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Academic year 2016/2017
Master's Degree (MSc) on CLASSIC STUDIES
ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY AND CIVILISATIONS

Coordinator Prof. Daniela Bonanno
Class of Master's Degree (MSc) on Ancient philology, literature and history (LM-15)
2 years
PALERMO
Free access
Department of Cultures and Societies
Course Code
2057

Course info
2nd cycle graduates in Classics should possess advanced competences enabling them: a) To read classics and translate them with awareness, through their direct and consolidated competence in Greek and Latin language; b) To contextualise classics, applying the methodology of literary analysis, linguistic-philological and historical-archaeological sciences, critically and autonomously analysing the sources; c) To interpret, through the use of other knowledge and competences, the fortune and reception of classics in the Middle, Modern and Contemporary Age; d) To have full command of the computer tools for the Humanities and in a European Union language. Students will be able, through this course, to enhance the previously acquired knowledge, specialising it through an adequate in-depth study and developing their attitude to analysis and research, with respect to philology and classic, medieval and modern literatures, and eventually to diachronic linguistics. During the first course year, students may study in depth and acquire a critical awareness of their core competences, through the study of class specific subjects In the philological, linguistic, literary, historical-archaeological ambits; during the second year, they may complete their education in a more interdisciplinary perspective and prepare the dissertation for the final examination
Graduates of this course may find professional opportunities as experts in Greek-Latin philology and history, linguists, philologists and editors of classic texts, or as editors of technical texts, in: - Public and private institutions; - Institutions for the conservation and publishing of manuscripts related to classics; - Research institutions; - Local authorities (municipalities, provinces, regions); - Cultural promotion sectors; - Publishers; - Historical archives; - Private companies; - Foundations.
The final examination, awarded with 27 credits, Consists of the preparation of a written dissertation, under the guidance of a supervising Professor, demonstrating the acquired knowledge and competence as well as the candidate's capability of tackling and carrying out in a autonomous and original way a research project. Graduates of this course should prove their full command of expository and topic-related writing as well as of the expression means, with a mature capability of organising, revising and structuring the results of a research work. The modes of discussion and evaluation in terms of final mark are described in the Course Educational Regulations.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
11788 - GREEK HISTORY (SEMINAR) Details CUSUMANO (PO) 9.0 1 V B L-ANT/02
13315 - GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (SEMINAR) Details COZZO (PO) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/02
13316 - LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (SEMINAR) Details PICONE (PO) PETRONE (CU) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/04
Optional subjects 9.0 B
Optional subjects II 18.0 C
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
04209 - SPECIALIST COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORY Details MONELLA (PC) 3.0 1 G F
08929 - ROMAN HISTORY (SEMINAR) Details MOTTA (PA) 9.0 1 V B L-ANT/03
14184 - INTERNSHIP 3.0 1 G F
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 24.0 2 G E
Optional subjects III 18.0 B
Free subjects 9.0 D
Elective activities
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
01430 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF GREEK AND ROMAN ART Details MANDRUZZATO (RU) 9.0 1 V B L-ANT/07
05379 - NUMISMATICS Details SOLE (RD) 9.0 1 V B L-ANT/04
07629 - ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY Details BELVEDERE (CU) 9.0 2 V B L-ANT/09
13318 - TEXTUAL CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION OF GREEK AND LATIN TEXTS Details DI MARIA (PA) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/05
02036 - BYZANTINE CIVILISATION Details ROGNONI (PA) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/07
04463 - MEDIEVAL AND HUMANISTIC LATIN LITERATURE Details BISANTI (PA) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/08
11786 - ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Details LASPIA (PO) 9.0 2 V B M-FIL/07
Optional subjects III credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
01430 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF GREEK AND ROMAN ART Details MANDRUZZATO (RU) 9.0 1 V B L-ANT/07
05379 - NUMISMATICS Details SOLE (RD) 9.0 1 V B L-ANT/04
07629 - ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY Details BELVEDERE (CU) 9.0 2 V B L-ANT/09
13318 - TEXTUAL CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION OF GREEK AND LATIN TEXTS Details DI MARIA (PA) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/05
02036 - BYZANTINE CIVILISATION Details ROGNONI (PA) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/07
04463 - MEDIEVAL AND HUMANISTIC LATIN LITERATURE Details BISANTI (PA) 9.0 2 V B L-FIL-LET/08
11786 - ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Details LASPIA (PO) 9.0 2 V B M-FIL/07
Optional subjects II credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06984 - HISTORY OF GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY Details BRUNO (PA) 9.0 1 V C L-ANT/02
15816 - ANTHROPOLOGICAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE Details BONANNO (PA) 9.0 1 V C L-ANT/02
00803 - RELIGIONS OF CLASSICAL WORLD Details CUSUMANO (PO) 9.0 2 V C M-STO/06
03031 - LATIN EPIGRAPHY Details ANELLO (CU) 9.0 2 V C L-ANT/03
17169 - GREEK EPIGRAPHY Details SAMMARTANO (PA) 9.0 2 V
LINGUISTIC AND DIALECTAL ISSUES GIORGIANNI (PA) 3.0 C L-ANT/02
PALAEOGRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL ISSUES SAMMARTANO (PA) 6.0 C L-ANT/02
13432 - HISTORY OF GREEK SICILY Details ANELLO (CU) 9.0 1 V C L-ANT/02
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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