Greek and Latin Studies

The Greek and Latin Studies programme opens the way for students to learn about the sources of European culture and scholarship. It enables students to discover in the original the ideas and works of the famous ancient figures who laid the foundations of European literature, established the Western philosophical, scientific and legal tradition, and entrusted to future generations the first democratic principles and values of civil society.

The programme focuses on the acquisition of the morphology and syntax of classical Greek (specifically its Attic dialect) or Latin, the study of ancient literature and the historical and cultural context in which ancient literary works were produced.

An important part of the study is the reading of original texts, in which students develop the ability to interpret the original text in a multifaceted way and learn to apply their grammatical, literary and cultural-historical knowledge. The study of Ancient Greek or Latin, which are morphologically and syntactically more complex than the commonly studied modern Indo-European languages, deepens general linguistic, analytical, interpretive and translation competences and facilitates the understanding of technical terminology from other disciplines. It teaches how to solve problems systematically and to take into account several aspects at once. The study of the ancient world then enables a better orientation in most areas of European culture.

After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• reproduce by heart the basic morphology and syntactic rules of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek and describe them using linguistic terminology;
• analyse the structure of sentences and translate shorter sentences into classical Greek or Latin;
• understand selected texts written in the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek or Latin, translate them into Czech and interpret them in a cultural and historical context;
• characterise the various stages of the development of ancient literature and its most important figures;
• specify the main features of basic literary genres in ancient literature;
• describe methodological approaches from the field of linguistics and literary theory used in classical philology
• work with both Czech and foreign language scholarly literature; use electronic databases and printed information sources (scholarly journals, dictionaries, encyclopaedias);
• write a coherent text on scholarly topics using scientific methodology.

As philologically educated professionals with an overview of ancient literature and a basic orientation in ancient culture, graduates can find employment in various cultural institutions, such as libraries, museums and cultural centres, and in various editorial and editorial positions in the media. They can offer employers across disciplines the ability to work with more complex texts, to follow a methodical approach, to independently research and process information, and to solve problems.

Compulsory practices are not included in the Bachelor's degree programme in Greek and Latin Studies.

The standard length of a bachelor's thesis is at least 70,000 characters but usually no more than 90,000 characters, including footnotes, table of contents, index, reference list and annotations. Students choose the topic of the thesis either from the topics published in the MU Information System or after individual agreement with the supervisor. In the bachelor's thesis, students demonstrate the ability to use the basic domestic and foreign literature on the chosen topic, to find additional sources and assess their relevance, to work with ancient Greek or Latin sources, to formulate and defend their own conclusions, and to write a structured coherent text in a scholarly style.

Graduates of the Bachelor's degree programme in Greek and Latin Studies can continue in the Master's programme with the same focus, specialize in Latin Medieval Studies or choose to study Latin Teaching. They may also continue further studies in any Master's degree programme, provided they meet the admission requirements.