Undergraduate Course: Introducing Biblical Hebrew (BIST08013)

Course Outline
School	School of Divinity	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	An introduction to Biblical Hebrew for beginners.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 44, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 149 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 40 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Regular in-class tests (30%), a cumulative mid-semester test (10%), and a final exam (60%). In order to pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 40% in the combined tests, as well as in the final exam.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 44, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 149 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 40 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Regular in-class tests (30%), a cumulative mid-semester test (10%), and a final exam (60%). In order to pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 40% in the combined tests, as well as in the final exam.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should: - identify and explain the basic elements of Hebrew grammar; - be able to read (aloud) and translate biblical Hebrew prose (including 'sight' reading); - translate simple English sentences into biblical Hebrew; - be able to account for differing English translations of a given source text from the Hebrew Bible; - demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings.