DR301Y: CREATION AND COSMOS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:28

Course Overview

This course will explore the ancient Greek, Roman and Near attitudes towards creation, cosmology and world view.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	3
Term	First Term	Credit Points	30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Samantha Newington

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

Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
Either Programme Level 3 or Ma Spanish And Latin American Studies -Theology And Religion

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

DR301Z Creation and Cosmos in the Ancient World (Studied)
DR351Y Creation and Cosmos in the Ancient World (Passed)
DR351Z Creation and Cosmos in the Ancient World (Passed)
DR401Y Creation and Cosmos in the Ancient World (Studied)
DR401Z Creation and Cosmos in the Ancient World (Studied)
DR451Y Creation and Cosmos in the Ancient World (Passed)
DR451Z Creation and Cosmos in the Ancient World (Passed)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

This course will take a thematic approach towards ancient Greek, Roman and Near Eastern approaches to understanding the world, how it is formed, cosmology, cosmogony – whether the earth is flat, the universe a void filled with immortal and mortal entities, and whether there is such a thing as a divine ‘mover and shaker’.

The course will explore a range of materials: from ancient Greek poetic texts from the 8^th century BCE to the philosophical epic of 1^st century BCE Republican Rome. This course will investigate evidence from the ancient Near East dating from 1200 BCE and how the East influenced Greece and Rome.

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

500 word essay 33%

3000 word essay 34%

Resit; 2500 word essay 100%

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Understand	students will be expected to identify and critically analyse primary and secondary material;
Factual	Evaluate	students will be expected: i. to critically apply knowledge in a range of formats and presentational styles,
Conceptual	Apply	Students will be expected: i. provide a high academic appreciation of the subject content; ii. demonstrate the ability to transfer knowledge, develop independent research skills;
Procedural	Create	Students will be expected to demonstrate, i. a high level of communication skills; ii. engage with a range of technology interfaces.