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(DL Administrators) Kathy Ashley, Lara Callaghan & Selina Thraves

Distance Learning Unit
School of Archaeology & Ancient History
University of Leicester
Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK

Tel +44(0)116 252 2772 or 3360
Fax +44(0)116 223 1267

Email archdl@le.ac.uk

Outreach

outreach at kibworthOur Outreach team takes archaeology workshops and talks out to schools and colleges in the county. It also runs Masterclasses and workshops on campus and in the department. We've also worked with the army on Project Nightingale at Caerwent. Find out more on what we do! And hear about the places we have visited last year, read some testimonials, and see what we can bring to your school to help bring the past alive!

University of Leicester Archaeological Services

ULAS is an independent professional unit whose expertise covers urban, rural and buildings archaeology of all periods across the Midlands. Find out more...

collapsed Roman basilica wall at Leicester

Read about the city's archaeology in the new publication Visions of Ancient Leicester

Contact the School

School of Archaeology and Ancient History,
University of Leicester, University Road,
Leicester, LE1 7RH

Key Contacts

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BA (Hons) Ancient History and Classical Archaeology

Duration: 6 years part-time
Start dates: February, June, October

Course aims and objectives

The aims of this course are to:

  • introduce you to key issues in the study of the past through textual and material remains and to reflect on the contrasting and complementary images that these approaches generate
  • develop your skills in textual analysis and the interpretation of archaeological information
  • introduce you to two ancient languages
  • enable you to pursue your personal interest in the classical world

We will provide you with an intellectually challenging and stimulating curriculum which draws on the full expertise of members of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and our proven track record of delivering archaeology by distance learning and which will enable you to develop transferable skills necessary for successful career development or further academic study.

Course structure

Level 1 (part-time years 1 and 2)

  • Aims and Methods in Archaeology
  • Introduction to Classical Archaeology
  • Introduction to Roman History
  • Introduction to Greek History
  • Greek and Latin Language for Ancient History

AND one of the following modules:

  • Later Prehistory
  • Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Middle Nile

Level 2 (part-time years 3 and 4)

  • The Age of Augustus
  • Deconstructing Sparta
  • Greco-Roman Slavery
  • Archaeology of the Roman World
  • Archaeological Theory

AND one of the following modules:

  • Fieldschool
  • The Rise of States in the Old World
  • The Medieval Mediterranean

Level 3 (part-time years 5 and 6)

  • Archaeology of Urbanism
  • Archaeology, Religion and Belief
  • Households and Families in the Past
  • Empires and Imperialism Ancient and Modern
  • Individual Dissertation in Ancient History or Classical Archaeology
Special features
  • New for 2012, our BA in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology brings together the two disciplines into a single undergraduate distance learning programme for the first time and as such we believe it is unique
  • The course features an innovative and unusual opportunity to study beginners’ Greek and Latin languages through self-directed study and self-assessed tests through Blackboard
  • The optional Fieldschool module gives you the opportunity to get practical, hands-on experience in a number of aspects of survey and excavation. You can participate in the fieldschool that we organise each summer at Burrough Hill in Leicestershire, or opt to make your own fieldwork arrangements (as long as we have given prior approval)


Details of Level 1 - Undergraduate Modules

Details of Level 2 - Undergraduate Modules

Details of Level 3 - Undergraduate Modules