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Compulsory Modules (90 ECTS-Credits)
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Compulsory Module 7: History of Roman Literature (5 ECTS-Credits; 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The graduates of this module have a systematic overview of Roman literature and basic knowledge of Roman culture and history. They know the main authors and their works and are able to relate them to their historical and cultural context. They have in particular studied the relationship of Greek writing with Roman literature. They have fundamental knowledge of the epochs of literary history, their characteristics and their aesthetic concepts. They are familiar with essential characteristics of literary genera and can locate texts within genre traditions. In this context, they have a basic awareness of reception processes and their roles in the origin of literary works.
Compulsory Module 10: Medieval and Neo-Latin Language and Literature (5 ECTS-Credits; 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates of this module have an overview of Medieval and Neo-Latin language and literature: They are able to trace the development of Latin language following antiquity and to elaborate linguistic characteristics of Medieval and Neo-Latin in texts of respective epochs. They have basic knowledge of history and culture of the Middle Ages and Modern Times. They know main Latin authors and works of the Middle Ages and Modern Times and are able to locate them in their historical and cultural context. They have dealt with the relationship of Medieval and Neo-Latin literature and are aware of its importance for the European intellectual history. Moreover, they have gained insights into specific genres and topics of Medieval and Neo-Latin literature and know the most important tools and methods of text interpretation.
Compulsory Module 11: Interpretation II (5 ECTS-Credits; 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 4 and 9
Learning Outcome: The graduates of this module have advanced their knowledge of Latin literature and are able to interpret texts based on their competences in literary science acquired in compulsory module 4. They are able to independently find appropriate secondary literature for specific issues and to deal with it critically. They are able to compare and methodically reflect on different research opinions. On this basis, they are able to take a stand on research questions and support their opinion in an argumentative way. They are able to present their results in the form of a presentation and a paper in a clear and conclusive way. This way they have acquired the necessary methodical instruments for writing the Bachelor's Thesis.
Compulsory Module 14: Bachelor's Thesis (5 ECTS-Credits; 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 11 and 12
Learning Outcome: The graduates are able to find secondary literature for the selected topic and to deal with it critically. They are able to take a stand on a research question and support their opinion with arguments. They are able to reflect their approach methodically and to test their arguments` coherence. They are able to present interim results of their work in the form of a presentation and to use the following discussion for further elaboration.

Notes:
  • There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
  • The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).