Classical Languages

The Diploma of Classical Languages Matches the Bachelor of Arts at the Liberal Arts. Students who enrol in the course should be able to know the languages at which the Western Tradition was originally articulated and voiced, and thus access the texts into their original language, free from the thought of translation. Latin and Ancient Greek are far from being'dead languages'. They are quite much living in our modern culture and languages. The benefits deriving from the study of contemporary languages are various,since they enable students to come up with an assortment of intellectual and technical abilities. For instance, the way to appreciate the worth of and learn from foreign languages and distant civilizations; how to interact critically with texts and ideas that stand in the beginning of long standing literary, literary and historiographical traditions, also also problematize them; how to analyse and question time honoured beliefs, maxims and concepts, and identifythe roots and trace the genealogies of modern theories; how to pronounce, communicate, and defend one's own ideas by acquiring command of their ancient art of rhetoric. Language may be the means through which people interact with each other and in which they configure and articulate their comprehension of this world of experience. Thus by exploring the manner by which a language is organised, one gradually increases an awareness of an individual's world view and civilization.

Students must be Registered concurrently in Campion College's Bachelor of Arts in the Liberal Arts.