This course offers you the opportunity to study a diverse range of periods, countries and cultures to suit your interests. You will explore ancient cultures in a supportive academic environment where you will have access to an exceptional range of expertise and resources. To understand the present, you need to discover the past. That is exactly what you will do studying Ancient History at the University of Birmingham. Delve into the rise and development of ancient civilisations over several millennia from the Ancient Near East and Ancient Egypt, to Classical Greece, Republican and Imperial Rome, and Late Antiquity. BA Ancient History at the University of Birmingham draws on the extensive expertise of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, allowing you to studying not just Greece and Rome, but also Egypt and the Near East. Our Ancient History degree offers you coherence and flexibility. Many students will have little previous experience of exploring Ancient History, so our initial focus will be on helping you adapt to new ways of working. Our unique degrees are designed to provide both academic excellence and vocational development - a balance that is highly sought after by employers in today’s competitive graduate market. You will have a diverse learning experience, including: lectures; small group tutorials; independent study and peer group learning, such as delivering presentations with your classmates. The skills of an ancient historian - research, analysis, organisation, self-management and reasoning are highly attractive to graduate employers. Our Ancient History graduates are capable of working independently and as part of a team, and can eloquently articulate judgements and arguments, which makes them highly sought-after employees. Graduates in Ancient History have excellent employment prospects with 85% of graduates entering work and/or study six months after graduation (DLHE 2016).