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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Disciplines and areas of study

Ancient Greek Studies

The Mediterranean basin has been a highly influential spawning ground for diverse cultures from antiquity to the present. This area of Greek studies allows students to become familiar with the Mediterranean civilisations and, in particular, the Ancient Greek achievement, by taking subjects offered by various programs within the faculty. Students may pursue their interests in a variety of fields, including history, philosophy, religion, archaeology, language, and literature. By selecting from a large pool of approved subjects, students will be able to develop an understanding of broad historical and artistic developments in the ancient Mediterranean region, as well as the role of the emergence and collapse of these civilisations in the construction of Modern Greek and European identities.

The Faculty offers a number of elective subjects for those students interested in Ancient
Greek Studies, these include Ancient Greek language subjects, Ancient Greek subjects taught in English and subjects from other disciplines.

Ancient Greek Subjects

Teaching period Subject title Subject code
First year subjects (15 credit points)
TE-SEM-1 Ancient Greek Beginners 1A ANG1BEA
TE-SEM-2 Ancient Greek Beginners 1B ANG1BEB
TE-SEM-2 Ancient Mediterranean Culture – the Greek achievement ANG1AMC
Second or third year subjects (20 credit points)
TE-SEM-1 Ancient Greek Beginners 2A ANG2BEA
TE-SEM-2 Ancient Greek Beginners 2B ANG2BEB
TE-SEM-2 From Homer to Hollywood: the perennial Greek hero/heroine ANG2HHH/ANG3HHH

Additional subjects from other disciplines

Important notice: Not all of the subjects listed below will be available every year. See the subject lists for the specific disciplines, where subjects unavailable in the current year will be noted.

Subject title Subject code
First year subjects (15 credit points)
Archaeology of Ancient Civilisations ARC1AAC
Critical Thinking PHI1CRT
Greece and the Balkans in the Twentieth Century EST1GAB
Myth, Legend, and History HIS1MLH
Second or third year subjects (20 credit points)
Ethnic and Civil Conflict in Southern Europe and Cyprus EST2ECC/EST3ECC
Imaging Contemporary Greece: cinema, song, text EST2ICG/EST3ICG
Managing Archaeology ARC2MAN/ARC3MAN
Plato and the Meaning of Being PHI2PAM/PHI3PAM
Rise and Fall of Civilisations ARC2RFC/ARC3RFC
Tragedy and the Classical World ENG2TCW/ENG3TCW
Transterritorial Hellenism EST2TTH/EST3TTH
World of the Pharaohs: the archaeology of ancient Egypt ARC2EGY/ARC3EGY