Undergraduate Course: Popular Culture in the Ancient World (CLGE10007)
Course Outline
| School |
School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Classics General |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course examines, critically, the concept of popular culture in the ancient world, asking was there a distinctively popular culture, and if so, how can we, as modern scholars, access it? This course will enable students to study ancient history at an advanced level by requiring them to engage with both the ?primary sources?, artefacts of ancient literary and material culture, and with specialised, comparative and theoretical ?secondary material?. It will encourage students to reflect on their own experience and that of our culture and bring insights from other historical periods and scholarly methodologies to their study of the past. While setting out to improve student knowledge and understanding of ancient culture and society more specifically this course aims to develop student skills in approaching the ancient world. In this course students will learn how to use (and assess the value of the use of) comparative, theoretical and methodological literature in their study of the past, an area in which ancient historians have often been weak. |
Entry Requirements
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Visiting students should usually have at least 3 courses in Classics related subject matter(at least 2 of which should be in Ancient History) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
? demonstrate in written exercises, websites and examinations a reasoned understanding of the nature of popular culture in Antiquity and the academic issues arising from its study
? produce well-argued, well-documented, and properly referenced written and online coursework on given areas of popular culture in antiquity
? demonstrate in oral discussion and written work an ability to use critically, and to evaluate, a wide range of different ancient sources, scholarly methodologies and approaches
Transferable skills
Students will be able to demonstrate an ability:
? to gather material independently on a given topic and organise it into a coherent data set, in varying media, including websites;
? to evaluate different approaches to and explanations of material, and make critical choices between them
? to express clearly ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing
? to organise complex and lengthy sets of arguments and draw these together into a coherent conclusion
? to produce a website of scholarly quality
? to organise their own learning, manage their workload and work to a timetable
? work together in groups to produce a finished piece of work
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Assessment Information
One Assignment (25%)
One Group Exercise (25% to include individual contribution of 12.5% and groupwork of 12.5%)
One end-of-year two-hour degree examination (50%)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
One Assignment (25%).
One Group Exercise (25%; to include individual contribution of 12.5% and groupwork of 12.5%).
Subject-Area administered Exam/Exercise in lieu of Degree Examination – to take place in Week 12 (see the current course handbook for further details) - 50%.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Lucy Grig
Tel: (0131 6)50 3579
Email: Lucy.Grig@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel: (0131 6)50 3582
Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk |
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