TB-2
Religious and Cultural Change in India: from Indus to Islam	THRS20101	20	Optional		TB-1
Viewing the City of Rome	CLAS22357	20	Optional		TB-1
The Ancient City and Modern Politics	CLAS20010	20	Optional		TB-2
Classics and Comparative Literature	CLAS30032	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Digital Humanities	HUMS20006	20	Optional		TB-1
Study Abroad/ Erasmus	HUMS20002	60	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
The Age of the Anthropocene	HUMS20005	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to the Medical Humanities	HUMS20004	20	Optional		TB-2
20 Credit Points of Open Units Only Available to Single Honours.	OPEN	20	Optional
Diploma of Higher Education		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

Marks from second year units count towards the final degree classification.

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.