Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)
Module CLAS3081: ADVANCED GREEK 3
Department: CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY
CLAS3081: ADVANCED GREEK 3
| Type | Open | Level | 3 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2005/06 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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Prerequisites
- Advanced Greek 2 (CLAS2022).
Corequisites
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None.
Aims
- To give upper level students the opportunity to study selected texts in Greek, with related linguistic study.
- This is appropriately taught by a combination of literature lectures, tutorials and language classes, and it is necessarily examined by separate language and literature papers.
Content
- The module involves the study of selected texts in Greek.
- these texts will change from year to year, but may include such authors as Hesiod, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Plato, or the lyric and Hellenistic poets.
- It will also involve translation from Greek into English of seen and related unseen passages.
- The texts studied in the module will be different from those studied in Further Greek 3.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- A knowledge of ancient Greek morphology, syntax and vocabulary appropriate for a student with three years' experience of Greek in Higher Education; a knowledge and understanding of a selection of works from a selection of Greek authors.
Subject-specific Skills:
- An ability to construe a selection of texts from different ancient Greek authors with relatively limited use of dictionaries; an ability to translate selected passages of Greek unseen; an ability to read and interpret these texts in relation to a knowledge of Greek culture as acquired in a student???s previous two years of study in Higher Education.
Key Skills:
- A critical understanding of the differences between two Indo-European languages, one ancient and one modern, and of the issues relating to moving between them.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Lectures, tutorials and language classes.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 22 | 1 Per Week | 1 Hour | 22 | |
| Tutorials | 2 | 1 in Michaelmas Term, 1 in Epiphany Term | 1 Hour | 2 | |
| Language Classes | 7 | Approximately 3 Per Week | 1 Hour | 7 | |
| Preparation and Reading | 169 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| two-hour written language examination | 40% | ||
| two-hour written literature examination | 60% | ||
Formative Assessment:
Essays for the tutorials. Language exercises. No collections.
■ 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