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AHIS7000 – Advanced Studies in Ancient History
2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Paul McKechnie
Lecturer
Ian Plant
Contact via please use email
AHH Floor 2 South
by appointment only
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to BPhil/MRes
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
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Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Apply and assimilate information in a context and at a level appropriate to BPhil level study.
- ULO2: Assess relevant sources and issues critically, analytically, and in an integrated fashion.
- ULO3: Demonstrate understanding orally and in writing, by deduction and argumentation.
- ULO4: Show, orally and in writing, critical understanding of factual questions and judgements of likelihood and value.
- ULO5: Relate understanding of the ancient world to broad conceptual frameworks and modern contexts.
- ULO6: Interpret, understand, and advance the state of thinking about the writing of history, including ancient history, and, when appropriate, read against the sources.
Assessment Tasks
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Delivery and Resources
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Successful Completion
To complete the unit successfully, you will need to achieve an overall mark of 50% or above.
Extensions
Extensions for assignments can only be granted for medical reasons or on compassionate grounds. Requests for an extension must be made through Ask.Mq: https://ask.mq.edu.au
Faculty Late Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assignments.
Please note that the in-class seminar counts as a timed assignment.
Lectures and Seminars
There are no tutorials. Attendance at lectures and seminars is important: please be present. Students are expected to attend all classes, unless there are extenuating circumstances such as illness etc.
Students are required to complete the compulsory readings before the seminar and participate in the discussion.
Electronic Resources
There will be a unit iLearn site, on which readings and resources will be placed. PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement. Any problem, contact onehelp@mq.edu.au (9850 4357) and not the unit convener.
Assessment Submission.
All written work must be submitted through the turnitin links for the first and third assessment items on iLearn.
Unit Schedule
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Lecture schedule (E and OE)
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Lecture no. |
Date |
Title |
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1 |
26 February |
How this unit works Allocation of tasks Historiography and the NSW Board of Studies |
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2 |
27 February |
Naming the parts |
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3 |
4 March |
How can archaeology become history? David Randall-MacIver and Great Zimbabwe |
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4 |
5 March |
Seminars �, � |
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5 |
11 March |
Whose interest does history serve? The case of Manetho of Sebennytus |
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6 |
12 March |
Seminars �, � |
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7 |
18 March |
Whose interest does history serve? The case of Eusebius of Caesarea |
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8 |
19 March |
Seminars �, � |
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9 |
25 March |
Oxford Regius Professors of History |
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10 |
26 March |
Seminars �, � |
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11 |
1 April |
Edward Gibbon |
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12 |
2 April |
Seminars �, � |
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13 |
8 April |
Seminar/ The Monumenta Germaniae Historica |
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14 |
9 April |
Seminars ⓫, ⓬ |
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Recess 13-26 April (Easter Sunday 12 April)
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15 |
29 April |
History in the Scottish universities |
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16 |
30 April |
Seminars ⓭, ⓮ |
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17 |
6 May |
Prof. Alanna Nobbs : How to be a Historian |
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18 |
7 May |
Seminars ⓯, ⓰ |
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19 |
13 May |
Prof. Edwin Judge: How Ancient History began at Macquarie University |
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20 |
14 May |
Seminars ⓱, ⓲ |
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21 |
20 May |
Ms. Elizabeth Stockdale: Bettany Hughes, popular historian |
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22 |
21 May |
Seminars ⓳, ⓴ |
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23 |
27 May |
Ms. Shannon Foster: What is Indigenous knowledge in the field of history? |
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24 |
28 May |
Seminars 21, 22 |
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25 |
3 June |
Seminars 23, 24 |
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26 |
4 June |
Summary: Writing the ancient world today |
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- Academic Appeals Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progression Policy
- Assessment Policy
- Fitness to Practice Procedure
- Grade Appeal Policy
- Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public
- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
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Student Code of Conduct
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Results
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Late work
Unless a Disruption to Studies request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply - 2 marks (out of a total of 100 marks) will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date - and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. NO late submission will be accepted for timed assignments. Note that the in-class seminar is a timed assignment.
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