University College Cork

8-WEEK INTENSIVE LATIN AND GREEK SUMMER SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND
June 30th – August 21st 2008

The Department of Classics offers an intensive 8-week summer school for beginners with parallel courses in Latin and Greek. The courses are primarily aimed at postgraduate students in diverse disciplines who need to acquire a knowledge of either of the languages for further study and research, and at teachers whose schools would like to reintroduce Latin and Greek into their curriculum.

In each language 6 weeks will be spent completing the basic grammar and a further 2 weeks will be spent reading simple, unadapted texts.

ONE YEAR DIPLOMA IN LATIN (2008-2009)
University College Cork, Ireland

The Department of Classics is offering, in conjunction with its intensive 8-week Summer School in Latin and Greek, the chance for students to acquire Latin from scratch to the level of a Bachelor’s degree in just one year.

The course is aimed primarily at postgraduate students in diverse disciplines who need to acquire knowledge of either of the languages for further study and research, and at teachers whose schools would like to reintroduce Latin into their curriculum.

The course starts on June 30th 2008 and consists of two parts. Part A requires completion of the Latin Summer School programme (25 ECTS credits). Part B consists of a total of 9 second and third year courses worth a total of 50ECTS credits which would be completed over the Autumn and Winter semesters here in Cork. The courses cover a variety of authors as well as a more detailed examination of grammar. One course running over both semesters is devoted to reading tailored to each student’s need.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For further information and an application form see our website:  http://www.ucc.ie/acad/classics/summ_sch.html

or contact Vicky Janssens, Department of Classics, University College Cork, Ireland:
Tel: +353 21 4903618/2359

email: v.janssens@ucc.ie

Further information on the Summer School can be found on our website. For details about the Diploma in general and Part B specifically
see here and click on "Diploma" on the left hand side of
the screen.

Further enquiries about the Diploma programme should be directed to:

Dr. Konstantin Doulamis
Department of Classics
University College Cork
Ireland
Tel. +353-21-4902565/2359, Fax +353-21-4903277
E-mail: k.doulamis@ucc.ie