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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: Elementary Greek (PG) 1 (PGHC11088)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn Introduction to Ancient Greek for postgraduate students.
Course description This course provides an intensive introduction to the morphology and syntax of the Classical (Ancient) Greek language for those with no previous knowledge of Greek.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  8
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 44, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 152 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 75 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Examination (2 hours) 75%
Prepared and Unseen passages for translation and grammatical analysis.

Weekly Coursework 25%
The internal break down may vary from year to year, but will feature a mix of Quizzes and marked exercises
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. recognise and translate the basic morphology of Classical Greek
  2. recognise & translate the basic syntactical constructions of Classical Greek
  3. translate basic sentences from Greek into English
  4. translate basic sentences from English into Greek
  5. translate short extracts from original Greek texts into English
Reading List
Balme, M., G. Lawall, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, Oxford; 2nd edition (2004)

Morwood, J., Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, Oxford

Any other Course materials will be distributed in class and posted on LEARN
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Jointly taught with Greek 1A (GREE08003)
KeywordsElGreek1 Elementary
Contacts
Course organiserDr Richard Rawles
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Course secretaryMr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
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