107-483 Advanced Ancient Greek D

Formerly available as 107-353. Students who have completed 107-353 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

107-250 Intermediate Ancient Greek A, 107-251 Intermediate Ancient Greek B, 107-252 Intermediate Ancient Greek C and 107-253 Intermediate Ancient Greek D, or an approved equivalent, or admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in classics.

This subject is designed to provide the opportunity for extensive reading and class discussion of Ancient Greek literary and non-literary texts. The focus is on reading various complete texts, rather than extracts, to facilitate engagement of linguistic and hermeneutical study in a fully integrated fashion.

• possess critical thinking skills;

• be able to think in theoretic terms;

• be familiar with the communication conventions of another culture.

For 3rd year students: A 1-hour in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 20% (held in the middle of the semester), a second in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 30% (held at the end of semester), and a 2-hour examination, equivalent to 2000 words 50% (held during the examination period). For 4th year students: A 1-hour in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 20% (held in the middle of the semester), a second in-class test, equivalent to 1000 words 20% (held at the end of semester), a research assessment task of 1000 words 20% (due during the examination period), and a 2-hour examination, equivalent to 2000 words 40% (held during the examination period).