Courses: GRE254 Greek: Specialization with BA thesis - Autumn 2024
Credits
15.0ECTS Credits
15
Level of Study
Bachelor
Language of Instruction
English if students not speaking Norwegian attend, otherwise Norwegian or other Scandinavian language.
Teaching semester
Autumn and spring
Place of Instruction
Bergen
Objectives and Content
The course gives increasingly advanced knowledge in a limited area within Greek language and literature. This may be an area that has been part of the study at an earlier level (e.g., Greek drama, historiography or rhetoric); a new historical period (e.g., a Byzantine genre of literature); or a special field of study such as epigraphy.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
The candidate has
- increased knowledge of Greek grammar and literary history
- 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
Required Previous Knowledge
Minimum one of the following courses: GRE102, GRE103, GRE104, GRE105 or equivalent knowledge.
Recommended Previous Knowledge
We recommend that students have passed examination on at least three Greek courses on the 100-level or attained an equivalent level of knowledge and skill.
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
GRE254 overlaps with GRE204 (15stp)
Access to the Course
The course is open to everyone with study right at the University of Bergen.
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching is given in the form of individual supervision, lectures and and practical rehearsal in use of language through oral translation from Greek.
26 hours (one double lecture a 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. Oral presentation of subject and method in one of the seminars.
The mandatory activities are 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.
Examination Support Material
Grading Scale
The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade, grade F is a fail.
Assessment Semester
Autumn and spring
Reading List
The course literature consists partly in Greek texts and translations, partly in secondary literature. The volume and scope are dependent on the level of difficulty, the relative amount of original texts, translations and secondary literature, and the choice of thematic.
Course Evaluation
Students evaluate the course in accordance with the quality assurance system at UiB and the Department.
Programme Committee
The programme board of Classical Philology
Course Coordinator
Faculty representatives from Classical Philology
Course Administrator
Department of linguistic, literary and aesthetic studies
Contact Information
advice.lle@uib.no