Postgraduate Course: Elementary Greek (PG) 1 (PGHC11088)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | An introduction to the Greek language for complete beginners and those with limited recent experience of the language. A thorough grounding is provided in the essentials of Greek accidence (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs) and in the syntax of the simple sentence. From week 4 post-graduates also have a weekly class to read selected texts, classical and/or medieval as appropriate. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 17 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 44,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
152 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
75 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment is by coursework (25%) and an end of semester class test in grammar and in translation in to English (75%) |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should:-
- have mastered the accidence of the Greek language;
- have an understanding of the basics of Greek syntax (simple sentences);
- be able to translate straightforward Greek sentences with the help of a dictionary.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
Jointly taught with Greek 1A (GREE08003) |
| Keywords | ElGreek1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Giulia Biffis
Tel: (0131 6)51 1925
Email: Giulia.Biffis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
Email: Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk |
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