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Some humanities at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, such as history and musicology, require knowledge of Latin or Greek.
UZH imparts this knowledge in modules of 6 ECTS credits each:
If these modules are part of your curriculum, you can take them during your studies.
We can recognize previous courses from high schools or other institutions if they are listed below. The Latin or Greek modules must be compulsory modules of your program in order to do this. Instead of the module in Latin or Greek, you complete other coursework to the extent of the recognized ECTS credits. Where you compensate the modules depends on the study plan.
Latin on Bachelor's level
Study program | Basic Latin | Latin II | |
Ancient Studies | Minor | Compulsory | |
Archaeologies | Major | Compulsory | |
Archaeologies | Minor | Compulsory | |
Comparative Romance Linguistics | Major | Compulsory | |
Comparative Romance Linguistics | Minor | Compulsory | |
French Literature and Linguistics | Major | Compulsory | |
French Literature and Linguistics | Minor | Compulsory | |
Greek Philology | Major | Compulsory | |
Greek Philology | Minor | Compulsory | |
History | Major | Compulsory | |
History | Minor | Compulsory | |
Ibero-Romance Literatures and Linguistics | Major | Compulsory | |
Ibero-Romance Literatures and Linguistics | Minor | Compulsory | |
Italian Literature and Linguistics | Major | Compulsory | |
Italian Literature and Linguistics | Minor | Compulsory | |
Latin Philology | Major | Compulsory | Compulsory |
Latin Philology | Minor | Compulsory | Compulsory |
Musicology | Major | Compulsory | |
Musicology | Minor | Compulsory |
Latin on Master's level*
Study program | Basic | Latin II | |
Ancient Studies | Mono | Compulsory | |
Archaeological Culture Studies | Mono | Compulsory | |
Medieval Latin Philology | Minor | Compulsory | Compulsory |
Medieval Studies | Major | Compulsory |
* For some Master's study programs, Latin is part of the academic requirements. If you do not have a knowledge of Latin at the time of admission, you will receive this as a restriction. You will find the academic requirements in the respective annex to the program regulations.
Latin during the teaching diploma
Study program | Basic | Latin II | |
French | 1st teaching subject | Compulsory | |
French | 2nd teaching subject | Compulsory | |
Italian | 1st teaching subject | Compulsory | |
Italian | 2nd teaching subject | Compulsory | |
Spanish | 1st teaching subject | Compulsory | |
Spanish | 2nd teaching subject | Compulsory |
Greek on Bachelor's level
Study program | Basic | Greek II | |
Greek Philology | Major | Compulsory | Compulsory |
Greek Philology | Minor | Compulsory | Compulsory |
Latin Philology | Major | Compulsory | |
Latin Philology | Minor | Compulsory |
Greek on Masters's level*
Study program | Basic | Greek II | |
Ancient Studies | Mono | Compulsory |
* For some Master's study programs, Greek is part of the academic requirements. If you do not have a knowledge of Greek at the time of admission, you will receive this as a restriction. You will find the academic requirements in the respective annex to the program regulations.
The University of Zurich Student Administration Office will record the knowledge of Latin or Greek at the time of enrollment if it results from a Swiss university entrance qualification or recognized cantonal matura certificates.
Please contact Student Services to hand in the above mentioned recognized proof of language documents for Latin or Greek. Other evidence of competence in Latin will be reviewed on an individual basis by the specialists at the Department of Greek and Latin Philology.