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To successfully complete this module students must demonstrate an ability to:
* accurately translate Herodotus' text from Ancient Greek into English;
* critically engage with modern commentaries and scholarship on Herodotus and the Histories;
* reflect on and answer specific questions about the text and its themes;
* write about the set text at an appropriate level for a level three module as outlined in the UCD grading criteria (if completing the essay rather than sitting a third exam).
It is expected that students will translate selections from Book 1 of Herodotus.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Small Group | 18 |
Specified Learning Activities | 100 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 32 |
Total | 150 |
Students taking this module should have at least one year’s experience of reading unadapted Greek texts
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Class Test: Students will be asked to translate, parse, and comment on a passage from Herodotus. | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Class Test: Students will be asked to translate, parse, and comment on a passage from Herodotus. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Essay: Students must complete an essay or commentary of c.2,000 words. Graduate students taking the module as part of a research degree will complete a third in-class test instead. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Continuous Assessment: Two homework assignments will be set by the module coordinator and submitted via Brightspace in weeks 3 and 9. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback will be provided students within 20 working days from the date of the exam or submission of coursework.