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CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY STUDY PROGRAMME (HUMANITIES) SELF - EVALUATION REPORT 1. OBJECTIVES AND TASKS OF THE CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY PROGRAMME Classical Philology is a science about the classical world, i.e. a complex of academic disciplines the objective of which is to study the material and spiritual culture of the classical society. These issues are studied as part of the European civilisation development process that has had its impact on the European society and culture of the later times. The objective of the Classical Philology programme is to prepare academically educated specialists in the field of Classical Philology. Classical Philology bachelor’s and master’s programmes as two levels of academic education each have its objectives and specific tasks. The objective of Classical Philology bachelor’s programme is bachelor’s degree in Classical Philology. This degree testifies to the practical and basic theoretical knowledge in the disciplines of Classical Philology and skills of scientific research work. Bachelor’s degree studies prepare for master’s degree further studies and scientific research work. The primary task of bachelor’s programme studies is mastering of the classical languages - Classical Greek and Latin that is the foundation for implementation of further tasks - studies of the classical society, its history and culture based on the readings of the texts by classical authors in the original and their analysis from the point of view of linguistics and contents. An essential portion of Classical Philology programme is the courses of Linguistics that are the foundation for academic study of the classical languages. To attain the objective - bachelor’s degree in Classical Philology - students must comply with the following requirements of the programme: receive 83 credits for the mandatory (part A) courses of the bachelor’s programme, receive 66 credits for the mandatory optional (part B) courses of the bachelor’s programme, receive