The curriculum is organized according to a structure of modules and subjects. The proposed modules and subjects are consistent with the general objectives and ensure the acquisition of the competences of the degree.

For more detailed information on the subjects which comprise the modules and subjects, with their training activities, methodologies and evaluation systems, we recommend to consult the Report, published in the relevant section of the Public Information of the Diploma, as well as the options for taking a Double Degree in Classical Philology with other Degrees.

 

 

1. Distribution of the ECTS curriculum, by type of subject

 

 

The degree of Graduate in Classical Philology is structured so that the full-time student will have 240 ECTS over four years, thus complying with the provisions of the Real Decreto  1393/2007. This total includes 60 credits corresponding to basic training subjects, the remainder being distributed in compulsory subjects, electives, internship and in the Final Degree Project, as indicated in the following table:

 

DISTRIBUTION OF THE STUDY PLAN IN ECTS CREDITS BY SUBJECT

Total credits :240

Number of basic training credits:60

Number of credits in External Internships:0

Number of Optional credits:60

Number of compulsory credits:114

Number of credits Final Degree Project:6

 

2. Temporal sequencing of the Classical Philology curriculum

 

The student can set up his or her curriculum by taking all the subjects of basic training (60 credits) and compulsory subjects which form the core of the degree (114 credits plus 6 credits for final work). All the students will also undertake a 6-credit “Vocational Integration” activity, which may consist of internships in companies or institutions or a set of seminar activities.

 

FIRST YEAR: 60 CREDITS

 

 

 SECOND YEAR (60 CREDITS)

 

 

THIRD YEAR (60 CREDITS)

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

 

 

Taking into account their interests, and with the necessary advice of the Centre’s guidance system, the student studying this degree at the University of Cadiz must complete 60 elective credits according to the following options: courses to reinforce specific contents of the degree and modules oriented towards a specific curricular profile, or courses or training activities authorised by the University’s Governing Council, either from among those included in other degrees, or specifically designed and oriented towards their integral training. In this case, in order to enable joint programmes to be carried out, the student may start the 60 elective credits from the second academic year. In any case, students may apply for recognition of up to 6 credits for university activities: cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation.

 

Without contradicting what is said in the previous paragraph and to allow training on specific itineraries of the Degree in Classical Philology, the optional credits for students are distributed in: a) 12 credits which extend the compulsory modules in Greek and Latin, and b) the remaining 18 credits are devoted to subjects related to the field of Hispanic philology, It extends compulsory training and provides the basis for one of the two proposed routes.  The optional subjects offered by the centre aim to define the appropriate training for the end-of-studies profiles or courses approved by the Commission for the Degree in Classical Philology. These courses are among those recognized by the White Paper on the Bachelor’s Degree in Language Studies, Literature, Culture and Civilization, which has been approved by the ANECA, are composed of subjects that provide expertise in the field of classical culture and the relationship between teaching and publishing. Thus, the student can take the optativity (30 credits) as follows:

1) By completing the optional subjects forming the module of one of the two itineraries provided for in the study plan, each with 30 ECTS. The planned routes are:

 

Classical culture and tradition. This programme is designed to complement the basic and compulsory training which gives the student access to a professional profile related to management and advice: literary and artistic criticism, cultural management in public and private bodies, the organization of trips and the development of materials related to tourism.

Teaching and publishing. This route has been designed to orient the student towards traditional research and teaching profiles, introducing the student in two specific fields of education which are those that constitute preferred job openings (teaching Spanish as L2 and teaching Spanish language and literature at ESO). This itinerary also includes other professional profiles related to Classical Philology: the publishing industry, cultural management and linguistic and intercultural mediation.

2) By taking four elective subjects, which form the module of one of the two itineraries provided for in the curriculum, and by awarding up to six credits to:

 

 

• completion of external work experience, up to a maximum of 6 credits, beyond those which may be compulsory
• Courses and workshops aimed at the acquisition of transversal competences, offered by the University, and which are appropriate to the qualification: Languages, Informatics, Entrepreneurs, as determined by the Governing Council.
• Courses and activities aimed at the integral training of the student, offered by the University, according to the list determined and updated by the Governing Council, and chosen in such a way as to complement those proper to the degree.
• recognition of credits for participation in activities referred to in art. 12.8 of RD 1393/2007 [According to art. 46.2.i of the Organic Law 6/2001, of 21 December, of Universities, according to which students may obtain academic recognition in credits for participation in cultural, sporting and student representation activities at the university, solidarity and cooperation.

 

The information associated with each module is then detailed together with the subjects of which it is composed.

M1, B: Basic training module

M2, COM: Modern language

M3, COM: Greek language I: translation of texts and philological commentary

M4, COM: Latin language I: translation of texts and philological commentary

M5, COM: Greek II: translation of texts and philological commentary

M6, COM: Latin II: translation of texts and philological commentary

M7: Greek linguistics

M8, COM: Latin linguistics

M9, COM: Greek literature

M10, COM: Latin literature

M11, ELEC: Greek and Latin III: translation of texts and philological commentary

M12, ELEC: History and texts of literature in the Spanish language I

M13, ELEC: Description of the Spanish language

M14, ELEC: Romance philology

M15, ELEC: Classical culture and tradition (Optional itinerary A)

M16, ELEC: Teaching and publishing (optional route B)

M17, COM: Internship/Erasmus/Seminar

M18, COM: Final Degree Project

 

MODULE M1. BASIC TRAINING: 60 ECTS.

Competences: IN1 to EM43

Short description: Basic contents of the basic subjects of Language (Spanish), Literature (Theory of Literature), Linguistics (Linguistics), Modern Language (German, Arabic, French, English, Greek) and Classical Language (Latin, Greek, Arabic), which will contribute to the general training of the student in philology and other transversal subjects useful for the basic training of the graduate in Classical Philology.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Classical language ECTS: 6 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: Basic knowledge of the classical languages (Latin, Greek and Arabic) and some of their main texts.

 

• Language ECTS: 6 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: Spelling, types of text, style, lexical correction, syntactic and morphological, all applied to the Spanish language.

 

• Literature ECTS: 6 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: Introduction to the notion of literature. Literary theory and criticism from the twentieth century to the present day. Criticism of literary texts.

 

• Linguistics ECTS: 6 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: Basic concepts for the study and research of languages. Linguistic disciplines.

 

• Communication and information management ECTS: 6 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: The sources of information, ICT of information, the varieties of bibliographical citations, the forms of argumentation and the communicative process.

 

• Critical thinking, discourse and argumentation ECTS: 6 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: Analysis of the discourse in all its modalities, mechanics of elaboration of works, analysis and correction of weaknesses in the argumentation and conventions of the academic writing.

 

 

• Classical mythology ECTS: 6 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: The description and analysis of classical mythology and the study of the transmission and reworking of classical mythology and literature in Spanish literature.

 

• Introduction to literature in Spanish ECTS: 6 Type of subject: Basic

-Short description: Historical study of Spanish literature: the great periods, aesthetic currents and generations.

 

• Modern language I ECTS: 12 Subject type: Basic

-Short description: Acquisition and development of the four fundamental language skills: writing, reading and production and oral reception, with a basic level.

 

Subject areas of the core subjects of the degree: The subjects forming part of the core subjects of the degree are detailed below. The following table contains the names and ECTS of the subjects included in each of the basic subjects of the degree:

 

Subject name: LANGUAGE. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects of which it is composed

Subject name: Spanish ECTS: 6

 

 

Subject Name: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE IN SPANISH. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects of which it is composed

Title of subject: Introduction to literature in the Spanish language ECTS: 6

 

 

Subject Title: COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects of which it is composed

Subject name: Communication and information management ECTS: 6

 

 

Subject Name: LITERATURE. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects of which it is composed

Subject title: Literature theory ECTS: 6

 

 

Subject Name: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects of which it is composed

Subject title: Classical mythology ECTS: 6

 

 

Subject Name: CRITICAL THINKING, DISCOURSE AND ARGUMENTATION. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects of which it is composed

Subject name: Critical thinking, discourse and argumentation ECTS: 6

 

 

Subject Name: CLASSICAL LANGUAGE. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subject areas (to be chosen from among those offered by the Centre)

Subject name: Introduction to the Greek language ECTS: 6

Subject title: Introduction to the Latin language ECTS: 6

Subject title: Introduction to the Arabic language ECTS: 6

 

 

Subject Name: LINGUISTICS. 6 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects of which it is composed

Subject name: Linguistics ECTS: 6

 

Subject Name: MODERN LANGUAGE I. 12 ECTS

Type of Subject: Basic Training

Subjects (two subjects corresponding to a single language from among those offered by the Centre)

Subject name: German I ECTS: 6

Subject name: German II ECTS: 6

Subject name: Arabic I ECTS: 6

Subject name: Arabic II ECTS: 6

Subject name: French I ECTS: 6

Subject name: French I ECTS: 6

Subject name: Greek I ECTS: 6

Subject name: Greek II ECTS: 6

Subject name: English I ECTS: 6

Subject name: English II ECTS: 6

 

MODULE M2. MODERN LANGUAGE II: 12 ECTS.

Competencies: E1, E15, E18, E19, E28, E35; EM1 to EM5

Short description: Acquisition and development of the four fundamental language skills: oral and written production and reception with a pre-intermediate level. *The student receives 12 ECTS of the same language from among those offered You can choose to study the 2nd level of the chosen language in 1st or start another language other than the previous one

Subjects covered by the module

Modern language II ECTS: 12 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Acquisition and development of the four fundamental language skills: oral and written production and reception with a pre-intermediate level.

 

Language skills: As regards the second language, the training should culminate in the acquisition by the student of the following levels of the MCER depending on the modern language chosen:

 

–   English and French: Level B2

 

–   Greek: Level B1

 

–   German and Arabic: Level A2

 

MODULE M3. GREEK LANGUAGE I: TRANSLATION OF TEXTS AND PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY: 12 ECTS.

Competencies: E2, E4, E11, E14-15, E17-18, E21, E23-30, E32-42

Short description: Introduction to the basic knowledge of the Greek language through reading and translation of texts and reading, Translation and study of a selection of relevant authors and works in Greek prose with the aim of achieving intermediate reading proficiency in the ancient Greek language.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Greek language ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description:  Introduction to the basic knowledge of the Greek language through reading and translation of texts, commenting on the linguistic, literary and cultural aspects that are observed in them.

 

• Greek prose: Greek oratory and platonic dialogue ECTS: 12 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description:  Reading, translation and study of a selection of relevant authors and works of Greek prose (oratory and Plato).

 

MODULE M4. LATIN LANGUAGE I: TRANSLATION OF TEXTS AND PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY: 12 ECTS.

Competences: E3, E5, E11, E14-15, E17-18, E22-30, E32-42

Short description: Reading, translation and study of a selection of authors and relevant works of prose and Latin poetry from the republican era with the objective of the student to acquire a reading competence of medium level in the Latin language.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Latin prose texts I: Latin prose from the republican era ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Reading, translation and study of a selection of authors and relevant works of Latin prose from the republican era.

 

• Latin texts in verse I: Latin poetry of the republican era ECTS: 6 Type of subject: Compulsory

-Short description:  Reading, translation and study of a selection of authors and relevant works of Latin poetry from the republican era.

 

MODULE M5. GREEK LANGUAGE II: TRANSLATION OF TEXTS AND PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY: 12 ECTS.

Competencies: E2, E4, E11, E13-18, E21, E23-30, E32-42

Short description: Study of a selection of authors and relevant works from the dramatic literature and Greek historiography with the aim of providing the student with an advanced reading competence in the ancient Greek language.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Greek Theatre ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: A study of a selection of authors and relevant works from the Greek dramatic literature.

 

• Greek historiography ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Reading, translation and study of a selection of relevant authors and works from the Greek historiography.

 

MODULE M6. LATIN LANGUAGE II: TRANSLATION OF TEXTS AND PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY: 12 ECTS.

Competences: E3, E5, E11, E14-18, E22-30, E32-42

Short description: Reading, translation and study of a selection of authors and relevant works of prose and Latin poetry from the imperial era with the objective of the student to acquire an advanced level of reading competence in the Latin language.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Latin prose texts II: Imperial-era Latin prose ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description:  Reading, translation and study of a selection of relevant authors and works of Latin prose from the imperial era.

 

• Latin texts in verse II: Latin poetry of the imperial era ECTS: 6 Type of subject: Compulsory

-Short description:  Reading, translation and study of a selection of relevant authors and works of Latin poetry from the imperial era

 

MODULE M7. GREEK LINGUISTICS: 12 ECTS.

Competencies: E2, E4, E11, E13, E15, E18, E21, E24-25, E28-29, E33-36, E40-41

Short description: A descriptive study of the Greek syntax and a synchronic and diachronic study of the most relevant phonetic-phonological and morphological phenomena of the different Greek dialects and their practical application in Greek texts.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Greek syntax ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Brief description: A descriptive study of the Greek syntax and its practical application in Greek texts.

 

• Greek phonetics and morphology ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: A synchronic and diachronic study of the most relevant phonetic-phonological and morphological phenomena of the different Greek dialects.

 

MODULE M8. LATIN LINGUISTICS: 12 ECTS.

Competencies: E1, E3, E5, E13, E15, E18, E22, E24-25, E28-29, E33-36, E40-41

Short description: A descriptive study of the Latin syntax and a synchronic and diachronic study of the most relevant phonetic-phonological and morphological phenomena of the different stages of the Latin language and their practical application in texts.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Latin syntax ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: A descriptive study of the Latin syntax and its practical application in Latin literary texts.

 

• Latin phonetics and morphology ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Study of Latin phonetics and morphology from the synchronic and diachronic point of view and its application in texts of different stages of the Latin language.

 

 

MODULE M9. GREEK LITERATURE: 6 ECTS.

Competencies: E2, E4, E6, E8-9, E11-14, E16-18, E21, E24-27, E30, E32-41

Short description: Historical and philological study, on the literary texts, of the main stages, movements, authors and works of Greek literature of the archaic and classical times.

Sucjects of the module:

• Archaic and classical Greek literature ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Historical and philological study, on the literary texts, of the main stages, movements, authors and works of Greek literature of the archaic and classical times.

 

MODULE M10. LATIN LITERATURE: 12 ECTS.

Competences: E3, E7-9, E13-14, E16-18, E22-27, E30, E32-41

Short description: Historical study and philological commentary of the main stages, movements, authors and works of Latin literature from the archaic period to the crisis of the Roman empire.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Latin republican literature ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Historical study and philological commentary on the main stages, movements, authors and works of Latin literature from the archaic era to the crisis of the republican era

 

• Imperial Latin Literature ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Historical study and philological commentary of the main stages, movements, authors and works of Latin literature from the imperial age of the Augústs to the crisis of the Roman empire.

 

MODULE M11. GREEK AND LATIN LANGUAGE III: TRANSLATION OF TEXTS AND PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY: 12 ECTS.

Competences: E2-9, E11-18, E21-28, E30, E32-42

Short description: Translation and philological commentary of Greek poetic texts from the archaic period and imperial poetry of the Augústee era.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Archaic Greek Poetry ECTS: 6 Subject type: Elective

-Short description: Translation and philological commentary of Greek poetic texts from the archaic period

 

• Latin poetry augústea ECTS: 6 Subject type: Elective

-Short description: Translation and philological commentary of Latin poetic texts of the imperial poetry of the augústea era.

 

MODULE M12. HISTORY AND TEXTS OF LITERATURE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE I: 6 ECTS.

Competences: E12, E16-E17, E26-E27; EM1 to EM11

Short description: Study of art, thought and society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. From humanism to the counter-reformation. Study of some basic concepts: renaissance, mannerism, baroque, golden century(s).

Subjects covered by the module:

 

• Spanish Literature of the Golden Ages ECTS: 6 Type of subject: Elective

-Short description: Study of art, thought and society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. From humanism to the counter-reformation. Study of some basic concepts: renaissance, mannerism, baroque, golden century(s).

 

MODULE M13. DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE: 6 ECTS.

Competences: E15, E26, E28-E29, E32, E36; EM1 to EM12

Short description: Description of the current Spanish syntax. Application of the knowledge of this description to strengthen the communicative competence of the student.

Subjects covered by the module:

 

• Spanish descriptive syntax ECTS: 6 Subject type: Elective

-Short description: Description of the current Spanish syntax. Application of the knowledge of this description to strengthen the communicative competence of the student.

 

MODULE M14. ROMANCE PHILOLOGY: 6 ECTS.

Competencies: E12, E16-E17, E26-E27, E30, E37, E40, E42; EM1 to EM6

Short description: Study of European literature in the Romanesque language through its texts, with a comparative perspective.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Romance literature ECTS: 6 Subject type: Elective

-Short description: Study of European literature in the Romanesque language through its texts, with a comparative perspective.

 

 

 

 

MODULE M15: CULTURE AND CLASSICAL TRADITION: 30 ECTS.

Competencies: E1-5, E8-E9, E12, E14-E28, E30-E42; CE1 to CE3

Short description: Study of classical culture and religion and myth in Greece and of the classical tradition in literature and art. Historical and philological study of the main stages, movements, authors and works of Greek literature from the Hellenistic and Imperial eras and from medieval and Renaissance Latinity.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Classical culture: texts in contexts ECTS: 6 Subject type: Elective

-Short description:  Knowledge of the fundamental elements of the classical Greek and Roman civilizations through the philological commentary of a selection of texts.

 

• Greek Hellenistic and Imperial Literature ECTS: 6 Subject type: Elective

-Short description: Historical and philological study, on the literary texts, of the main stages, movements, authors and works of Greek literature of the Hellenistic and imperial times.

 

• Religion and myth in Greece ECTS: 6 Subject type: Optional

-Brief description:  Description and analysis of religion and myth in ancient Greece, as well as the main religious manifestations of the Greek world.

 

• Latinity Medieval and Renaissance ECTS: 6 Type of subject: Elective

-Short description:  Study of the main literary currents, authors and works of medieval and renaissance Latin literature through the reading and philological commentary of a selection of texts.

 

• Classical tradition in literature and art ECTS: 6 Subject type: Elective

-Short description:  Study of the survival of the main themes of classical literature in different European literatures and western culture.

 

MODULE M16. TEACHING AND PUBLISHING: 30 ECTS.

Competencies: E20, E31-E32, E35-E36, E38-E39, E43; EM1 to EM15; CE1 to CE3

Short description: Study of different aspects that interrelate teaching and publishing.

Subjects covered by the module:

• Spanish as L2

-Brief description: Study of the main theoretical concepts that are handled in relation to the most competent methods in L2 teaching.

 

• Spanish language and literature in the publishing world

-Short description: Study of the publishing culture and market. The path of the book from author to reader and The Spanish legal framework: the intellectual property law and the publishing contract.

 

• Spanish literature and cultural management

-Short description:  The integral concept of Cultural Heritage. Legal status of cultural heritage and cultural deposit centres in Spain. Copyright and intellectual property.

 

• Linguistic and intercultural mediation

-Brief description:  Study of the theoretical, descriptive and methodological bases of linguistic and intercultural mediation.

 

• Spanish language and literature in secondary education

-Short description: Study of the regulatory and curricular design aspects governing secondary education in the Spanish state, especially in the Andalusian Community.

 

MODULE M17: PRACTICAL/SEMINAR: 6 ECTS.

Competences: EM1 to EM6; CE1 to CE3

Short description: Practical training or seminars on vocational integration, employment guidance and research techniques.

Subjects included in the module (to be chosen from among those offered):

• Seminar ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Brief description:  Seminar on vocational guidance and research techniques.

 

• Internship ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description:  Professional practices.

 

• Erasmus stay ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Stay in a foreign country.

 

MODULE M18. FINAL WORK: 6 ECTS.

Competences: The specific competences that the student will develop in this module are subject to the content of the final work. They may therefore be all those set out in the relevant section of point 3.1. of this report.

Short description: Project or brief in which it is demonstrated to have acquired the competences of the Degree.

Subjects covered by the module:

Final Degree Project ECTS: 6 Subject type: Compulsory

-Short description: Project or report in which it is demonstrated to have acquired the competencies of the Degree.