Egyptology and Ancient History with a Foundation Year, BA (Hons)

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Key Course Details

UK
International

4 Year Full Time

UCAS Code: VV40
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer (view equivalents): BBB
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2022	£ 9,000

4 Year Full Time

UCAS Code: VV40
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: BBB - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2022	£ 19,700

Course Overview

Egyptology and Ancient History with a Foundation Year covers the study of Ancient Egyptian language, literature, history and culture and studying this four-year BA degree opens up a range of exciting career possibilities by helping you to develop transferable skills, which are highly valued by employers.

You will explore Egyptian art and architecture, ancient Egyptian history and civilisation, archaeology, religion, sex and gender, Ancient and Middle Egypt; Greek and Roman history and society; warfare and empire; and learn a Greek, Latin or Egyptian language.

The foundation year of this four-year course will introduce you to the key concepts and knowledge you need to progress to the BA in Egyptology and Ancient History. Following successful completion of the Foundation Year, students will progress onto Year 1 of the BA.

You will have the option of spending a semester abroad during the second year in either the USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong or Singapore to enhance your student experience and career prospects.

Why Egyptology and Ancient History with a Foundation Year at Swansea?

Based on our stunning Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay on the edge of the Gower Peninsula, Ancient History at Swansea is ranked:

2nd in the UK for Course Satisfaction (Guardian University Guide 2022)
3rd in the UK for Student Experience (Times Good University Guide 2022)
Top 20 in the UK for Graduate Prospects (Times Good University Guide 2022)
Top 80 in the World (QS World Rankings 2022)

Swansea University:

Has a TEF Gold Rating for Teaching (Teaching Excellence Framework)
Is ranked 12th in the UK for Student Satisfaction (NSS 2021)
Is a UK Top 25 Institution (Guardian University Guide 2022)

Swansea University is proud to be home to the Egypt Centre, which houses over 5,000 archaeological objects from the Wellcome Collection of Egyptian antiquities.

You can gain teaching experience by leading workshops for the South West Wales Reaching Wider Partnership to enhance your student experience and career prospects or teach beginners Hieroglyphs to members of the local community during the summer.

Your Egyptology and Ancient History with a Foundation Year Experience

All Egyptology and Ancient History students work directly with artefacts in the Egypt Centre, and you can tailor your degree to suit your interests, for example, focusing on Language, Art, Religion or Archaeology.

Our interdisciplinary approach means you can make connections with a range of subject areas – from music to politics.

Teaching is informed by our world-leading research and you can attend seminars organised through our guest speaker programme.

You can enhance your knowledge and career prospects and take the Egyptian Collection Practicum module, a four-week session providing practical experience for students on site and have the option of studying a Dissertation or a Museum project at the University’s Egypt Centre.

You will have an academic mentor for any pastoral and academic support you may need, and the Society of Ancient Studies organises social and cultural events.

Egyptology and Ancient History with a Foundation Year Employment Opportunities

Students on this course typically develop excellent oral and writing skills and you will learn to present your ideas in a range of formats, along with strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Our graduates enter careers in a wide range of sectors including:

Education
Archives
Museum and heritage
Business
Media and public relations
Public services

Modules

See breakdown of modules per academic year below.

Year 0 (Level 3)

Entry Level 3 / Foundation Year

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Academic Writing and Skills Development	September-January	20	FY-011
Introduction to Being Human	September-January	20	FY-012
Introduction to Research	September-January	20	FY-015
Critical Reflection and Problem Solving	January-June	20	FY-014
Research Essay	January-June	20	FY-016
History, Memory and the creation of Identity	January-June	20	FY-018

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Introduction to Ancient Egyptian History, Society and Culture	September-January	20	CLE120
Greek History and Society	September-January	20	CLH100
Age of Empire: Ancient Egypt and her Neighbours	January-June	20	CLE115
Rome from Village to Empire: An Introduction to Roman History	January-June	20	CLH150

Optional Modules

Optional Modules - Ancient History - Semester 1

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Of Gods and Heroes - Greek Mythology	September-January	20	CLC101
Beginning Greek Language I	September-January	20	CLG101
Intermediate Greek Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) I	September-January	20	CLG105
Further Greek 1	September-January	20	CLG125
Beginning Latin Language I	September-January	20	CLL101
Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) I	September-January	20	CLL105
Further Latin 1	September-January	20	CLL125

AND

Optional Modules Ancient History Semester 2

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module. To enrol in a TB2 Latin or Greek module, you MUST enrol in the corresponding TB1 module. Staff can advise on the appropriate level of Latin or Greek modules on request.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Transformations of Mythology	January-June	20	CLC102
Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and Rhetoric	January-June	20	CLC103
Beginning Greek Language II	January-June	20	CLG102
Intermediate Greek Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) II	January-June	20	CLG106
Further Greek 2	January-June	20	CLG126
Beginning Latin Language II	January-June	20	CLL102
Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) II	January-June	20	CLL106
Further Latin 2	January-June	20	CLL126
Fieldtrip module: The Past in its Place	January-June	20	HHC100

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Compulsory Modules Selective - Egyptology

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You should select at least TWO (and normally THREE) of these modules. In order to take CLE226 in TB2, you must have taken CLE225 in TB1. Overall you must not exceed 60r in any one teaching block.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology	September-January	20	CLE214
Introduction to Middle Egyptian Grammar 1	September-January	20	CLE225
The Age of Ramesses III	September-January	20	CLE232
Egyptian Art and Architecture	January-June	20	CLE220
Introduction to Middle Egyptian Grammar 2	January-June	20	CLE226	To select this module you must also select CLE225 in TB1

AND

Ancient History - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You should select at least TWO (and normally THREE) of these modules. To enrol in a TB2 Latin or Greek module, you MUST enrol in the corresponding TB1 module. Staff can advise on the appropriate level of Latin or Greek modules on request. Overall, you must not exceed 60 credits in any one teaching block

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Intermediate Greek Language I (post-Beginning Greek Language)	September-January	20	CLG203
Beginning Greek Language I	September-January	20	CLG221
Further Greek 1	September-January	20	CLG225
Set in Stone? Inscribing and Writing in Antiquity	September-January	20	CLH2005
Archaic Greece	September-January	20	CLH215
Gender in the Roman World	September-January	20	CLH267
Alexander and the Hellenistic world	September-January	20	CLH297
Intermediate Latin Language I(post-Beginning Latin Language)	September-January	20	CLL203
Beginning Latin Language I	September-January	20	CLL221
Further Latin 1	September-January	20	CLL225
Advanced Latin 1	September-January	20	CLL227
Intermediate Greek Language II (post-Beginning Greek Language)	January-June	20	CLG204
Beginning Greek Language II	January-June	20	CLG222
Further Greek 2	January-June	20	CLG226
The Imperial Image: Roman Emperors and Empresses in History, Literature and Art from Augustus to the Severans.	January-June	20	CLH2006
The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800	January-June	20	CLH230
Being Greek: Identity in the Ancient Greek World	January-June	20	CLH270
The Athenian Democracy	January-June	20	CLH286
Intermediate Latin Language II(post-Beginning Latin Language)	January-June	20	CLL204
Beginning Latin Language II	January-June	20	CLL222
Further Latin 2	January-June	20	CLL226
Advanced Latin 2	January-June	20	CLL228
Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages	January-June	20	CLP202

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may choose a maximum of 20 credits from the following modules, to count towards the Ancient History side of your degree. Students must not exceed 60cr in any one teaching block

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Roman Love Poetry	September-January	20	CLC200
Reading Classical Civilisation	September-January	20	CLC206
The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex	January-June	20	CLC203
Plato's Republic	January-June	20	CLC211

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Classics, Ancient History, Egyptology Dissertation	September-June	40	CLD300

Optional Modules

Egyptology - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You should normally select one of these CLE modules if your dissertation is on an Egyptology topic; one or two if your dissertation is on a topic which bridges Egyptology and Ancient History; or two or three if your dissertation is on an Ancient History topic. In total students need two modules per semester from this or the boxes below, alongside the dissertation

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Egyptian Collection Practicum	September-January	20	CLE327
Ramesses III: Empire, Invasion, and Conspiracy	September-January	20	CLE336
Middle Egyptian Texts	September-January	20	CLE349
The Archaeology of Ancient Nubia - Egypt's Neighbour in Africa	January-June	20	CLE350
After Empire: Pharaonic Egypt in the first millennium BCE	January-June	20	CLE399

AND

Ancient History - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You should normally select one of these modules if your dissertation is on an Ancient History topic; one or two if your dissertation is on a topic which bridges Egyptology and Ancient History; or two or three if your dissertation is on an Egyptology topic. To enrol in a TB2 Latin or Greek module, you MUST enrol in the corresponding TB1 module. Staff can advise on the appropriate level of Latin or Greek modules on request.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Intermediate Greek Language I	September-January	20	CLG321
Further Greek 1	September-January	20	CLG325
The History and Archaeology of Roman Britain	September-January	20	CLH381
Archaic Greece	September-January	20	CLH393
Alexander and the Hellenistic world	September-January	20	CLH397
Intermediate Latin Language I	September-January	20	CLL321
Further Latin 1	September-January	20	CLL325
Intermediate Greek Language II	January-June	20	CLG322
Further Greek 2	January-June	20	CLG326
The Imperial Image: Roman Emperors and Empresses in History, Literature and Art from Augustus to the Severans	January-June	20	CLH3006
Beyond Mainland Greece: Asia in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods	January-June	20	CLH368
The Athenian Democracy	January-June	20	CLH386
Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius	January-June	20	CLH394
Intermediate Latin Language II	January-June	20	CLL322
Further Latin 2	January-June	20	CLL326
Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages	January-June	20	CLP309

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may, but do not need to, select one or two modules from this list to complete a total of 120 credits. In total students need two modules per semester alongside the dissertation

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Roman Love Poetry	September-January	20	CLC300
The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex	January-June	20	CLC303
Plato's Republic	January-June	20	CLC312

Entry Requirements

Our standard entry requirement is CDD-DDD at A-level or equivalent.We require a minimum of 5 passes at Grade A*-C, including Welsh/English Language. Entry requirements are flexible and all offers are made following a review of the application form, predicted/achieved grades and subjects, the reference and personal statement. The course is also a widening access programme and developed to support those who may not have been able to otherwise gain access to HE.

How You're Taught

We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course. Apart from a small number of online-only courses, most of our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.

Practical skills sessions, lab work seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group working and demonstrations. We also operate virtual labs and Simulated Learning Environments which will facilitate greater access to training opportunities in the future. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.

Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and other students and to ask questions. Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, to revise for assessments and to enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in Canvas, such as videos, slides and quizzes enabling further flexible study.

This course offers some modules taught through the medium of Welsh or bilingually for students who consider themselves to be fluent Welsh speakers. For more details on the provision available see the Welsh Provision expander below.

Welsh Provision

Some provision

There are opportunities for Welsh speakers to study some elements of this course through the medium of Welsh but there is not yet enough provision to reach 40 credits in each year.

Academi Hywel Teifi is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University. We can offer you:

Access to generous Welsh-language study scholarships or bursaries.
Access to modules taught wholly or partly in Welsh.
Access to the Arwain mobile app for the latest information about Welsh-medium courses and modules available to download free on the App Store and Google Play.
An interview through the medium of Welsh when applying for a place.
The option to receive your personal correspondence in Welsh, English or bilingually.
The option to write and submit your coursework or exams through the medium of Welsh (even if you have chosen to study in English), and your work will be marked in Welsh.
A Welsh-speaking Academic Mentor.
One-to-one support to improve your academic Welsh language skills.
An opportunity to gain an additional free qualification that serves as evidence of your Welsh language ability for future employers.
Opportunity to be a member of the Swansea University Branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

To learn more about the above and all the opportunities available to you through the medium of Welsh, visit Academi Hywel Teifi's undergraduate pages.

Meet Your Lecturers

Our degrees are taught by experts, who have a wealth of knowledge to pass on to our students.

You can find out more about our academic expertise on our staff pages.

Tuition Fees

Start Date	UK	International
September 2021	£ 9,000	£ 19,700
September 2022	£ 9,000	£ 19,700

Fees for full time Undergraduate UK students may be increased in subsequent years of study by an inflationary amount determined by Welsh Government.

Fees for full time Undergraduate EU/International students will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University. Access to wifi in your accommodation will also be essential to allow you to fully engage with your programme. See our dedicated webpages for further guidance on suitable devices to purchase, and for a full guide on getting your device set up.

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but not limited to):

Travel to and from campus
Printing, photocopying, binding, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
Purchase of books or texts
Gowns for graduation ceremonies

Careers and Employability

Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Our career support services include:

Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
Advice and guidance on postgraduate study and funding
Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.

We also provide help and advice for Swansea University Alumni up to two years after you graduate.

Academic Support

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal academic mentor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

Academic writing
Maths and statistics
Critical thinking
Time management
Digital skills
Presentation skills
Note taking
Revision, memory and exam techniques
English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying at Swansea University.

Study Abroad and Global Opportunities

To learn more about study abroad, visit our Go Global webpages. Enrolment on a programme with a semester/year abroad does not guarantee you a semester/year abroad placement. Spaces are limited and subject to a competitive selection process. In the event you do not secure a semester/year abroad placement, you will be transferred to the standard variant of your degree scheme without a semester or year abroad.

International summer programmes are open to students from all colleges. Programmes typically range from 2 to 6 weeks, across destinations such as China, Zambia, South Korea, Japan, Canada and across Europe. For more information about programmes and eligibility visit our Summer Abroad webpages.

How to Apply

Apply now – UK, EU and international students.

For further guidance please visit our how to apply pages.

EU students - visa and immigration information is available and will be regularly updated on our information for EU students page.

Covid Update for Learning and Teaching

Covid Update for Learning and Teaching

We have made some changes to the way that we teach this year, with more activities taking place online than usual.

The University calendar runs in teaching blocks. Teaching block one (TB1) runs from September until January and during this block, for this year, you will be taught in a ‘blended’ way. This means that some of your teaching will be delivered online and some will be on campus. The online teaching, where you will be physically apart from your lecturer, can be ‘live’ with your lecturer present and where you’ll be able to interact. Some of it may be self-directed which means that you can access the learning materials at a time to suit you.

Your face-to-face, on campus sessions will be a mixture of:

Programme study groups and workshops

Subject seminars

Study skills workshops

Induction and orientation events

Individual Academic Mentoring meetings

Staff consultation and office hours

Dissertation supervision (Final year and PGT)

Your online learning and teaching may include:

Live streamed lectures

Module seminars, workshops and tutorials

Individual Academic Mentoring meetings

Staff consultation and office hours

Student and staff community events

Dissertation supervision (Final year and PGT)

Self-directed learning will be:

Organised Study Materials

Self-guided study activities

Preparatory and further reading

Recorded lectures

Formative tests and quizzes

Self-study in library

Self-study in PC Labs

Design Group Meetings