Undergraduate Course: Socrates and Plato (GREE10023)

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	A survey of the philosophy of Socrates and Plato through a study of five Platonic dialogues and other relevant sources. Students will read four Platonic dialogues in translation, and either the Meno or Phaedo in Greek, depending on the year.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Greek 2A (GREE08007) AND Greek 2B (GREE08008)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues (CLTR10015)	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 or Intermediate Greek courses will not count. Students beyond Intermediate level but with less Greek than the prerequisite should consider either Greek 2a or 2b.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 20
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)	One translation exam (15%); one essay (25%); Final exam (60%). Part-Year Visiting Student (VV1) Variant Assessment: One translation exam (15%). One essay (25%). 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)	One translation exam (15%); one essay (25%); Final exam (60%). Part-Year Visiting Student (VV1) Variant Assessment: One translation exam (15%). One essay (25%). 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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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: - advanced knowledge of ancient Greek, and Greek prose style - an understanding of the difficulties of ascribing a specific philosophy to the historical Socrates, as opposed to the various claims made by the first generation of writers of Socratic dialogues - an awareness of the historical and legal issues surrounding the trial of Socrates - the way in which Plato eventually supplanted his competitors in the quest to establish himself as Socrates' main philosophical successor - knowledge of the basic ethical tenets found in the early Platonic dialogues - a sensitivity to the relationship between philosophical views and literary form in early to middle Plato - familiarity with the first version of Plato's theory of Forms and his views on the soul

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 3582 in order for approval to be obtained.
Keywords	Socrates / Plato

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Simon Trepanier Tel: (0131 6)50 3589 Email: Simon.Trepanier@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Elaine Hutchison Tel: (0131 6)50 3582 Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk