Ancient History and Archaeology BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Ancient History and Archaeology BA (Hons)

This Joint Honours degree enables you to combine Ancient History modules from the Department of Classics and Ancient History with those offered by the Department of Archaeology. The balance is broadly equal, but as you progress through your course you will have several opportunities to follow your particular interests in one or both areas. Your dissertation provides a further opportunity to concentrate your studies in an area that captures your imagination.

In Year 1 you will be introduced to the world of the ancient Greeks and early Imperial Rome, seen from a variety of pe...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

29/09/2025

Campus

Durham City

Course Address
Palatine Centre
Durham
DH1 3HP

Application Details

Course Code

VF14

Institution Code

D86

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

We will normally make offers based on Advanced Highers. If an applicant has not been able to take 3 Advanced Highers, offers may be made with a combination of Advanced Highers and Highers, or on a number of Highers.

Access to HE Diploma

D:30,M:15

We require 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 (or equivalent). Applicants may be required to meet additional subject-specific requirements for particular courses at Durham.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

36

Include 665 in higher level subjects.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDD

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H2,H2,H2,H3

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DDD

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,A,B

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,D3,M2

Extended Project

Not Accepted

A level

A,A,B

Specific subjects excluded for entry: General Studies and Critical Thinking.

T Level

At Durham we welcome applications from students of outstanding achievement and potential from all educational backgrounds. We will consider applicants studying T level qualifications for entry to many of our courses. Where a course requires subject specific knowledge and this is not covered within the T level being studied, you may need to supplement your T level studies with a suitable qualification to meet this requirement, for example at A level. Where this is needed this will be clearly stated in our entry requirements.   Where a course requires subject specific knowledge and this is not covered within the T level being studied, you may need to supplement your T level studies with a suitable qualification to meet this requirement, for example at A level.  Where this is needed this will be clearly stated in our entry requirements. Detailed entry requirements can be found on individual course entries on our courses database.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)

Not Accepted

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EU, International £28,000

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