Undergraduate Course: Advanced Greek Texts (BIST10039)

Course Outline
School	School of Divinity	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	A selection of readings from the Greek Old Testament, Greek New Testament, and other Greek writings of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, along with some elements of advanced grammar and vocabulary.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: ( Intermediate New Testament Greek (BIST08018) OR Intermediate New Testament Greek (Honours) (BIST10041)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Students should have attained a miminum of a Grade B in either New Testament Greek 2 or 2H.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should have passed at least three previous courses in New Testament Greek at Grade B or better (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 170 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	10% on regular class attendance and preparation, 30% on a translation notebook, 60% on 2-hour written examination.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV2)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	10% on regular class attendance and preparation, 30% on a translation notebook, 60% on 2-hour written examination.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Enhanced ability to read/translate a variety of Koine Greek texts. Enhanced acquaintance with vocabulary and grammatical featurs of Koine Greek. Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings. Demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Keywords	AdvGText

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Paul Foster Tel: (0131 6)50 8917 Email: Paul.Foster@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Katrina Munro Tel: (0131 6)50 8900 Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk