Ancient World with a Year Abroad

This four-year programme follows the same curriculum as the Ancient World BA, but offers the additional opportunity to spend the third year abroad at an approved university in Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain or Switzerland.

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

This flexible programme offers an almost entirely free choice of modules covering classical literature, history and archaeology, and does not require prior knowledge of Greek or Latin.

In the first year, all students must take at least 1.0 credit of either Latin or Greek – they continue with this same language in the next year to complete the 1.5 credit requirement. Students must also take one history module, one archaeology module, and one compulsory module on the ancient world in their first year.

You will also take 0.5 to 1.0 credit of a modern language (depending on prior proficiency) in years one and two.

The third year will be spent abroad, and in the fourth year, students take an Extended Essay module.

A levels

Grades

AAB

Subjects

No specific subjects.

GCSEs

English Language at grade B, Mathematics at grade C and an ancient or modern foreign language at grade C (to be attained prior to admission).

IB Diploma

Points

36

Subjects

A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no score lower than 5.

Accepted equivalent qualification(s) for Russia

Successful completion of one year of a Bachelor Degree or Specialist Diploma at a Russian university recognised by UCL, with an average of 4.5/5.

Study must contain subjects relevant to the programme of study at UCL.