NUI Galway Classics: Second Arts

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Classics in Second Arts 2012–13

See the Classics Handbook for Second and Final Year Arts and Postgraduate Students 2012–13

Important information:
From 2013–2014 final degree grades will be calculated on the basis of 30% of overall Second Year grade + 70% of overall Final Year grade. 
This will effect all current Second Year students.

Introductory session for course planning

We will offer a general introduction to the modules in Second-Year Classics on the first Monday of the teaching semester. (This year: 10 a.m. Monday, 3 September, in AC214 on the Concourse.) If you are considering studying Classics, this will be an excellent opportunity to ask questions and find out more about the course.

Choosing your modules

As far as the registration system is concerned, all Classics modules are optional—but we strongly recommend certain combinations. Each semester has a designated core module that all Classics students should take. In addition, you can choose two further modules each semester according to your interests.

Usually, you will take either two Latin modules per semester or two modules in visual and intellectual culture. If you do not take Latin, your studies in art, archaeology and the Classical tradition will culminate in the special challenge of CC227, the module known as The Oral: Research and Presentation Skills.

(It is possible to take one Latin module per semester, but this is not advisable for all but the most dedicated students. In this case students would take the modules CC230 and CC232 (Beginning Latin) and be encouraged to attend as many classes as possible from CCS202 and CCS203 (Latin and Historical Linguistics) on an unofficial basis.)

Further options are available for you to substitute for any of the standard choices except the core modules. Ancient Greek is normally taken as part of the third-year programme, but some second-year students may be interested in starting this fascinating but challenging language. There is one Greek module per semester, which meets three times weekly. In addition, Classics students may take selected modules offered by Philosophy and Celtic Civilisation.

Course structure: semester one

Core module*
CCS204 Visualising Antiquity (Kelly)

Language and linguistics options: Beginning Latin
CC230 Beginning Latin Part I (Bisagni)
CCS202 Latin and Historical Linguistics Part I (Bisagni)

Visual and intellectual culture options
CC211 Early Greece (Herring)
CCS207 Studies in Ancient Literature (Remoundou-Howley)

Further options
CCS205 Beginning Ancient Greek Part One (Moran)
PI213 Ancient Philosophy (Dr Nick Tosh)

Course structure: semester two

Core module*
CCS201 Studies in the Ancient Imagination (Kelly)

Language and linguistics options
CC232 Beginning Latin Part II (Bisagni)
CCS203 Latin and Historical Linguistics Part II (Bisagni, Moran)

Visual and intellectual culture options
CC228 The History of the Roman Empire (O’Donoghue)
CC227 The Oral (Research and Presentation Skills)

Further options
CCS206 Beginning Ancient Greek Part Two (Moran)
SG217 A Field of Gods and Men: Myths and Legends of the Celts (Dr Clodagh Downey)

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This page was last updated Friday, January 04, 2013