Advanced Ancient Greek D

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Standard

Total of 10 hours per week; 120 hours across the semester

Four semesters of Intermediate level Ancient Greek; or an approved equivalent; or admission to fourth year honours or postgraduate diploma or in Classics, Classical Studies and Archaeology or Ancient World studies.

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Formerly available as 107-353 and 107-483. Students who have completed 107-353 or 107-483 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

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/

This subject is designed to provide the opportunity for extensive reading and class discussion of Ancient Greek literary and non-literary texts. The focus is on reading various complete texts, rather than extracts, to facilitate engagement of linguistic and hermeneutical study in a fully integrated fashion. This subject is available to 3rd year students who have completed four semesters of Intermediate Ancient Greek.

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

• have read a number of Ancient Greek texts in the original, consolidating their knowledge of grammar and syntax and extending their vocabulary.
• have encountered texts in a variety of styles and genres.

For 3rd year students: A 1-hour in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 20% (held in the middle of the semester), a second in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 30% (held at the end of semester), and a 2-hour examination, equivalent to 2000 words 50% (held during the examination period).

For 4th year students: A 1-hour in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 20% (held in the middle of the semester), a second in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 20% (held at the end of semester), a research assessment task of 1000 words 20% (due during the examination period), and a 2-hour examination, equivalent to 2000 words 40% (held during the examination period).

Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 75% of classes in order o pass this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% 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

A subject reader will be available.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• possess critical thinking skills.
• be able to think in theoretic terms.
• be familiar with the communication conventions of another culture.