After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• understand familiar topics in a standard spoken and written Romance language and/or modern Greek (B1 CEFR)
• communicate in everyday situations, discuss familiar topics, and write simple texts in a Romance language and/or in modern Greek (A2/B1 CEFR)
• understand simple ancient Greek and Latin texts (with a dictionary) and demonstrate mastery of the basic grammar of these languages
• apply basic linguistic and literary theoretical specialized terminology and independently seek information and bibliography related to the study programme
• define the Mediterranean area of geographic and cultural-historical perspective and identify its unifying and differentiating elements
• evaluate the significance of Mediterranean space in world history, with an emphasis on the historical and cultural aspects of Antiquity and Renaissance Humanism
• briefly describe the history of ancient, Romance and modern Greek literature and interpret the most important literary works

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this study programme, the graduates can get jobs corresponding to the level of Bachelor’s degree in libraries and museums, in cultural or foreign affairs departments in public administration, or in publishing, media, or journalism. Possible employment of the graduates may differ depending on the module studied within the study programme (Romance-Latin specialization and/or Greek specialization) and by combining study programmes.

Mediterranean studies are a full-time three-year Bachelor’s degree programme. The standard duration of studies is six semesters. For admittance to the final state examination, students must obtain a minimum of 180 credits for type A/required, type B/selective, and type C/elective courses.

The programme is implemented as single-subject and dual concentration.

Single-subject programme: students must obtain a total of 180 ECTS credits: 109 (type A/required), 45 (type B/selective), 17 (type C/elective), plus 10 ECTS credits from the common courses at the Faculty of Arts.

Dual concentration programme:

Diploma subject programme: students must obtain a total of 95 ECTS credits: 79 (type A/required), 11 (type B/selective), plus 5 ECTS credits from the common courses at the Faculty of Arts.

Non-diploma subject programme: students must obtain a total of 85 ECTS credits: 69 (type A/required), 11 (type B/selective), plus 10 ECTS credits from the common courses at the Faculty of Arts.

Students of the dual concentration programme focus on either the Romance or Modern Greek module. In the first case (the Latin-Romance branch), students learn a Romance language and Latin; in the second case (the Greek branch), they learn Greek and ancient Greek.

During the course of their studies, students should follow the study catalogue valid for their year of matriculation. The study catalogues for the individual years of matriculation are available at the Faculty of Arts website.

The study is completed with the Bachelor’s thesis defence and final state examination, which consists of two parts: written and oral.

The written part tests the knowledge of the studied language at the B1 level and consists of producing a simple text (letter, reflection) and a reading comprehension test (foreign language text with questions).

The oral part examines the student’s orientation in the following thematic areas based on the type A/required courses: Introduction to Mediterranean Studies, Ancient Literature, Byzantine and Greek Literature, and The Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

After completion of the Bachelor’s degree programme, it is possible to continue further studies in the Master’s degree programme directly in Mediterranean Studies or in other Master’s degree programmes (Theory and History of Arts and Culture, Comparative Literature, Literature and Inter-cultural Communication or Philology Studies) after satisfying the admission requirements.