Greek Ionic and Post-Classical Prose with BA thesis
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 15
- Teaching semesters
- Spring
- Course code
- GRE251
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English if students not speaking Norwegian attend, otherwise Norwegian or other Scandinavian language
- Resources
- Schedule
- Reading list
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
The candidate has
- increased knowledge of Greek grammar and literary history, with emphasis on the Ionic dialect and koine and Attic Greek
- increased knowledge of the characteristic traits of the literature and culture that the study addresses.
Skills
The candidate can
- develop, delimit and formulate problems to assess within a given thematic
- survey the research literature and sources that are relevant for the problem
- analyse research literature and primary sources and draw her own conclusions on the basis of this
General competence
The candidate can
- acquaint herself with a comprehensive amount of specialist literature
- mediate knowledge from such literature
- develop and execute an independent written essay of moderate length and argue in support of the conclusions presented therein
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching is given in the form of lectures on parts of the Greek texts and other parts of the course literature and practical exercises in textual criticism.
26 h (one 2-hour session each week).
If less than five students register to a course, the Department may introduce reduced teaching; cf. the relevant guidelines on Mitt UiB (Canvas). On courses where reduced teaching may be given, the students will receive information at the start of the semester, before the 1. Feb. / 1. Sept. deadline for registering.
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Compulsory supervision during the writing of a Bachelor's thesis.
The mandatory activity is valid in the teaching semester.
Forms of Assessment
Bachelor's thesis of ca. 15 pp. with compulsory supervision. In addition, an oral examination. The oral examination, given after the grading of the bachelor¿s thesis, have a moderating function and may adjust the character to the maximal extent of one degree up or down.
The thesis can be submitted in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.