ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
CAREER PROSPECTS (The Guardian University Guide 2020) IN THE UK 2 ND
This wide-ranging interdisciplinary degree invites you to explore more than 2,000 years of history across Europe and the Mediterranean world. You will study the political and social history of Ancient Greece and Rome, as well as themes from the whole span of the Middle Ages. You can also study ancient and medieval languages, particularly Greek and Latin.
Foundation Year available Global Opportunities available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available Full details available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
You will explore the continuities and change from the emergence of Athenian democracy to the glories of renaissance Italy, examining topics from the expansion of the Roman Empire to the crusades of the Middle Ages, and the great epics of Homer to the sublime poetry of Dante. Drawing on our wide-ranging expertise in ancient and medieval history, you will examine civilisations that may appear distant but remain influential in our own time. You will have regular trips to historic sites, and you can tailor your degree to your own interests with a variety of topics to choose from. AREAS STUDIED TYPICALLY INCLUDE: Year 1 • Medieval Europe: An Introduction • M aking History (with seminar options such as ‘Violence and Belief in the Medieval World, 1000-1300’) • Greek History and Society • Rome from Village to Empire: An Introduction to Roman History • Of Gods and Heroes: Greek Mythology • Ovid’s Metamorphoses: The Transformations of Mythology
Year 2 • Writing Ancient History • The History and Archaeology of Roman Britain • Medieval Britain, 1250-1461 • The Roman Comic Novel: Excrement and Sacrament • Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age England • The Crusades and the Making of Latin Christendom, 1050-1300 • Gendering the Middle Ages: Power and Exclusion • Beyond Blood and Guts: Medicine from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period Year 3 • Law and Justice in Medieval England • Devotion Piety & Power: The First Crusade & the Worlds of Latin Christendom, Byzantium & the Islamic Near East • The Crucible of Defeat: Wessex in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries • The Masculine and the Monstrous in the Middle Ages • Mapping Medieval Landscapes • Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval
TYPICAL OFFER: BBB
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
BA Single Honours ▲ Ancient and Medieval History ♦ Ancient History (with Foundation Year) ♦ Ancient and Medieval History (with Year Abroad) ▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page
FUTURE CAREERS: • Business • Business and Management • Education • Heritage and Museums • Law and Public Services • Media and Public Relations
For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
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