Undergraduate Course: The Severans (ANHI10007)

Course Outline
School	School of History, Classics and Archaeology	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course will look at the reigns of the Severans: Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla and their successors, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Septimius hoped to bring renewed stablity to an Empire that had suffered since the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180, and we shall consider the success in the light of his own reign and that of his son. The situation deteriorated, however, under Elagabalus, and was stabilised briefly under the reign of Alexander, despite his youth. The course will consider the changes that occurred in this period, militarily, socially and politically. It will involve the inter-relation of a wide variety of different types of evidence, notably literary, epigraphic and archaeological, and the development of the skills required to interpret these in the construction of a history of the Severan age.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	A Pass in a 1st or 2nd Level Ancient History course, or equivalent experience at the course organiser's discretion.
Additional Costs	Approximately Ł20 for books.

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.
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 29
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	An essay completed during the period of the course (30%), marks awarded to seminar presentations (20%), degree examination (2 hrs) (50%). Part-Year Visiting Student (VV1) Variant Assessment: An essay completed during the period of the course (30%); marks awarded to seminar presentations (20%); 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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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 2
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	An essay completed during the period of the course (30%), marks awarded to seminar presentations (20%), degree examination (2 hrs) (50%). Part-Year Visiting Student (VV1) Variant Assessment: An essay completed during the period of the course (30%); marks awarded to seminar presentations (20%); 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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Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the course successfully will be able by the end of the course to demonstrate in written examination and course work, as well as in class discussion: - an understanding of the political and social context of the Severan emperors; - an understanding of the changes to the Roman Empire brought about by challenges to imperial power both within and outside of Rome; - an understanding of the interaction of various sources of evidence (literary, epigraphic and archaeological) in the construction of an historical understanding. Transferable Skills: Students will also demonstrate that they can: - gather material independently on a given topic and organise it into a coherent data set. - compare differing sets of data from varying situations and draw conclusions from them. - evaluate different approaches to and explanations of material, and make critical choices between them. - express clearly ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing. - organise complex and lengthy sets of arguments and draw these together into a coherent conclusion. - organise their own learning, manage their workload and work to a timetable.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Special Arrangements	In order for a student from outwith Classics to be enrolled, contact must be made with a Course Secretary on 50 3580 in order for approval to be obtained.
Keywords	Severans / Roman History

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Sandra Bingham Tel: (0131 6)50 6689 Email: S.Bingham@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Elaine Hutchison Tel: (0131 6)50 3582 Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk