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Ancient Greek
Diploma in LanguagesSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2023
Ancient Greek
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor K.O. Chong-Gossard
Email: koc@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
The Diploma in Languages provides students with the opportunity to gain a Diploma in Ancient Greek while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne.
Ancient Greek has been taught at the University of Melbourne since its very foundation, and has been a core element of higher education for many centuries. The overall objective of the Classics program is to introduce students to key literary texts from classical antiquity (including history, drama, oratory, philosophy, epic, and lyric poetry), and to enable students to discover the many important contributions which reading ancient texts in the original languages can make to understanding both the ancient world and the Western tradition. A knowledge of Ancient Greek is also very useful for research and training in such related disciplines as biochemistry, medicine, the history and philosophy of science, archaeology, Biblical studies, history, philosophy, art history, English literary studies, and music.
The Diploma in Languages provides students with the opportunity to gain a Diploma in Ancient Greek while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Diploma in Languages (Ancient Greek) should:
- master the vocabulary, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of the Ancient Greek language; and
- acquire skills and methodologies for the reading and translating of Ancient Greek texts; and
- gain knowledge of ancient culture through the literature of ancient Greece in the original language.
Last updated: 3 May 2024
Structure
100 credit points
The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and may add up to one year to the duration of the student’s degree course. See the Diploma course structure for details.
To obtain a specialisation in Ancient Greek students will need to complete:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 Ancient Greek subjects
- 37.5 credit points of Level 2 Ancient Greek subjects including
- 25 credit points of Level 2 Ancient Greek core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 Ancient Greek electives
- 37.5 credit points of Level 3 Ancient Greek subjects including
- 25 credit points of Level 3 Ancient Greek core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Ancient Greek electives
Subject Options
Level 1 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CLAS10004 | Ancient Greek 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CLAS10005 | Ancient Greek 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CLAS20015 | Ancient Greek 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CLAS20016 | Ancient Greek 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW20015 | Classical Mythology |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (Online)
|
12.5 |
ANCW20022 | History of Greece: Homer to Alexander | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW20027 | The Ancient Greeks: Art & Archaeology | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
PHIL20040 | Greek Philosophy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CLAS30024 | Ancient Greek 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CLAS30025 | Ancient Greek 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW30011 | Underworld and Afterlife | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30016 | The Age of Alexander the Great | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 3 May 2024