Classics

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1010 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus:	2010

Coordinator

Dr Rhiannon Evans
rmevans@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts and Music Student Centre

Overview:	The minimum entry requirement for classics honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with completion of a major in classics, and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2B (70%).
Objectives:	See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	Students undertaking pure honours in classics must complete: Classics Thesis (37.5 points); and Four honours subjects in ancient Greek and/or Latin (intermediate and/or advanced) (50 points); and One elective subject from the list below (12.5 points). No more than 25 points of intermediate ancient Greek and Latin subjects may be taken. There is no combined honours in classics. Total 100 points
Subject Options:	Thesis: Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: CLAS40020 Classics Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 18.75 Classics Honours Subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ANCW40001 Euripides, Seneca, and Mythmaking Semester 2 12.50 ANCW40002 Roman Religion: Current Issues Semester 2 12.50 107-412 Myth and Reality in Barbarian Europe Not offered in 2010 12.50 ANCW40007 Current Issues in Aegean Archaeology Semester 1 12.50 106-467 Latin Paleography and Codicology Not offered in 2010 12.50 ANCW40008 Ethnic Identity in the Greco-Roman World Semester 1 12.50 HIST40006 Major Issues in Roman History Semester 1 12.50 ANCW40003 Archaeology of Complex Societies Semester 2 12.50 ANCW40006 Age of Empires Semester 1 12.50 107-419 Olympic Games to Alexander the Great Not offered in 2010 12.50 107-435 The Epic Cycle and Homeric Hymns Not offered in 2010 12.50 107-450 Archaeology of the Black Sea Not offered in 2010 12.50 Latin subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: CLAS40013 Advanced Latin: Didactic Poetry Semester 1 12.50 CLAS40014 Advanced Latin: Novel Semester 2 12.50 CLAS40030 Intermediate Latin: Historiography Semester 2 12.50 CLAS40027 Intermediate Latin: Epic Semester 1 12.50 107-484 Intermediate Latin Language Not offered in 2010 12.50 Ancient Greek subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: CLAS40017 Advanced Ancient Greek C Semester 1 12.50 CLAS40018 Advanced Ancient Greek D Semester 2 12.50 CLAS40029 Intermediate Ancient Greek: Koine Semester 1 12.50 CLAS40028 Intermediate Ancient Greek: Tragedy Semester 2 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.historical-studies.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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