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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module CLAS2011: THE COMMON PEACE & THE RISE OF MACEDON

Department: CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY

CLAS2011: THE COMMON PEACE & THE RISE OF MACEDON

Type Open Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • Normally, The Athenian Empire (478-404 BC) (CLAS1121).

Corequisites

  • For students in the Classics Department, please refer to the Regulations for your degree programme. For students from other Departments, there are no corequisites.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To introduce people to the study of an interesting and important period in Greek History, the module will include use of evidence, problem-solving, and essay work.

Content

  • The main topics covered are: The First Third of the Century, the Common Peace Treaties, Spartan Imperialism and Failure, The Second Athenian League, Thebes and her Allies, Athens in the Early Fourth Century, Philip of Macedon and the Greeks, Demosthenic Athens (with a Spartan Postscript), Alexander the Great, Warfare in the Fourth Century.
  • The prescribed texts are: Andocides III 'On the Peace', Demosthenes, IX Philippic iii, Diodorus Siculus, XV (omitting the Persian and Sicilian chapters), Arrian, 'Anabasis I', Select inscriptions.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Lectures 22 1 Per Week 1 Hour 22
      Tutorials 2 1 Per Term 1 Hour 2
      Text Classes 7 1 Per 3 Weekly 1 Hour 7
      Preparation and Reading 169
      Total 200

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Examination Component Weighting: 100%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      three-hour written examination 100%

      Formative Assessment:

      EITHER 2000 word essay OR gobbet of 10 minutes writing time plus essay of 45 minutes writing time.

      ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University