Undergraduate Course: Greek Tragedy (GREE10001)

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 two fifth century Attic tragedies. The texts will be studied and analysed in detail and interpreted in their literary and historical contexts.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Greek 2A (GREE08007) AND Greek 2B (GREE08008)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	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 Greek) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses but Elementary ot Intermediate Greek courses will not count. Students beyond Intermediate level but with less Greek than the prerequisite should consider taking either Greek 2A/2B.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 25
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 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One essay - 30%; one (2-hour) Degree Examination - 70%. 1st Semester-only Visiting Student (VV1) variant assessment: Essay - 30%; a Subject-Area administered Exam/Exercise in lieu of the Degree Examination, to take place in Week 12 - 70%.
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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 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One essay - 30%; one (2-hour) Degree Examination - 70%. 1st Semester-only Visiting Student (VV1) variant assessment: Essay - 30%; a Subject-Area administered Exam/Exercise in lieu of the Degree Examination, to take place in Week 12 - 70%.
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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: * translate fluently and accurately from the prescribed texts into clear and appropriate English; * comment intelligently on notable matters of form, style, and content, in class, in essays, and in examinations; * compose well-argued and coherent examination essays; * compose well-argued, properly referenced, well-researched, relevant, and coherent coursework essays; * make judicious use of dictionaries, commentaries, works of reference, critical studies, and modern translations; * demonstrate (in all forms of assessment) an informed understanding of the most important issues and scholarly approaches in the interpretation of the prescribed texts.

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	Greek Tragedy

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Douglas Cairns Tel: Email: douglas.cairns@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Elaine Hutchison Tel: (0131 6)50 3582 Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk