奧塔哥大學

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree programme, enabling students to study from a selection of more than 40 arts and social science subjects, as well as papers offered elsewhere in the University. Academic breadth is complemented by in-depth knowledge gained through majoring in one or two subjects with the option of minors in one or two others.

Students are taught by research-active scholars, are expected to undertake a diverse range of learning tasks and are challenged to develop their intellectual independence. Graduates of the programme are well-informed, versatile, independent thinkers with the information literacy, communication, research and interpersonal skills necessary for a career or further academic study. The completed BA is an entry qualification for the PGDipArts in the major subject of the degree.

Classics

Classics is the study of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome. The importance of the Greeks and Romans is their immense influence on the development of western civilisation. Our language, literature, art, drama, philosophy, political and legal systems, art and architecture are all derived from Greece and Rome.

In studying Classics we are studying the European origins of our own culture. At the same time Greece and Rome are fascinating subjects in their own right, and the interdisciplinary nature of Classics means that there are links with almost all other Arts subjects.

The Classics Department offers a single major covering three subjects, Greek, Latin and Classical Studies. You can combine these in whatever proportions suit your interest's best.

Classical Studies

Classical Studies papers take a broad approach to Greek and Roman civilization, covering history, literature, art, mythology and religion.

Programme Requirements

100-level

• Any two CLAS, GREK or LATN 100-level papers

200-level

• Any three CLAS, GREK or LATN 200-level papers

300-level

Any four papers from CLAS, GREK or LATN 300-level papers, PHIL 335

Plus

198 further points; must include 54 points at 200-level or above.

Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts