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CLAS3741: Advanced Latin 3C

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Type	Open
Level	3
Credits	20
Availability	Not available in 2023/24
Module Cap	None.
Location	Durham
Department	Classics and Ancient History

Prerequisites

For students taking Classics (Q801), Classical Civilisation (Q820) and Ancient History (V110) Intermediate Latin 2A

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

The principle of progression means that if you have studied one Advanced Latin module in a previous academic year, you cannot then study another Advanced Latin module in the following academic year, but must progress to one or both of the Higher Latin modules.

Aims

To study in depth a selection of prose or verse texts suitable for students with a good command of Latin morphology and syntax, some experience of reading texts in the original and a good understanding of Roman culture.

Content

This module introduces students to a selection of Latin texts appropriate to readers with a good command of grammar and some experience of reading texts in the original language.
All texts will be linked by a theme which will provide the focus for the module as a whole.
Examples of themes are: Roman love poetry, the countryside and the imagination, etc.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

A knowledge of Latin morphology and syntax sufficient to form the basis of an independent appreciation and understanding of a selection of Latin authors
A knowledge and understanding of a selection of works from a selection of Latin authors
A knowledge of vocabulary appropriate to a student with a year's post-Intermediate study and experience of the Latin language.

Subject-specific Skills:

An ability to construe some Latin texts with dictionaries.
An ability to read and interpret these texts.

Key Skills:

A grasp of the differences between two Indo-European languages, one ancient and one modern, and of the issues relating to moving between them.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Interactive language classes will be offered as the most appropriate and effective way of teaching the module.
Students will learn through regular preparation for the classes, and interaction with the teacher and each other in the process of learning.
The course will be assessed through an exam paper and a summative essay, which will be designed to test the topics and questions addressed in the classes.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total
Seminars (language classes)	44	2 per week	1 hour	44
Preparation and reading				156
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component: Essay		Component Weighting: 30%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Summative essay	2500 words	100

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 70%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Written examination	2 hours	100

Formative Assessment

Homework in the form of translations and/or commentaries to be prepared in advance of every class. Formative tests in class. No collections.

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