Ancient Greek 5

Subject CLAS30024 (2013)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2013.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2013.

Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Three hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment:

4 contact hours each week, 4 additional hours each week. Total of 8 hours per week.

Prerequisites:

Students should have passed one of the following or an approved equivalent:

10020 10021 20015 20016

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2013
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2013
12.50
Not offered in 2013
12.50
Corequisites:

None

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None

Non Allowed Subjects:

None

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

Subject Overview:

This subject is designed for students who have completed Ancient Greek 1, 2, 3 & 4. Students will translate and discuss the interpretation of an ancient Greek historian, such as Herodotus, Thucydides, or Xenophon. In tutorials, further work is undertaken on grammar and syntax, revising and consolidating knowledge acquired in Ancient Greek 4. Students will also undertake work in Ancient Greek literary and textual criticism. On completion of this subject students should have consolidated their skills in working with Ancient Greek texts and have discovered some of the many important contributions which reading original texts can make to understanding the ancient world.

For further subject information please visit: http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/students/undergraduate/handbook-study-guides.html

Objectives:

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

  • have read an Ancient Greek text in the original,

  • have consolidated their knowledge of grammar and syntax, and extended their vocabulary,

  • be able to analyse critically the styles and themes of ancient historical texts and communicate that analysis clearly and concisely.

Assessment:

Weekly translations tests, equivalent to 500 words 5% (held each week throughout the semester), weekly tutorial exercises, equivalent to 1000 words 30% (due each week throughout the semester), textual analysis presentation, equivalent to 500 words 15% (due in week 8 of semester), a 1-hour assessment test, equivalent to 1000 words 25% (held in the middle of the semester) and a 1-hour examination, equivalent to 1000 words 25% (held during the examination period).

Hurdle requirement: students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day; after five working days, no late assessment will be marked. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Prescribed Texts:

H. D. Cameron, Thucydides Book I: A Students' Grammatical Commentary. The University of Michigan Press, 2003

Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary, Oxford University Press

Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • develop critical thinking skills.
  • be able to think in theoretic terms.
  • be familiar with the communication conventions of another culture.
Links to further information: http://classics-archaeology.unimelb.edu.au/
Notes:

None.

Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Ancient Greek
Classical Studies and Archaeology
Classical Studies and Archaeology
Classics

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