Aims & Objectives

Course Aims

Enable the student to reach an appropriate level of knowledge and understanding of the language and to use this understanding for a variety of purposes, including translation, comprehension and research.

Develop the student’s appreciation of the literary merit of classical texts and an awareness of the issues raised in them, as well as their connections and relevance to our times.

Encourage, through the study of texts and other products of classical cultures, an awareness and appreciation in the student of the different perspectives of people from those cultures.

Provide the student with an opportunity for intellectual engagement through the process of inquiry and the development of critical thinking and learning skills.

Provide the student with a basis for further study, work and enjoyment in a variety of contexts.

Course Objectives

It is expected that by the end of the classical languages course, students will be able to:

Understand and translate texts in the original language

Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of texts in the original language and other products of Classical culture within their historical, political, cultural and geographical contexts

Analyse the style of, and demonstrate a critical understanding of, a variety of classical texts in the original language

Construct an argument supported by relevant examples in the original language or supplementary reading.