Greek Philology can be taken in the modularized two-subject Bachelor’s degree program as

• First subject (90 ETCS credits, incl. Bachelor thesis)
• second subject (70 ETCS)

in combination with another subject that is offered within the framework of the two-subject offered as part of the two-subject bachelor’s program.

The first two semesters are devoted to the acquisition of knowledge of (Ancient) Greek at the level of the Graecum. In the first and second semesters there is one course per week, which consists of 6 hours per week (therefore one speaks of of “6 semester hours per week”). Those who already have the Graecum can attend the other two elective modules III & IV instead. The “Graecum” modules or the elective modules III & IV are a prerequisite for passing the so-called “Fundamentals and Orientation Examination” (GOP), which should be completed by the end of the 2nd semester and must be completed by the end of the 3rd semester.

General requirements for the study of Greek Philology are

• a profound interest in the Greek language, literature and culture
• a willingness to work scientifically and methodically
• a broad historical interest, also in European cultural traditions

A good knowledge of English is required.

The program provides skills that are applicable in the following career fields:

• Information processing, documentation, journalism, library and publishing, media
• Adult education and other extracurricular forms of language teaching
• Tourism, public relations
• science and research

At the beginning of the course, a certain amount of stamina is required to develop grammatical and vocabulary skills until a reasonably fluent reading of the original texts becomes possible.