Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies

Overview

Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Minor Award
Total Credits: 30
Connected Curriculum:

Employability

Graduate Attributes:

Independent and creative thinker

Exit Award only

MA (Classical Studies) candidates who pass 30 credits of taught modules from Part I may choose to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Roman Studies. A student who subsequently applies to continue to a Master's must do so within 5 years of successful completion of the Postgraduate Certificate.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.

Programme Requirements

Module List
Code	Title	Credits
Students must pass modules to the value of 30 credits of taught modules from either of the following options:
Option 1: Both Classical Languages
(a) Classical Language(s)
Students take 30 credits from one of the following groups:
Group 1
Students with no prior knowledge of either Greek or Latin take 30 credits as follows:
GK6001	Beginners' Ancient Greek
LT6001	Beginners' Latin
Group 2
Students who have passed GK6001 (or its equivalent) but have not done Latin take 30 credits as follows:
LT6001	Beginners' Latin
GK2003	Reading Greek
GK2008	Easy Greek Texts
GK3033	Plato
Group 3
Students who have passed LT6001 (or its equivalent) but have not done Greek take 30 credits as follows:
GK6001	Beginners' Ancient Greek
plus modules to the value of 15 credits from the following:
LT6015	Latin in Practice
LT6027	Petronius's Cena Trimalchionis
LT6028	Propertius
LT6029	Seneca
Group 4
Students who have passed both GK6001 and LT6001 (or their equivalents) take modules to the value of 30 credits from the following:
GK2003	Reading Greek
GK2008	Easy Greek Texts
GK3033	Plato
LT6015	Latin in Practice
LT6027	Petronius's Cena Trimalchionis
LT6028	Propertius
LT6029	Seneca
(b) Roman Culture and Research Skills
Students take modules to the value of 15 credits from the following:
GR6012	Divination and Cosmology in Late Antiquity
GR6013	Insult and Invective in the Ancient World
HI6090	The Insular World in Text and Image
PG6010	Contemporary Practices in Publishing and Editing
PG6011	Digital Skills for Research Postgraduates in the Humanities and Social Sciences
CC6008	Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research
CC6025	Celtic Paganism and its Irish Legacy: The Medieval Evidence
Option 2: Single Classical Language
(a) Classical Language
Students take 15 credits from one of the following groups:
Group 1
Students with no prior knowledge of either Greek or Latin take modules to the value of 15 credits from the following:
GK6001	Beginners' Ancient Greek
or LT6001	Beginners' Latin
Group 2
Students who have passed GK6001 (or its equivalent) but have not done Latin take 15 credits as follows:
LT6001	Beginners' Latin
Group 3
Students who have passed LT6001 (or its equivalent) but have not done Greek take 15 credits as follows:
GK6001	Beginners' Ancient Greek
Group 4
Students who have passed both GK6001 and LT6001 (or their equivalents) take modules to the value of 15 credits from the following:
GK2003	Reading Greek
GK2008	Easy Greek Texts
GK3033	Plato
LT6015	Latin in Practice
LT6027	Petronius's Cena Trimalchionis
LT6028	Propertius
LT6029	Seneca
(b) Roman Culture and Research Skills
Students take modules to the value of 30 credits from the following:
GR6012	Divination and Cosmology in Late Antiquity
GR6013	Insult and Invective in the Ancient World
HI6090	The Insular World in Text and Image
PG6010	Contemporary Practices in Publishing and Editing
PG6011	Digital Skills for Research Postgraduates in the Humanities and Social Sciences
CC6008	Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research
CC6025	Celtic Paganism and its Irish Legacy: The Medieval Evidence

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for the Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

Demonstrate an awareness of the major issues and problems within the field of Roman studies;
Evaluate a broad range of primary and secondary sources related to Roman studies;
Demonstrate a knowledge of the preservation and transmission of Roman culture into the modern era;
Demonstrate an enhanced knowledge of Latin;
Demonstrate an enhanced knowledge of Greek.

Catalóg na gClár Acadúil
Academic Programme Catalogue

Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies

Overview

Programme Requirements

Programme Requirements

Examinations

Programme Learning Outcomes

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