Themes in the Ancient World

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• structure your ideas and research findings into well-ordered essays
• engage with secondary literature on the ancient world, and contribute to the debates relating to the historiography of the selected theme(s) and its wider significance
• analyse critically a variety of textual, visual and material culture sources

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Approaches taken by historians to the selected themes;
• Sources and key concepts in the areas chosen for study;
• The Ancient World through the selected themes.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• locate and use effective textual, visual and material culture sources in the library and on-line, synthesising this material in order to develop cogent arguments
• utilise and develop your time-management skills
• research historical questions and communicate your findings convincingly and concisely in written essays and reports

Themes will vary from year to year and may include: the presence of the past in the ancient world (and memory studies); representations of power; cultural interaction in the ancient world; and religious diversity (from polytheism to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). We could also cover: war and the military in society; gender in myth and history; travel, mobility, and migration; or the afterlife of the ancient world.

Teaching methods include seminars and opportunities to meet with tutors for consultations on specific topics. Learning methods include reading in preparation for seminars, close analysis of a range of primary sources, and discussion of key themes and ideas.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.