Undergraduate Course: Archaic Athens: Renaissance and Revolution (ANHI10014)

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 traces the history of Greece, and Athens in particular, during the Archaic period. It will focus on Greek history from two viewpoints, the political history contained in textual evidence, and the socio-cultural history from the material remains. An understanding of this key period in Greek history will enable students to better understand the development of Athenian democracy and east-west relationships in the Classical age. Students will be required to engage with political theory, cultural and social ideologies, and gender studies.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World (ANHI08014) AND Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History (ANHI08013)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Passes in 'Ancient History 2A, Past and Present in the Ancient World' (ANHI08014) AND 'Ancient History 2B, Themes and Theories in Ancient History' are normally required, unless at the discretion of the course organiser.

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: 31
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 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Continuous Assessment 40%; one (2-hour) Degree Examination 60%. 1st Semester-only Visiting Student (VV1) variant assessment: Essay - 40%; Subject-Area administered Exam/Exercise in lieu of Degree Examination; to take place in Week 12 (see the current course handbook for further details) - 60%.
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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: 3
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 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Continuous Assessment 40%; one (2-hour) Degree Examination 60%. 1st Semester-only Visiting Student (VV1) variant assessment: Essay - 40%; Subject-Area administered Exam/Exercise in lieu of Degree Examination; to take place in Week 12 (see the current course handbook for further details) - 60%.
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No Exam Information

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 complexity of the body of evidence for Archaic Greece; - an understanding of Archaic Greek history and its importance for the historian; - an understanding of political and social structures and their interrelatedness with the source material under investigation; - an ability to use critically a variety of different methodologies and approaches to this body of material; - a familiarity with real artefacts; - bibliographical research skills to enable students to find independently additional information relating to the study of Archaic Greece. 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 on this course, contact must be made with a Course Secretary on 50 3580 in order for approval to be obtained.
Keywords	Archaic Athens

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Mirko Canevaro Tel: (0131 6)51 1256 Email: Mirko.Canevaro@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Elaine Hutchison Tel: (0131 6)50 3582 Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk