Intermediate Ancient Greek: Koine

Subject CLAS20015 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Semester 2, 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

Standard



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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 3 hours of lectures and 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment:

8.5 hours per week; 102 hours across the semester.

Prerequisites:

Students must have undertaken one of the following:

Beginners Ancient Greek: CLAS10005 or CLAS20023 or CLAS30006 (or 107-151, 670-203 or 670-357)

or

VCE Ancient Greek

or

an approved equivalent

Corequisites:

None.

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None.

Non Allowed Subjects:

Students who have passed any of the following subjects are not permitted to enrol in this subject:

Intermediate Ancient Greek: Koine under the codes 107-252, 670-382, 670-103 or 131-426.

Students who have passed any of the subjects listed below are not permitted to enrol in this subject:

Subject
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/

Coordinator

Dr James Chong-Gossard

Contact

Dr James Chong-Gossard

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:

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

  • 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, equivalentto 750 words 10% (held each week throughout the semester), weekly tutorialexercises, equivalent to 1250 words 30% (due each week throughout thesemester), a 1-hour assessment test, equivalent to 1000 words 30% (held inthe middle of the semester), a 1-hour examination, equivalent to 1000words 30% (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 late assessment will not 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:

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 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:
  • possess 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/
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Classical Studies and Archaeology
Classical Studies and Archaeology
Classical Studies and Archaeology Major
Classics
Related Breadth Track(s): Ancient Greek

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