GRKA7001 - Classical Greek for Postgraduates I

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Robert Cowan
Phone: +61 2 9351 7210
Email: bob.cowan@sydney.edu.au

Description

The aim of this unit is to provide postgraduate students with a foundation for the Classical Greek language. It caters for postgraduate students in the Ancient World Studies coursework program and others pursuing disciplines for which a knowledge of Classical Greek is valuable or indispensable. The unit uses graded readings, prescribed texts and exercises to teach grammar and the principles of reading with understanding and also to illustrate cultural, social and historical issues.

Assessments

weekly assignments (30%), weekly quizzes (30%) and 1x2 hour exam (40%)

Textbooks

Mastronarde D. Introduction to Attic Greek. University of California Press 1993

Classes

3x1-hr lecture and 1x1-hr tutorial per week

Prohibitions

GRKA1001, GRKA2301

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