Latin Language and Literature
Bachelor's degree in full-time form. The language of instruction is Czech.
The programme can be studied as a single subject or in combination with another programme.
Submission deadline until midnight 28 February 2023.
What will you learn?
This study programme represents an exciting journey to the origins of European culture and erudition. It enables students to get to know the thoughts and works of famous ancient writers, scholars, philosophers, generals, and politicians in their original form, as these works comprise the basis of the European values of humanity. The programme also enables students to get acquainted with the ancient Greco-Roman world in the broader context. The studies cultivate general cultural knowledge as well as analytical skills, which are nowadays required in several fields. The minor module of the Bachelor’s degree programme focuses on the knowledge of Latin language . As such, it primarily serves to the students of those study programmes, in which Latin is potentially one of the source languages (e.g., philosophy, ancient history, history, classical archaeology, study of religions, general linguistics and Indo-European comparative linguistics etc.). The major and the completus modules of the programme lead to the in-depth knowledge of Latin grammar, ancient literature, and other disciplines pertaining to all important historical and socio-cultural aspects of the ancient world via courses on philosophy, mythology, history, and other related disciplines and via excursions to significant museums. An essential part of the study involves reading texts in their original language, which allows students to gain competence in multi-level interpretations of the original texts (grammatical, literary, and socio-historical). The study of an Indo-European language with complex morphology and syntax will deepen the general linguistic competences and facilitate the understanding of roman languages as well as of a wide range of technical terminology in various fields of study. The knowledge acquired by the study of the ancient world and Latin erudition/culture leads to a better orientation in the majority of fields of European culture and scholarship.
„Nemo nascitur sapiens, sed fit. – No one is born to be wise, but will become.“
Seneca
Further information
Visit the website of the Department of Classical Studies, which teaches Latin, to find out what events it organises outside the classroom, what activities you can join and much more.
Career opportunities
The Bachelor’s degree programme allows its graduates to work in various cultural institutions such as archives, libraries, museums or humanities-oriented departments of the Czech Academy of Sciences in positions appropriate for the Bachelor’s level of education. As the emphasis is put on the knowledge and command of basic stylistic structures of the Czech language equivalent to the respective structures of the classical languages, graduates are prepared for various editorial positions in mass media (especially in culture- and literature-oriented sections).
Admission requirements
This programme is taught in Czech. In order to successfully complete this programme, students need to have a native-speaker or C1 knowledge of Czech or Slovak.
The criteria for admission for studies are the results of the Learning Potential Test (TSP). Applicants may also be admitted based on other criteria, see Admission without the Entrance Examination. The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University disregards the results of SCIO National Comparative Examinations.
You can file your e-applications for studies from 1 November to 28 February.
The date and time of the examination will be stated in the electronic invitation for the examination, which will be uploaded to your e-application. The faculty will not be sending paper invitations. Applicants applying for the major study plan and minor study plan in a combined study must comply with the conditions for admission into both plans.
The criteria for admission for studies are the results of the Learning Potential Test (TSP). Applicants may also be admitted based on other criteria, see Admission without the Entrance Examination. The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University disregards the results of SCIO National Comparative Examinations.
You can file your e-applications for studies from 1 November to 28 February.
The date and time of the examination will be stated in the electronic invitation for the examination, which will be uploaded to your e-application. The faculty will not be sending paper invitations. Applicants applying for the major study plan and minor study plan in a combined study must comply with the conditions for admission into both plans.
Learning Potential Test (TSP)
This test is only in Czech. For up-to-date information, click here
Field of Study Examination
For admission for studies of this degree programme, you do not need to take the Field of Study Examination.
Admission without the entrance examination
You may be exempt from the entrance examination based on at least one of the following criteria:- placing in any of the first three places in a national round in category A or in any of the first three places in a country or national round in category B in the Latin Competition - Certamen Latinum;
- secondary school results with an average 1.5 or higher in the subjects Czech language (not Slovak), two foreign languages and a choice of one more subject determined by the faculty: English, Chinese, history, French, music, information technology, Italian, Latin, maths, German, Russian, Spanish, basics of social sciences. An exemption based on school results is applicable to applicants who are students in the final year of a secondary school or who have passed the secondary school leaving examination no later than in 2019.
Secondary school results may be applied for an exemption from the entrance examination by those applicants whose average grade was 1.5 or higher in each of the four profile subjects. The total average result in all subjects is not taken into consideration. Secondary school seminars are also disregarded. The average grade of each profile subject is calculated based on the results of the last four years of study in the following way: the mid-year grade is calculated from the final year, whereas the final grades are calculated from the previous three years. It is also necessary that applicants have studied each of the profile subjects for at least two years during the last four years.
Enter your grades in your e-application. Then print the grades out and let your secondary school certify them with a stamp and a signature. Upload the scan of the certified grades into your e-application. You can also upload officially certified school reports or any other documents certifying your school results.
Please upload the officially certified documents directly to your e-application in the section Application for the Exemption from the Entrance Examination no later than 28 February.
Criteria for evaluation
Limit for TSP percentile for successfully passing the entrance examination: 40
Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years
Study options
Single-subject studies
Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.
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Full-time studies in czech
What will you learn?
Combined studies
In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes. An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Classical Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ German Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education
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Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Education
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Latin Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
+ Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
Latin Language and Literature as a minor degree programme
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Ancient History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Mediterranean studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Modern Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Classical Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Russian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Polish Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Ukrainian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
French Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Catalan Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
English Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Aesthetics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Japanese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Combined Art Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education
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Social pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Education, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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Psychology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) -
European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor)
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Follow-up studies
The graduates of the Bachelor's degree programme in Latin Language and Literature may continue their studies in any Master's degree programme provided that they meet the admission requirements.
At the Department of Classical Studies, it is possible to study for the Master’s degree in Latin Language and Literature, Medieval Latin Language and Literature, or in Upper secondary school teacher training in Latin Language and Literature (a programme qualifying the graduate for teaching at secondary schools). All these programmes can be studied as single-subject or compound study.
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
|---|---|---|
| Type of studies | Bachelor's | |
| Mode | full-time | Yes |
| combined | No | |
| distance | No | |
| Study options | single-subject studies | Yes |
| single-subject studies with specialization | No | |
| major/minor studies | Yes | |
| Standard length of studies | 3 years | |
| Language of instruction | Czech | |
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