Undergraduate study in Classics and Ancient History 

  Photograph of a student drawing notes beside Egyptian ruins

Ancient History BA

To understand the present, you need to discover the past. That’s exactly what you’ll do as you delve into the rise and development of ancient civilisations over several millennia… from the Ancient Near East and [more...]

Classical Literature and Civilisation BA

Fascinated by ancient cultures? Love reading and thinking for yourself? Then this innovative degree is for you. You’ll encounter the ancient world in all its diversity, with the chance to explore literature, drama, myth, religion and [more...]

Archaeology and Ancient History BA

This programme provides the opportunity to study the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Western Asia, as well as Greece and Rome, and prehistoric societies in the Mediterranean and Britain. By interpreting historical and archaeological [more...]

Joint Honours

A Joint Honours degree programme involving the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours programme. Joint Honours students are simply required to choose fewer topics from the range of options available in each half of the programme..

Ancient History open day talk

Undergraduate open day talk delivered by Andrew Bayliss.

Topics include:
00:00 - Ancient History at Birmingham
03:43 - Why study Ancient History? and Spartans example
17:15 - What is offered at Birmingham including Teaching and Assessment
22:05 - Years 1, 2 and 3 and the Study Tour
29:12 - Skills, Employment and Resources