Undergraduate - UnitATS2925 - Ancient Egyptian language: Intermediary stage

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Archaeology and Ancient History
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Colin Hope

Synopsis

This unit builds upon the skills acquired in Ancient Egyptian language: the basics, and aims to provide students with a firmer grasp of the language and aspects of ancient Egyptian culture transmitted through historical and literary texts. Advanced grammar will be studied and used in the translations of key texts to study how the ancient Egyptians expressed their cultural ideology.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will:

acquire a comprehensive understanding of the structure and grammar of the language;
be able to translate full texts;
be able to write confidently in hieroglyphic script;
be able to relate translations to the broader cultural framework of Egyptian society - the actual meaning of the text.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Colin Hope

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Ancient cultures

Prerequisites

ATS2924 or ATS3924

Prohibitions

ATS3925