Intermediate Ancient Greek: Koine

Subject CLAS40029 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points:

12.50

Level:

4 (Undergraduate)

Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.

Pre-teaching Period Start	not applicable
Teaching Period	not applicable
Assessment Period End	not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol	not applicable
Census Date	not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail	not applicable

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Time Commitment:

Contact Hours: 3 hours of lectures and 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: Total of 10 hours per week; total time commitment 120 hours

Prerequisites:

670-203; 107-151; 670-357 Beginners Ancient Greek B or an approved equivalent.

Corequisites:

None

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None

Non Allowed Subjects:

670-103; 107-252; 670-382

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Description, Course Objectives and Generic Skills 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/

Coordinator

Dr James Chong-Gossard

Contact

DR KIM ON CHONG-GOSSARD

x44078
koc@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:	In this subject students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work in Koine Greek (such as the Greek New Testament, apocryphal acts of the apostles, Polybius, or Plutarch). In tutorials, further work is undertaken on grammar and syntax which revises and consolidates the beginners course. 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.
Objectives:	have read a number of Ancient Greek texts in the original and consolidated their knowledge of grammar and syntax and extended their vocabulary. have encountered texts in a variety of genres and styles.
Assessment:	Weekly translations tests equivalent to 750 words 5% (held each week throughout the semester), weekly tutorial exercises equivalent to 1250 words 25% (due each week throughout the semester), a 1-hour assessment test equivalent to 1000 words 25% (held in the middle of the semester), a 1-hour examination equivalent to 1000 words 25% (held during the examination period), and an additional research task of 1000 words 20% (due during the examination period).
Prescribed Texts:	A subject reader will be available. Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary (OUP)
Recommended Texts:	J Morwood, Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek (OUP)
Breadth Options:	This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:	possess critical thinking skills. be able to think in theoretic terms. be familiar with the communication conventions of another culture.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations:	Classical Studies && Archaeology Classical Studies and Archaeology Classical Studies and Archaeology Classics Classics

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