Modules

The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations.

This course offers a pathway in archaeology leading to the degree in Ancient History with Archaeology. It provides an opportunity for you to develop wide and in-depth skills, training and knowledge in archaeology. If you choose this pathway you'll have different module options to the main study route, outlined below.

Stage 1:

You take all compulsory modules then select two from a list of optional modules.

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Power and Persuasion: The Classical World;
Classical Archaeology: Great Sites, Key Issues;
Tyranny and Transformation: The Roman World;
Migration, Slavery and Identity in the Ancient World.

Optional modules may include the following:

Classical Mythology: Themes and Approaches to Ancient Greek Myth;
Ancient Egypt: Key Sites and Material Culture;
Archaeology: The Essentials;
Beginners' Ancient Languages 1;
Beginners' Ancient Languages 2;
Classical Literature;
Rome in the First Century AD: The Global City from Augustus to Domitian.

Stage 2:

You take all compulsory modules then select three optional modules, which must include at least one of the following: The Rise and Fall of Athens, War and Imperialism in Ancient Rome c.350 - 100 BC, Egypt and the Classical World.

If you wish to take an internship during the Spring or Summer term, you must take either Heritage Studies - Exploring Key Debates or Museum Studies - Exploring Key Debates in the term before.

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Remaking the Past: Antiquity in the Present;
The Engagement Project.

Optional modules may include the following:

Tyranny and Transformation: The Roman World
Egypt and the Classical World;
Everyday Life in the Roman Empire;
Gender and Sexuality in Roman Society;
Greek and Roman Art and Architecture;
Homeric Epic;
Intermediate Ancient Languages 1;
Intermediate Ancient Languages 2;
Museum Studies - Exploring Key Debates;
Museum Studies - Internships;
The Rise and Fall of Athens;
Rome to Byzantium: the World of Late Antiquity;
Virgil's Aeneid;
War and Imperialism in Ancient Rome, 350 - 100 BCE;
Heritage Studies - Internships;
Heritage Studies - Exploring Key Debates.

Stage 3:

You will complete a dissertation on your chosen pathway topic and then select four optional modules. If you are pursuing the BA Ancient History, two of these must include any of the following: Cities and Empires of the Ancient Near East, Graeco-Roman Egypt, The Crisis of the Late Republic c.100- - 27BC, The Hellenistic World: History and Material Culture, Early Greece and the Formation of the Classical World, Advanced Topics in Ancient History.

If you take the Ancient History with Archaeology pathway, two of your four optional modules must include any of the following: Advanced Topics in Archaeology, Professional Archaeology: Techniques and Methods, Heritage Studies, Constantinople and the late Antique City, Roman Britain, Gods, Heroes and Mystery Cults: Religion in Ancient Greece, Barbarians in the West.

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Dissertation.

Optional modules may include the following:

Advanced Ancient Languages;
Advanced Topics in Ancient History;
Advanced Topics in Archaeology;
Advanced Topics in Classical Studies;
Ancient Philosophy;
Barbarians in the West;
Cities and Empires of the Ancient Near East;
Classical Studies and Ancient History in the Classroom;
Constantinople and the late Antique City;
Early Greece and the Formation of the Classical World;
Gods, Heroes and Mystery Cults: Religion in Ancient Greece;
Graeco-Roman Egypt;
The Hellenistic World: History and Material Culture;
Heritage Studies - Internships;
Heritage Studies - Exploring Key Debates;
Monsters in Roman Literature;
Professional Archaeology: Techniques and Methods;
Roman Britain: History and Archaeology;
The Crisis of the Late Republic.

Extra funding

Kent offers generous financial support schemes to assist eligible undergraduate students during their studies. See our funding page for more details - https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/fees-and-funding