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HC3003: THE CLASSICAL HERITAGE: THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE, THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME (2014-2015)

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Course Overview

This is a team-taught course with input from History, Art History, Divinity and Philosophy, on approaches to the classical tradition within these disciplines. Greek themes are Religion, Heroes and Ideal Forms, Greek Philosophy, the invention of science, the invention of history. Roman themes are the Republic, Augustan Rome, Translating Cultures, Christianity, and the Fall of Rome.  Two lectures a week, 100% assessed by final essay, a 'general paper', with open ended questions to which students are invited to bring relevant knowledge.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Jane Stevenson

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

To offer a course which will extend and enhance work in the humanities by allowing students to see how their own specialism developed out of the Greco-Roman heritage, how it relates to other humanties topics, and the extent to which ideas generated by classical Greece and Rome are at work in the world today. Main Learning Outcomes Enhanced and more effective study resulting from a deeper and broader sense of context. Content Part 1: the Glory that was Greece Heroes: man the measure of all things Greek myths Greek philosophy The invention of science The invention of history Part 2: The Grandeur that was Rome The Roman Republic; history of an idea Architecture and Empire: Augustanism Rome and Christianity Philosophy in a Christian world Roman Law The Fall of Rome

Further Information & Notes

This course is intended be approachable from a Divinity, HIstory, Philosophy or History of Art perspective, and might also be attractive to students in cognate disciplines such as Law

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt One 6,000 word essay, 100% Resit One 6,000 word essay, 100%

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Essays will be returned with detailed comments and the marker will make his/herself available for 1:1 meetings.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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