LT4223 Constantinian Latin

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Available to General Degree students with the permission of the Honours Adviser

Planned timetable

To be confirmed

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Prof R D Rees

Prof R D Rees
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Professor Roger Rees

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Module description

This module will consider a variety of Latin texts written in the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine. The texts will include pagan and Christian literature in prose and verse. The assessment will follow LT Honours conventions.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

40 CREDITS FROM LT2001, LT2002, LT2003, LT2004, OR LT3017, LT3018

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 40%, Coursework = 60%

Re-assessment

Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2 hour lectures (11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

275

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Identify, read, understand and describe the key features of Constantinian Latin verse and prose
  • Understand and deploy the theoretical and methodological processes of relevant literary research.
  • Devise coherent and critically aware arguments on the basis of a thorough analysis of the primary texts and the evaluation of relevant published scholarship
  • Present their arguments both orally and in writing
  • Organize their own learning, manage their workload and work to a timetable