Key facts
UNE unit code: CLAS401H
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- Year Long 1 - On Campus
- Year Long 1 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- 24
Unit information
In this unit, you will read and study a variety of texts in Greek or Latin, studying one trimester in each language. You will explore a wide range of authors and genres, covering an extended chronological period, focusing on philological issues and literary interpretation of these texts as well as relevant modern scholarship. Through these texts, you will also build your understanding of the methodological issues essential for Classical Studies.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Year Long 1 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Year Long 1 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
| Start | Finish | Duration | Attendance | Offerings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Non-Mandatory Intensive School | Year Long 1, Online | By arrangement |
Enrolment rules
Notes
Honours candidates only (continuing)
For futher information on the discipline's offerings, please visit the Classics and Ancient History webpage.
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- apply advanced reading skills to complex, unpredictable and extended Greek and Latin texts with autonomy thereby showing their ability to transform knowledge;
- independently apply advanced cognitive skills to generate and transmit solutions to sophisticated questions about the way in which a range of authors use an ancient language;
- critically analyse and evaluate complex, unpredictable texts using an appropriate metalanguage to complete a range of activities;
- apply and transmit advanced skills and knowledge about the style of particular authors, the requirements of genre and historical and literary context of the texts; and
- demonstrate advanced technical and theoretical knowledge of an ancient language as well as specialist knowledge about a particular author/authors and modern responses to their work.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 | Yes | 15% | All offerings | Essay No. Words: 2500 |
| Assessment 2 | Yes | 25% | All offerings | Essay No. Words: 5000 |
| Take Home Exam | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Comprises an examination on set texts. No. Words: 2000 |
| Take Home Exam | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Comprises an examination on set texts. No. Words: 2000 |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Aristophanes Wasps
ISBN: 9780198144656
MacDowell, D.M. (ed), Oxford University Press 1988
Text refers to: All offerings
Selections from Herodotus
ISBN: 9780806141701
Barbour, A.L., University of Oklahoma Press 2nd ed. 2011
Text refers to: All offerings
Sophocles: Antigone
ISBN: 9780521337014
Griffith, M. (ed), Cambridge University Press 1999
Text refers to: All offerings
Horace: Epodes and Odes, A New Annotated Latin Edition
ISBN: 9780806130576
Daniel H. Garrison, University of Oklahoma Press Reprint 2018
Text refers to: All offerings
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