Literae humaniores

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Literae humaniores (in academic vernacular also Greats is called) a four-year undergraduate, with the Bachelor of Arts final degree at the University of Oxford in the field of classics and ancient philosophy .

history

Originally, the Literae humaniores ("more human literature") were related to the Literae divinae ("divine literature"), ie theology , and also included natural science and mathematics . In the 19th and 20th centuries, the course was characterized by its combination of intensive language training in Latin and Greek with basic training in ancient philosophy and ancient history. The course was changed at the end of the 20th century: there are now a variety of options for combining courses. Apart from classical scholars and philosophers, the course has also been taken by numerous public figures. In 2001, the Faculty of the Literae Humaniores was divided into the Faculty of Classics and the Faculty of Philosophy, as philosophy was far removed from the other contents of the course; a combination of philosophical courses with the course is currently still possible.

At the University of Cambridge , the three-year Classical honors tripos course corresponds to content .

Current regulations

A distinction is made between different courses depending on the requirements for applying for a study place. Anyone who has knowledge of Latin and / or Greek at A-level can take a course IA (Latin and Greek); if you only have this knowledge of Latin, course IB; if you only bring those in Greek, the IC course. Students who have no previous knowledge of either Latin or Greek take course II, either with Latin or with Greek alone or with both ancient languages. These students take the same final exams in Greats as those from Course I.

The course consists of two parts, an intermediate examination ( Honor Moderations or Mods ) and a final examination ( Literae humaniores or Greats ). The first five trimesters (terms) serve to prepare for the Honor Moderations ( Mods ), which for Classics I students consist of ten exams (papers) and for Classics II students of seven. After that there is no longer any difference between students from the two courses. The preparation for the final exam Literae humaniores ( Greats ) takes seven trimesters (terms) to complete. The exam itself consists of eight exams, the subjects of which the students can choose from around 80 courses. There is a multitude of individual combination options from the areas of Greek and Roman History , Philosophy , Greek and Latin Literature , Greek and Roman Archeology and Philology and Linguistics . There is also the option of writing a dissertation (thesis) of 10,000 words.

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