The bachelor programme in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Languages totals 180 credits over 3 years (3 x 60 credits). It consists of a basic major syllabus of 150 credits and a minor syllabus of 30 credits (2 x 15 credits), over years 2 and 3.

Three pivotal courses make up the 150 credits of the major orientation of the bachelor syllabus:
(1) introduction to the human sciences (historical criticism, arts and civilisations, European literature, analysis and practice of academic discourse, modern languages, philosophy, language science, logic and argumentation, anthropology and psychology, religious sciences);
(2) methodological and disciplinary training in ancient languages and literature (history of Greek literature, authors and language, introduction to the sciences of Antiquity, history of ancient scripts);
(3) methodological and disciplinary training in Oriental languages, cultures and civilisations (cuneiform [Akkadian, Hittite] Ancient Egyptian, Armenian, Georgian, Syriac, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Classical Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish).

The first year of undergraduate studies starts with a term of general foundation courses common to all of the faculty's Bachelor's programmes. Students will be introduced to history, art history, literature and the art of academic discourse, providing them with a solid grounding and the opportunity to transfer to a different programme if they so wish at the end of the first term.

They will also receive discipline-specific courses from the first term of Year 1. These will become their core courses in the second term of Year 1. 


From Year 2, students continue their studies in their major subject and are also invited to choose a 30-credit minor with a view to broadening their intellectual and professional horizons. This minor can be selected from another faculty discipline or from another UCL faculty, subject to certain prerequisites set by the programme managers.