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CLAS 1003 - Introduction to Ancient Greek and Roman History

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2023

This introduces students to key aspects and events in ancient Greek and Roman history, and to some of the main historians of Greece and Rome. It is designed to form the necessary background for our upper-level courses in archaeology and ancient history. Firstly, we will explore the development of city-states in 6th & 5th c. BC Greece, with an emphasis upon the achievements of Athens in the Classical period. Students will be introduced to the history-writing of Herodotus & Thucydides. They will also explore how other types of primary sources - drama, comedy, philosophical essays and archaeological evidence - help us to understand Athenian concepts of state-identity, the role of the citizen and of government in their lives. Secondly, we will explore key moments in the history of Rome down to the early Empire. Again, emphasis will be upon understanding how to use our primary sources to understand the past. For instance, we will use Cicero's letters and essays to understand elite social and political networking in the Late Republic, the civil wars of Pompey and Caesar. How did Roman historians such as Livy, Suetonius and Tacitus differ from their Greek counterparts? How can we use surviving forms of evidence - material, epigraphic, literary - to understand what was important to the political and social life of Romans?

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code CLAS 1003
    Course Introduction to Ancient Greek and Roman History
    Coordinating Unit Classics, Archaeology and Ancient History
    Term Semester 2
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact Up to 3 hours per week
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y
    Assessment Bibliographical/Reading assignment (10%), 1,200 word paper (20%), 1,200 word paper (30%), 2 hour exam (40%)
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Professor Han Baltussen

    Classics staff who contribute to this course:

    Dr Margaret O'Hea
    Prof. Han Baltussen

    There may also be other tutors in this course. More details, and contact information, will be available on MyUni at the start of the teaching semester.
    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

    Lecture schedule and tutorial programme will be available on MyUni before the start of semester.
  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1 Demonstrate familiarity with core features of Classical Athenian cultural history 
    2 Demonstrate an historical understanding of the cultural and social tensions between increasingly-defined "public" and "private' spheres in democratic Athens (5th-4th centuries BC);
    3 Demonstrate an historical understanding of key episodes of Roman cultural and political history;
    4 Demonstrate an ability to evaluate the usefulness and relevance of different types of historical or textual evidence;
    5 Demonstrate an ability to construct a well-developed argument based on fragmentary historical and archaeological evidence;
    6 Demonstrate knowledge of the scholarly techniques of presenting your written work.

    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)

    Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth

    Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.

    1, 2, 3, 4, 5

    Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving

    Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.

    4, 5

    Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills

    Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.

    5, 6

    Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness

    Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.

    4, 5, 6

    Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency

    Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.

    1, 2, 3

    Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence

    Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.

    5, 6
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources

    There is no required textbook for this course: readings will be available in MyUni from the BSL (library).
    Recommended Resources
    N/A
    Online Learning
    The online lectures provide background to the material being studied in class, both in the weekly "flipped class" (for all students) and in the tutorial programme. It is very important that students keep up with their online viewing and note-taking from these online lectures. Do not leave them to the end of semester.

    Weekly readings for the tutorial programme will be accessed online. A "brick" (of printed-out readings) is not available for this course.

    Students can download the tutorial programme, which lists the tutorial topics and readings, week by week, from MyUni or buy it as a Course booklet from the university's online shop at the start of semester. This booklet also includes guides to writing your assignments in the Dept of Classics, Archaeology and Ancient History, and a summary of your assessment.

    All this material, and more, will all be on MyUni.
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    Lectures supported by problem-solcing tutorials developing material covered in lecture.
    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    2 x 1-hour lectures (or equivalent) per week 24 hours per semester
    1 x 1-hour tutorial (or equivalent) per week 12 hours per semester
    5 hours reading per week 60 hours per semester
    3.5 hours assignment preparation per week 42 hours per semester
    1.5 hours revision per week 18 hours per semester
    TOTAL WORKLOAD 156 hours per semester
    Learning Activities Summary
    The full tutorial programme and lecture list will be available on MyUni at least a week before the start of teaching, and will also be in hard copy in the Course Booklet which can be purchased at Image and Copy Centre, level 1 Hughes Building.
  • Assessment

    The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Assessment task Task type Weighting Course learning outcomes
    Critique (approx 500 words) Formative & summative 10% 1, 6
    1500-1600 word tutorial paper 1 Formative & summative 30% 1-6
    1500-1600 word tutorial paper 2 Formative & summative 40% 1-6
    2 in-class tests (one online, one in-seminar) each 10% Summative 20% 1-6
    Assessment Related Requirements
    Compulsory lecture attendance: attending the lectures is for your own benefit (we have tracked the correlation between attendance and final results for several years and the statistics are clear: those who attend have better results). Audio recordings of lectures do not replace lectures, but are meant to assist in revision.  Finding a study-buddy is helpful in case you miss a lecture (we know this can happen) will allow you to catch up on notes.
    Assessment Detail
    Bibliographic Critique
    The point of this exercise is to show that you have read and understood three secondary readings on a particular tutorial topic, and that you can use the Harvard Citation and Bibliography system as provided to you on MyUni for this course.

    It is both quantitatively and qualitatively different from a tutorial paper. Firstly, whereas a tutorial paper addresses the tutorial topic, or question, this simply requires you to provide a short summary and assessment of the arguments and/or evidence provided by two different articles/chapters as provided by us for you all to read. The third article or chapter must be one you have found yourself, by using the footnotes, citations and bibliography of the other two readings.

    Pick out the key points with a very brief evaluation of what is being discussed. Make sure that you include citations and a properly-formatted bibliography of the three authors used. At most, the whole thing with bibliography should be an A4 page to a page-and-a-half  in length. Print it out, as for the tutorial papers (see below). We will briefly discuss this in Week 2 (the introductory tutorial).

    Tutorial papers
    In addition to attending lectures and tutorials, you must submit two tutorial papers, each 1500-1600 words in length, and each on one of these tutorial topics.  You cannot submit a paper on Topic 1 in Week 2 (although we will discuss it in class), and there are no formal tutorials in Week 7. This leaves 10 weeks, and 10 topics from which to choose. 

    These fall into two sections: Greek and Roman. You must:
    a.  Write your 1st tutorial paper on a Greek topic chosen from Weeks 3-6 (topics 1-4) 
    b.  Write your 2nd tutorial paper on a Roman topic chosen from Weeks 8-12 (topics 5-9)
    Submit each paper to your tutor, at your tutorial, on the day that particular topic is discussed. For example, if you were writing on Tutorial Topic 1, you would have to hand it up in Week  3, when we will explore it in class.  

    But wait - there’s more. Within each section, there will be a limit of 6 students per tutorial writing on any one topic. Because of this, in your first tutorial meeting, your tutor will ask you to nominate which topics you wish to write about.  So have a think about this before your first tutorial, and have a second choice in mind in case you miss out on a popular topic.

    2-hour formal exam  
    This exam is held in the 最新糖心Vlog's formal exam period. All the answers are in essay form (no multiple-choice questions). All the details as to how it is structured, as well as dummy papers to revise with, will be dealt with in the last lecture of the semester, so make sure you come along. Be sure to read the EXAMS folder in MyUni to understand the process. Some salient points:

    a.  You, and you alone, have to find out from the 最新糖心Vlog’s Exams website, when the CLAS_1003 exam is on, and where it is. Don’t rely on a friend. If they get it wrong, so you do and there are no alternative arrangements for missing an exam because you mistook the date, time or venue. Don’t book a holiday that falls within the exam timetable. That will be 40% of your final mark down the drain, because we will not provide an alternative date for your convenience.

    b.  Supplementary exams are for people who submit the appropriate application form, along with documentary evidence within 5 working days of the exam to the School of Humanities office (not us in Classics) on convincing medical or compassionate grounds. Those who get a mark between 45-49% overall also automatically get a supp. offer, provided that they have submitted all three written assignments. Make yourself available during the supplementary exams week! As with the main exam period, if you are not available to sit the supplementary exam, then itwill not be available to you.  The link is on the 最新糖心Vlog exams website, and a link will be on MyUni for this course.

    c.  We do not offer take-home exams, or any alternative assessment to the formal written exam.

     

    Submission

    Tutorial papers are to be handed in to your tutor, at the tutorial for that particular topic. Unless you have a medical certificate that you can present with your finished tutorial paper, or an official notification from a Student Counsellor (from the Student Centre), any late submission will incur the following penalties:

    §  10% (of the final mark) off for the first week late

    §  A further 10% (of the final mark) for the second week

    §  No mark for any paper submitted more than 2 weeks from the due date

    If you have any other good reason to hand up a paper late, you must consult with your tutor before the due date, not afterwards.

    Things that do not count as a reasonable
    1. excuse:  other essay deadlines (response: organise your workload better)
    2. holidays, or family commitments for which you had plenty of time to plan ahead
    3. headaches or minor ailments  or any events which are foreseeable and therefore for which you should have done some planning. 

    Things that may reasonably be considered:

    1. medical conditions that are not forseeable 
    2. serious personal bereavement or family problems. 

    Without wishing to be glib about this, real studies have been done in the USA of the apparent rapid rise  in mortality rates of grandparents around college exam times... 

    Ongoing health conditions that might seriously affect your ability to complete tasks on time should be sorted out with a Disability Liaison Officer at the start of semester. Do not leave this until it all goes pear-shaped in Week 11, or you will may find yourself in a pickle, since you need to provide written (if confidential) evidence of the problem. 
    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

    Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

    Final results for this course will be made available through .

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    The course will make use of SELT for course and teacher evaluation.
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