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Latin (B.A.) (2 subjects/teacher training)

Features

Bringing ancient languages to life: Study Latin at Göttingen in one of only three departments in Germany with a special chair of teacher training. You will gain well-founded language training and the necessary philological know-how to make Latin texts accessible to you: Who created the text? Who read it? Who heard it? Who saw it? What message does the text convey? What does it reveal about the world (view) of the Romans? The programme is expanded by numerous possibilities for field trips and a close connection to neighbouring studies such as History, Greek and Archaeology.

Programme:
Latin
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (2-subjects/teacher training)
Standard period of study:
6 semesters
Start:
Only the winter semester
Language of the programme:
German
Admission:
open admission (enrolment without previous application)
Orientation events:
at the beginn of your studies orientation events are offered

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Details

Students are to develop an appropriate level of proficiency and accuracy in the usage of Latin grammar and language, enabling them to translate a) Latin poetry and prose of medium difficulty into German and b) German prose of low or medium difficulty into Latin, both without recourse to auxiliary references. They will further obtain a survey of the genres and history of Latin literature from its beginnings in the archaic to the imperial period, including an introduction to the most important meters of Latin verse. Students will also acquire knowledge and mastery of the basic hermeneutic tools of Classical Philology in order to develop the ability to read with discrimination, interpret and evaluate the Latin originals. The program further provides its students with insights into the most relevant auxiliary and neighboring disciplines of Latin studies, especially into ancient Greek literature.

In addition to Greek and Latin literature of the classical period the Classical Department of Goettingen has further specialized in literature of the imperial period and late antiquity as well as in subject-related didactics.

Graecum and Latinum. If you only have an intermediate Latin certificate, you will have to obtain the Latinum in the first subject semester. Additionally, contacting the academic advisor prior to your studies is highly recommended. If you don't have the Graecum, you will have to obtain it up to attaining the module 5 (Greek Literature for Latinists).

Latin can be combined with all other subjects partaking in the 2-subject teacher training B.A. programme.

Related and consecutive/graduate programmes


Structure

In the two-subject Bachelor's programme, two subjects are studied on equal terms.

A total of 180 credits are earned for the Bachelor's degree Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).

The two subjects each account for 66 credits. The teaching profession profile accounts for 36 credits.

The structure of the subject Latin (66 C) matches the guidelines in the regulations for 2-subject-scheme degree programmes; it comprises 9 compulsory modules and an elective module:

  • 1: Introduction to Latin Literature and Philology - Basic Module
  • 2-1: Latin Language I - Basic Module
  • 2-2: Latin Language II - Basic Module
  • 3: Latin Literature I: Poetry - Basic Module
  • 4: Latin Literature II: Prose - Basic Module
  • 5: Greek Literature for Students of Latin - Basic Module
  • 7: Latin Literature III
  • 8: Latin Language - Intermediate Module
  • 9: Didactic Competence
  • Elective Module: Classics (Ancient history, Archaeology, Linguistics, or Latin Literature of the Middle Ages)

The teaching profession profile is divided into the following areas:

  • Didactics (6 C)
  • Educational Sciences and internships (20 C)
  • Electives (10 C)

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Combination of subjects for the teaching profession

Latin can be combined with all teaching profession subjects.

Language requirements

"Kleines Latinum" (German intermediate Latin certificate) or equivalent (necessary for enrolment).

Admission

Start:
Winter semester only
1st subject semester:
open admission (enrolment without previous application)
2nd to 6th subject semester:
open admission (enrolment without previous application)

EU
Non-German citizens without a German educational qualification

Non-EU
Citizen from a non-EU country (or stateless person)


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Contact

Study and examination advice Faculty of Humanities

Tina Seufer and Eva Wolff

Humboldtallee 17
DE-37073 Göttingen

Phone: +49 (0)551 39 21888 (Seufer)
Phone: +49 (0)551 39 26713 (Wolff)

Email: studienberatung@phil.uni-goettingen.de

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Academic Advising

Nadine Fröhlich (M.A./M.Ed.)
and Anna Wiegand (M.Ed.)

Seminar für Klassische Philologie

Humboldtallee 19
Room 0.246 (Fröhlich)
Room 0.245 (Wiegand)
37073 Göttingen

Phone: +49 (0) 551 39 12441 (Fröhlich)
Phone: +49 (0) 551 39 4744 (Wiegand)

E-Mail: studienberatung-klaphi@uni-goettingen.de

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