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Search : Index : Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts
1. Time commitment to study
2. Prerequisites
3. Requirements for a major
4. Ancient and medieval studies
4.1. Language study component
4.2. Ancient and medieval studies subjects
5. Diploma in Arts (Ancient and Medieval Studies)
6. Medieval and Renaissance studies
6.1. Language study component
6.2. Medieval and Renaissance studies subjects
7. Renaissance and early modern studies
7.1. Language study component
7.2. Renaissance and early modern studies subjects
8. Honours entry
9. Honours requirement
10. For more information
Coordinator: Dr Catherine Kovesi
The ancient, medieval and early modern studies program allows students to shape their subject choices according to an historical period as well as an academic discipline. Students completing one of the ancient, medieval and early modern studies majors will become aware of interdisciplinary links between subjects based in similar periods but in different disciplines. As well as providing a major area of study for BA students, the program also offers an interdisciplinary honours year that focuses on medieval studies, Renaissance studies, or early modern studies that may lead to postgraduate work. The program offers a flexible structure that presents a cluster of three programs within an ancient, medieval and early modern framework. These sub-programs are sufficiently narrow in period terms to reflect a real sense of common interest and intellectual coherence but they are also wide enough to provide a stable group of offerings to students undertaking the major.
Students may complete a major in:
Ancient and medieval studies (1000BC-1400AD)
Medieval and Renaissance studies (600-1600)
Renaissance and early modern studies (1300-1800)
As well as scheduled contact hours for lectures, tutorial and seminars a considerable additional time commitment is needed to complete the academic requirements of each subject.
A subject-specific time commitment to study will be provided by your lecturer or tutor at the beginning of semester to help you schedule your workload and successfully manage your time during the semester. In addition, see general estimates of the total time commitment required to study a 12.5-point single semester subject in the Faculty of Arts (Time commitment to study).
The programs commence at first year and there are no prerequisites for entry at this level.
Students may also enter the programs at second year, counting the completion of 25 points of first year in any Arts program as a component of their major.
Certain areas of study have prerequisites which must be satisfied for entry to second/third-year subjects. In case of doubt, consult the full subject entry in the relevant area of study in this Handbook.
A major usually consists of eight 12.5 point subjects (totalling 100 points). It comprises:
one first-year subjects (12.5 points) which may be taken from the list of recommended first-year subjects below, or from any area of study; and
seven second/third-year subjects from the lists below (totalling 87.5 points).
Students are encouraged to include in their major two subjects of language study (25 points) in the languages specified below. If this language requirement is completed in first year, seven non-language subjects must be taken across the second/third year of the major.
This interdisciplinary program of studies focuses on the period 1000BC-1400AD. The program offers students the means to develop focused period-based study across a range of disciplines. Students may complete an undergraduate major and an honours degree in this program.
Students undertaking a major in ancient to early modern studies are encouraged to take language subjects in the one or two of the following languages:
Italian
French
German
Latin
Old and Middle English
Spanish
Old Norse (see Viking Studies)
Swedish
| First year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Students are recommended to take one subject from the following lists of first-year subjects toward their major. The completion of these subjects is not, however, a formal prerequisite for the major. | Semester | |
| 107-102 Pyramids and Princes: Egypt and the East | 2 | |
| 107-103 Ancient Rome: Myth and Empire | 1 | |
| 107-104 Ancient Greece: Myth, Art and Text | 2 | |
| 107-130 Art History A: The Work of Art | 1 | |
| 131-110 Medieval Europe: Plague, War & Heresy | 1 | |
| 131-119 Love and War in Medieval Europe | Not Offered | |
| 131-126 Great Civilisations: Athens and Rome | 2 | |
| 131-191 Medieval Europe: Heroes and Barbarians | Not Offered | |
| 702-131 European Architecture A | 2 | |
| First/second/third-year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 107-149 Intensive Beginners Latin | Summer | |
| 107-150 Beginners Ancient Greek A | 1 | |
| 107-151 Beginners Ancient Greek B | 2 | |
| 107-152 Beginners Latin A | 1 | |
| 107-153 Beginners Latin B | 2 | |
| 107-155 Roman Elegy | Not Offered | |
| 107-156 Roman Biography | Not Offered | |
| 107-159 Roman Historiography | Not Offered | |
| 107-160 Roman Oratory | 1 | |
| 107-161 Roman Epic | 1 | |
| 107-162 Roman Lyric | 2 | |
| 107-163 Roman Comedy | 2 | |
| 107-164 Roman Satire | Not Offered | |
| 107-250 Intermediate Ancient Greek A | 1 | |
| 107-251 Intermediate Ancient Greek B | 2 | |
| Third/fourth year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Students may take the following subjects at third year level to count towards a major on the condition that they satisfy individual subject prerequisites. | Semester | |
| 107-454 Augustan Poetry | 1 | |
| 107-455 Roman Ethnography | 2 | |
| 107-481 Advanced Ancient Greek B | 2 | |
| 107-482 Advanced Ancient Greek C | Not Offered | |
| 116-418 To Hell with Dante | 1 | |
| 116-419 Dante 2 | Not Offered | |
The Diploma in Arts (Ancient and Medieval Studies) is only available to students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree course at the University of Melbourne. It consists of a three-year sequence of study, and adds one year to the duration of your degree.
Students must complete 25 points of first-year Ancient and Medieval Studies subjects and 75 points of second/third-year Ancient and Medieval Studies subjects selected from the lists above.
This interdisciplinary program of studies focuses on the period 600-1600. The program offers students the means to develop focused period-based study across a range of disciplines. Students may complete an undergraduate major and an honours degree in this program.
Students undertaking a major in medieval and renaissance studies are encouraged to take language subjects in one or two of the following languages:
Ancient Greek
Italian
French
German
Latin
Old and Middle English
Spanish
Old Norse (see Viking Studies)
Swedish
| First year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Students are recommended to take two subjects from the following lists of first-year subjects toward their major. The completion of these subjects is not, however, a formal prerequisite for the major. | Semester | |
| 107-130 Art History A: The Work of Art | 1 | |
| 107-149 Intensive Beginners Latin | Summer | |
| 131-110 Medieval Europe: Plague, War & Heresy | 1 | |
| 131-111 Renaissance and Reformation Europe | Not Offered | |
| 131-119 Love and War in Medieval Europe | Not Offered | |
| 131-191 Medieval Europe: Heroes and Barbarians | Not Offered | |
| 702-131 European Architecture A | 2 | |
| Third/fourth year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Students may take the following subjects at third-year level to count towards a major on the condition that they satisfy individual subject prerequisites. | Semester | |
| 107-449 Architecture and the Visual Imagination | Not Offered | |
| 107-467 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 | Summer | |
| 116-418 To Hell with Dante | 1 | |
| 116-419 Dante 2 | Not Offered | |
| 116-462 Sex and Power in the Renaissance | 2 | |
| 740-409 Early Music Theory and Practice | Not Offered | |
This interdisciplinary program of studies focuses on the period 1300-1800. The program offers students the means to develop focused period-based study across a range of disciplines. Students may complete an undergraduate major and an honours degree in this program.
Students undertaking a major in renaissance and early modern studies are encouraged to take language subjects in one or two of the following languages:
Italian
French
German
Latin
Spanish
| First year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Students are recommended to take two subjects from the following lists of first-year subjects toward their major. The completion of these subjects is not, however, a formal prerequisite for the major. | Semester | |
| 107-130 Art History A: The Work of Art | 1 | |
| 107-149 Intensive Beginners Latin | Summer | |
| 131-103 Age of Revolution: American Revolution | Not Offered | |
| 131-111 Renaissance and Reformation Europe | Not Offered | |
| 702-131 European Architecture A | 2 | |
| Third/fourth year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Students may take the following subjects at third-year level to count towards a major on the condition that they satisfy individual subject prerequisites. | Semester | |
| 107-402 Attribution, Expertise, Connoisseurship | 2 | |
| 107-449 Architecture and the Visual Imagination | Not Offered | |
| 107-467 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 | Summer | |
| 116-462 Sex and Power in the Renaissance | 2 | |
| 740-409 Early Music Theory and Practice | Not Offered | |
The prerequisite for entry to fourth-year honours are:
completion of all the requirements for the BA; and
completion of a major in ancient and medieval studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, or Renaissance and early modern studies; and
an average grade of H2B or higher in the second/third-year subjects within the major.
For information on how to apply see Applying for Honours.
Students undertaking honours in ancient and medieval studies, medieval and renaissance studies, or Renaissance and early modern studies must complete:
a thesis subject (37.5 points)
a research methods subject (12.5 points)
elective subjects (totalling 50 points)
Dr Catherine Kovesi
Third Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: 61 3 8344 8160
Email: c.kovesi@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.amems.unimelb.edu.au
or
Associate Professor David Marshall
Elisabeth Murdoch Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: 61 3 8344 5565
Email: david.marshall@unimelb.edu.au
or
Professor Stephanie Trigg
Second Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 5506
Email: sjtrigg@unimelb.edu.au
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