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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)
Module CLAS3101: ADVANCED LATIN 3 (IMPERIAL PERIOD)
Department: Classics and Ancient History
CLAS3101: ADVANCED LATIN 3 (IMPERIAL PERIOD)
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 3 | 20 | Available in 2005/2006 | None. | Durham |
Pre-requisites
- Advanced Latin 2 (Augustan Period) (CLAS2042).
Corequisites
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- To give upper-level students the opportunity to study selected texts in Latin, with related linguistic study.
- This is appropriately taught by a combination of literature lectures and classes and language classes, and it is necessarily examined by separate language and literature papers.
Content
- The module involves the study of selected texts in Latin, along with related language study.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- A knowledge of Latin morphology, syntax and vocabulary appropriate for a student with three years' experience of Latin in Higher Education; a knowledge and understanding of a selection of works from a selection of Latin authors.
Subject-specific Skills
- An ability to construe a selection of texts from different Latin authors with relatively limited use of dictionaries; an ability to translate selected passages of Latin unseen; an ability to read and interpret these texts in relation to a knowledge of Latin 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 | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 22 | 1 Per Week | 1 Hour | 22 | |
| Tutorials | 2 | 1 in Michaelmas Term, 1 in Epiphany | 1 Hour | 2 | |
| Language Classes | 7 | Approximately 3 Per Week | 1 Hour | 7 | |
| Preparation and Reading | 169 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination | 100% | two-hour written language examination | 40% | ||
| two-hour written literature examination | 60% |
Formative Assessment
Essays for the tutorials. Language exercises. No collections.
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.