DPT: Ancient and Medieval History (MA Hons) (UTANMEH)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

All first year students should make an appointment with their Personal Tutor during Induction Week. Please consider your outside course options from the list of course options indicated below, and take a draft plan to your meeting with your Personal Tutor.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

Compulsory courses

Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages

Must be passed

The Historian's Toolkit

Must be passed

Course options

The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making

The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons

The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome

The Roman World 1B: The Roman Empire

AND

You may only choose one History course (course codes starting HIST and ECSH) as part of this option.

Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism

Architectural History 1A: Introduction to World Architecture

Urbanism and the City: Past to Present

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B

History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A

British Economic and Environmental History since 1900

Making of the Modern World

The History of Edinburgh: From Din Eidyn to Festival City

Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World

Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'

Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges

Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict

Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment

History of Science 1

History of Western Medicine

AND

You may not choose History (course codes starting HIST and ECSH) as part of this option. You may find it valuable to take Latin or Greek as outside courses.

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

During Induction Week, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor to confirm your course choices and attendance.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

Compulsory courses

Making and Breaking Medieval Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales c.1100 - c1500

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Introduction to Historiography

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

You are strongly encouraged to take 'The Transformation of the Roman World'.

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World

The Transformation of the Roman World, ca. 300-800: Towards Byzantium and the Early Medieval West

AND

You can choose only 20 credits of History courses (codes starting HIST and ECSH) as part of this option. We would recommend taking a Year 2 History course as beneficial. Taking or continuing Latin or Greek is also recommended, as are historical courses in other areas such as Ecclesiastical History, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, or History of Medicine.

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Entry into Honours normally requires
(i) passes in 240 credits of courses taken in the first two years,
(ii) passes at 50% or above, achieved at the first attempt, in 40 credits of courses from the Ancient and Medieval History collection
(iii) passes at 50% or above, achieved at the first attempt, in the two compulsory year 2 History courses.

Entry to honours in Classics remains at the discretion of the Head of Classics in the light of performance across all courses.

During Induction Week, please contact a Student Support Officer to confirm your attendance.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

The Severans

The Greek World and Rome

Violence and Disorder in Roman Society, 133-31 BC

Ancient Greek Slavery

Roman Judaea

Early Roman Egypt

The History of Republican Italy through Inscribed Objects

Labour, Wealth, and Inequality: The Economy of the Classical Greek City-States

Macedonia from the Argeads to the Romans

The Long Twelfth Century: Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades (1071-1204)

The Roman Emperor: the Nature of His Rule

Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire

Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions

Hadrian's Wall and its stakeholders, past and present

A Visual History of the Later Roman World

The City in the Late Antique Mediterranean World

The Punic Mediterranean

The History of North Africa from the Iron Age to the Islamic Conquest

Communities of Byzantine Asia Minor, AD 500-1300

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to S�leyman the Magnificent

Monsters, Murder and Mayhem: Biography in the Ancient World

AND

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to S�leyman the Magnificent

Rosslyn Chapel - Art, Architecture, and Experience in Late Medieval Scotland

Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500

The Crusades and Medieval Society

Machiavelli and His World

Merchants, Pirates and Crusaders in the late medieval Mediterranean

Historical Skills and Methods II

Historical Skills and Methods I

The kings in the north: Scotland in the early Middle Ages

Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages

Kings and Kindreds: Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the Later Middle Ages

AND

The Severans

The Greek World and Rome

Violence and Disorder in Roman Society, 133-31 BC

Ancient Greek Slavery

Roman Judaea

Early Roman Egypt

The History of Republican Italy through Inscribed Objects

Labour, Wealth, and Inequality: The Economy of the Classical Greek City-States

Macedonia from the Argeads to the Romans

The Long Twelfth Century: Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades (1071-1204)

The Roman Emperor: the Nature of His Rule

The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the 3rd Century BC

Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca

The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)

The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Early Dynastic until the end of the Middle Kingdom (c. 3100-1650 BC)

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond

Bible and Archaeology

Paganism and Christianity in the Roman Empire

Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions

The Athenian Akropolis

Hadrian's Wall and its stakeholders, past and present

A Visual History of the Later Roman World

Handling Greek Pottery

The City in the Late Antique Mediterranean World

The Punic Mediterranean

The History of North Africa from the Iron Age to the Islamic Conquest

Communities of Byzantine Asia Minor, AD 500-1300

Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to S�leyman the Magnificent

Tragedy

Monsters, Murder and Mayhem: Biography in the Ancient World

Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues

Ancient Didactic Poetry

Beauty and the Greeks: Aesthetic approaches in Greek literature (in translation)

Stoic Philosophy at Rome

Greek 1Ha

Greek 1HB

Greek 2Ha

Greek 2Hb

Latin 1Ha

Latin 1Hb

Latin 2Ha

Latin 2Hb

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

During Induction Week, please contact a Student Support Officer to confirm your attendance. The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.