This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

ATS4702 - Classical languages for researchers

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Centre for Ancient Cultures

Coordinator(s)

Dr Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

The unit is offered to Honours and postgraduate students who need specialist skills in ancient Greek and/or Latin. Students are divided into two cohorts depending on the language of their preference and undertake guided reading complemented by advanced language tuition.

Outcomes

By the completion of this unit, it is expected that students will able to:

Engage in independent research based on texts written in ancient Greek or Latin
Have a thorough understanding of the history and development of ancient Greek or Latin language
Have a thorough understanding of the history of Greek or Latin literature (history, poetry, oratory, etc.)
Be familiar with a number of genres of ancient Greek or Latin writing and their conventions

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 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)

Dr Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

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

Ancient cultures