Postgraduate Course: Elementary Ancient Greek (PG) 1 (PGHC11615)
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 | This is 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 it.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture 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 |
Students will receive written feedback on coursework essays which they will be able to discuss with the course organiser. They will also be expected to contribute to reading, translating, and discussing the text in the course of classes and lectures and will receive immediate feedback. In tutorials, they will receive feedback on linguistic exercises submitted a couple of days before; in some classes, they will receive feedback on unseen translations that they have completed the previous week which will be marked (formative assessment) by the lecturer. |
| No Exam Information |
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 Classical Greek into English;
- translate basic sentences from English into Classical Greek;
- analyse and reflect critically upon the Classical 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 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | |
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