Undergraduate Course: Introducing New Testament Greek (BIST08014)

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 the grammar and vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, with selected readings.
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)	Fortnightly in-class vocabularly quizzes (20%), a class exam (20%), degree exam (60%). In order to pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 40% combined mark for the regular quizzes and class exam as well as a minimum of 40% in the degree 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)	Fortnightly in-class vocabularly quizzes (20%), a class exam (20%), degree exam (60%). In order to pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 40% combined mark for the regular quizzes and class exam as well as a minimum of 40% in the degree exam.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
- Ability to read simple passages in the Greek New Testament and translate them into English. - Ability to identify forms of verbs and nouns frequently used in the Greek New Testament so that you can look up the word's meaning in a NT Greek lexicon (dictionary). - Acquisition of a vocabulary of the most frequently used words in the Greek New Testament (about 300 words used 50+ times are tackled, which represent about 80% of all word-occurrences in the NT). - A basic understanding of the significance of selected features of Koine Greek grammar for exegesis of the New Testament. - Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings. - Demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies