Programme structure: Ancient History (BA) - what's running in 2019/20

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Dissertation	CLAS32315	40	Mandatory		TB-4
Students should choose 80 credit points from the following:
Athens and its Acropolis	CLAS30028	20	Optional		TB-2
Configurations of Gender and Sexuality	CLAS32335	20	Optional		TB-1
Futures Thinking in the Ancient World	CLAS30042	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Poetry and Poetics	CLAS30020	20	Optional		TB-2
Myth and History in Fifth-Century Athens	CLAS37014	20	Optional		TB-1
Pagan and Christian in Late Antiquity: Debate and Interaction	CLAS37016	20	Optional		TB-2
Pompeii	CLAS32345	20	Optional		TB-2
Roman Emperors - A Survival Guide	CLAS30023	20	Optional		TB-2
The Age of Augustus: History and Myth	CLAS37017	20	Optional		TB-1
The Passions	CLAS30035	20	Optional		TB-1
The Persian Empire	CLAS30010	20	Optional		TB-1
Time, Temporality and Texts	CLAS37019	20	Optional		TB-1
The Trojan War in Ancient Literature	CLAS30026	20	Optional		TB-1
Women and the Family in Ancient Greek Tragedy	CLAS30027	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS30006	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level B1	CLAS30036	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS30007	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level C1	CLAS32405	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level C2	CLAS32406	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level D1	CLAS30041	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level D2	CLAS30040	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS30008	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level B1	CLAS30033	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level C1	CLAS32407	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level D1	CLAS30073	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level B2	CLAS30037	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS30009	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level B2	CLAS30034	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level C2	CLAS32408	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level D2	CLAS32343	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit 1	THRS30171	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit 2	THRS30172	20	Optional		TB-2
The Public Role of the Humanities	HUMS30001	20	Optional		TB-1
Beyond the Battlefield: Environment and Conflict	HUMS30002	20	Optional		TB-1
Ancient History (BA)		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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.