21st October 2021

We have revised the 'Course Overview' section of the 'Course overview' tab.

Previous content:

Italian and Classics will enable you to focus on both the Classical world and modern Italy.

You will study Latin alongside modern Italian in your first year and you can choose to continue Latin in your intermediate and final years too.

On the Classics side of the degree, you will have a wide choice of modules on Greek and Roman culture and you can explore the connections between the Classical world and the civilisations of Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East.

You will normally spend your second or third year abroad, consolidating and enhancing your learning.

Revised content:

Italian and Classics will enable you to focus on both the Classical world and modern Italy.

Throughout your degree, you will study Italian language at the appropriate level alongside modules in Italian culture. The Italian side of your degree will extend your understanding of the language, literature, culture, history, society and politics of Italy.

On the Classics side of the degree, you can choose between Latin and Greek in your first year and you can continue these languages in your intermediate and final years too. You will have a wide choice of modules on Greek and Roman culture and you can explore the connections between the Classical world and the civilisations of Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East.

You will normally spend your second or third year abroad, consolidating and enhancing your learning.

20th October 2021

We have made changes to this course page in light of University approval.

On the 'Modules' tab we have removed the following:

In addition to Italian language in year one, you will take an Italian culture module and Latin at the appropriate level.

And replaced with:

In the first year you will take Italian language alongside an Italian cultural module. For Classics you will study either Latin or Greek at the appropriate level; Roman Culture and Society or Greek Culture and Society; and further optional modules in Classics.

In the Core Modules list we have amended the following:

Latin at the appropriate level

And replaced with:

Latin or Greek at the appropriate level

We have also removed the following course descriptions in Year One:

Introduction to Italian Culture
How should we ‘read’ a literary or visual text? What are the considerations of form, audience and context that enable us to make sense of a cultural product? In what ways should a performance be understood differently from something fixed on the page? You will address these questions by considering four representative avenues of expression in Italian culture, namely cinema, short stories, lyric poetry and theatre-writing. You will refine your skills of analysis and have the opportunity to sample different periods of Italian culture, from the Renaissance through to intellectuals such as Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, and the poet Giacomo Leopardi, representative of the Romantic tradition. You will end your course equipped with the appropriate technical vocabulary to discuss different art forms fluently and in an informed manner.

And

Introduction to Greek and Roman History
You will be introduced to the central themes of Greek and Roman history, from the Greek Archaic Period to the beginning of the Roman Empire. You will gain a broad chronological understanding of the ancient world, and good knowledge of the range of evidence and methodologies used to analyse its historical events and cultural practices. You will also develop advanced skills in analysing evidence, crafting an argument and presenting your ideas coherently and fluently.

And inserted:

Either Roman Culture and Society or Greek Culture and Society.

Initial launch

This page was launched on 2nd March 2021.