Postgraduate Course: Elementary Greek (PG) 1 (PGHC11088)
Course Outline
School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | An Introduction to Ancient Greek for postgraduate students. |
Course description |
This course provides an intensive introduction to the morphology and syntax of the Classical (Ancient) Greek language for those with no previous knowledge of Greek.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Greek 1A (GREE08003) OR
Greek 1Ha (GREE10017)
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 12 |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 44,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
150 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework:
Weekly exercises (20%)
Supplementary coursework exercise (10%)
Exam:
Two hour written exam (70%) |
Feedback |
Not entered |
Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Elementary Greek (PG) 1 | 2:120 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- recognise and translate the basic morphology of Classical Greek;
- recognise and translate the basic syntactical constructions of Classical Greek;
- translate short extracts from Greek into English;
- translate basic sentences from English into Greek;
- analyse and reflect critically upon the Greek language and upon scholarly and conceptual discussions about approaches to the language.
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Reading List
Balme, M., G. Lawall, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, Oxford; 2nd edition (2004)
Morwood, J., Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, Oxford
Any other Course materials will be distributed in class and posted on LEARN |
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Special Arrangements |
Jointly taught with Greek 1A (GREE08003) |
Keywords | ElGreek1 Elementary |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Benjamin Harriman
Tel: (0131 6)50 9110
Email: Benjamin.Harriman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Danielle Robertson
Tel:
Email: Danielle.Robertson@ed.ac.uk |
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