GK3021 Greek for Honours Classics 1

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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.

Planned timetable

10.00 am - 11.00 am 4 days a week (Tue - Fri)

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

Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module is for students who have taken Latin in both of their first two years, but only begun Greek in their second year with GK1001 and GK1002 and are entering Honours Classics in their third year. It consists of 4000-level analysis and essay work together with consolidation of the student's prior knowledge of the Greek language, practice in translation skills, and training in techniques of literary analysis. The module will concentrate on the study of selected genres of Greek poetry and prose and aims to foster an awareness of the interrelationships between later and earlier periods of Greek literature, such as Homeric epic and the Greek literature of the Roman empire. For details of each year's prescribed texts, consult the module booklet and/or the School of Classics Honours booklet.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS GK1002 AND PASS LT2004

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE GK2003

Assessment pattern

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

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Induction in Orientation Week, then 3 or 4 classes weekly.

Scheduled learning hours

41

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

Guided independent study hours

259

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

Intended learning outcomes

  • Identify key genres of ancient Greek prose and their representatives
  • Describe key features of these works, including their contents, narrative technique and literary style
  • Demonstrate expertise and skills in translating, analysing and interpreting these texts
  • Apply these skills to other, seen and unseen, Greek texts
  • Analyse and critically evaluate published research
  • Devise complex, coherent and critically aware arguments on key aspects of Greek prose texts on the basis of a thorough analysis of the primary text and the evaluation of published scholarship