BA Ancient History and History,
About this course
BA in Classics, encompassing ancient history from the Mediterranean to the modern era. Core topics include research methods and fieldwork. The programme offers Latin and Greek language study from beginner level through to advanced, alongside modules spanning ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern periods. A history and heritage field trip is available as an optional module.
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What students say
Based on about 42 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 91%
- Assessment and feedback: 92%
- Academic support: 98%
- Organisation and management: 90%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 87%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 94%
- Gained a higher qualification: 1%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 25 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 45%
- Further study: 20%
- Unemployed: 20%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 25%
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Process, plant and machine operatives: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 55%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 35%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 20%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 120 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 9%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 11%
- East of England: 9%
- London: 14%
- South East: 21%
- South West: 12%
- Wales: 17%
Who gets in
Based on about 50 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
Modules
- History of the Mediterranean World (c.1000 BCE – c. 500 CE)
- From Facts to Fake News: Being a Historian in the Twenty-First Century
- Pompeii and beyond
- Global Challenges and the Historian
- Introduction to Ancient Egyptian History, Culture and Society
- Making Modern Europe, 1789 to the Present
- Medieval Matters: Exploring the Middle Ages
- Beginning Latin 1
- Intermediate Latin 1
- Further Latin 1
- The Past in its Place: History and Heritage Field Trip
- The Early Modern World, 1500-1800
- Beginning Latin 2
- Intermediate Latin 2
- Further Latin 2
- The Practice of History
- Intermediate Greek 1
- Beginning Greek 1
- Archaic Greece
- The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800
- Gender in the Roman World
- Intermediate Latin 1
- Beginning Latin 1
- Intermediate Greek 2
- Beginning Greek 2
- The Imperial Image: Roman Emperors and Imperial Women in History, Literature and Art.
- Guided Research Project
- Alexander and the Hellenistic world
- Intermediate Latin 2
- Beginning Latin 2
- Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages
- The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex
- Reading Classical Civilisation
- Roman Love Poetry
- Plato's Republic
- America in a Nutshell: A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump, 1631-2016
- The Making of Transatlantic America
- Rhyfel Cartref America
- Europe 1500-1650: Renaissance, Reformation and Religious War
- Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain
- The Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1225
- Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955
- The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates
- Medicine and the Modern World, 1800 to the Present
- Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slavery, Dragons, Queens and Vikings
- History Work Placement
- The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867
- Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867
- The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire
- The Global First World War
- Extended Research Project in Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology
- History Dissertation
- Intermediate Greek 1
- Further Greek 1
- Culture and Control in Roman Britain
- Archaic Greece
- Intermediate Latin 1
- Further Latin 1
- Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval
- Intermediate Greek 2
- Further Greek 2
- Pagans, Christians, and the "Falls" of Rome
- Alexander and the Hellenistic world
- Intermediate Latin 2
- Further Latin 2
- Schools work placement: Teaching ancient history and ancient languages
- The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex
- Roman Love Poetry
- Plato's Republic
- The Lights that Failed: the League of Nations and International Peace 1919 -1939
- The Hungry World: Food, Famine and the End of Empire, 1880-1945
- The Reign of King John, 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta
- The First Crusade: Devotion, Piety and Power in the Latin Christian World
- The Russian Civil War
- The Placing of History: Digitally Mapping the Historic Past
- The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865-2008
- Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
- From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and Society in Western Political Thought
- The American Civil War in History and Memory
- Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cymry
- A History of Sex and Gender
- The Cold War
- The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society, 1847-1939
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Ancient History and History, at Swansea University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £20,500 after 3 years, £25,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £31,500. The £25,500 median after five years is £6,000 less than the UK median for Classics.
What do graduates of BA Ancient History and History, at Swansea University do next?
65% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Ancient History and History, at Swansea University?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Ancient History and History, at Swansea University?
The average entrant had 103 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Ancient History and History, at Swansea University?
94% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.