Latin Honours

Offered by: Faculty of Arts
Convenor: Dr Elizabeth Minchin

Administration: School of Language Studies

Admission requirements:
The program for the degree with Honours in Latin will comprise the following:

1. completion of the pass degree
2. a major in Latin
3. three other courses from among the courses offered by the Classics Program (or included in List A or List B of later-year courses in the Classics major).
4. other courses to make up the units for a pass degree, including a major from outside the Honours Program  

It is strongly recommended that candidates for Honours in Latin take at least one course of Ancient Greek.

A Credit average must be attained in the required courses, including Distinction levels in at least two of the courses in the Latin major.

Mid-year admission is possible.

Latin lV, (Honours)
The Honours year consists of three components, viz. a thesis and two seminars. One Honours seminar is offered each semester: Seminar A and Seminar B.

Thesis
A thesis of 15,000 words on an approved topic, to be submitted normally by the Friday of the next to last teaching week of the final semester of the candidate's course. Students are required to select the topic for the thesis in consultation with the Convener before the end of their preceding year, and to begin study for it during the intervening vacation.

Courses offered in 2009

Fourth Year
LATN4005F  Latin IV Honours (full time)
LATN4005P  Latin IV Honours (part time)

Assessment

Honours candidates will be assessed on the thesis and the seminars. The seminars will be assessed on a combination of coursework and a final three-hour examination at the end of the semester in which the seminar is taken.

There will also be a final three-hour examination (one and a half-hour in Combined Honours courses) in unseen translation from Latin to be taken at the end of the last semester of the candidate's course.

The thesis will carry one-third of the assessment and the coursework in both seminars and the final examinations (including the unseen translation paper) two-thirds of the assessment.

Combined Honours in the Classics Program

The Classics program has Combined Honours courses in the following: Ancient Greek and Ancient History; Ancient Greek and Classics; Ancient Greek and Latin; Latin and Ancient History; Latin and Classics. Combined Honours courses may also be arranged with other Programs in the Faculty of Arts.

Admission requirements for Combined Honours courses in the Classics Program

1. completion of the pass degree.
2. majors in Ancient Greek and Ancient History; OR Ancient Greek and Classics; OR Ancient Greek and Latin; OR Latin and Ancient History; OR Latin and Classics.
3. two other courses from among the courses offered by the Classics Program (or included in List A or List B of later-year courses in the Classics major).
4. a Credit average must be attained in the required courses, including Distinction levels in at least two of the courses in each major.

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The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.