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Year 1 Classical Studies.
Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Associate Professor P J Connor.
Prerequisite: None.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week.
Objectives:
Students on completion of the subject should have acquired an understanding of the history, literature and thought of Classical Rome, primarily through the study of original documents and texts in translation, and be able to develop critical insights into and analyses of such works.
Content:
An introduction to the political, cultural and literary life of Classical Rome, through an examination of the city in the late Republic (1st Century BC) and the impact of the change from a Republican to an Imperial form of government.
Assessment:
Written work of 2,000 words (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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