Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor, lecturer
Bronwen Neil
Contact via By email
Level 1 Arts
By appointment
Lecturer
Ian Plant
Contact via Email
Level 1 Arts
By appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Permission by special approval
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to help history students consolidate advanced skills in ancient languages, especially through the reading of original texts at D Level in Latin. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessment 1: Participation Weighting 20%
Three (3) Participation Exercises. In this assessment task your participation is tested, not your accuracy, in translating an excerpt from a weekly reading that has been covered in class. You are asked to explain your translation of four lexical or grammatical or syntactic features of each excerpt. The excerpt will be released on Friday the week before the assessment is due. A serious attempt will earn full marks. Please submit your answers in PDF via Turn-it-in in Weeks 4, 8 and 12. There is no word count for this assessment.
Assessment 2: Prose Compositions Weighting 40%
Four (4) Prose Compositions. In this assessment task your control and accuracy are tested in translations from English to Greek/Latin. Each of the four proses is worth 10 raw marks.
Assessment 3: Comprehension Tests Weighting 40%
Two (2) Comprehension Tests. In this assessment task, your control over details of Latin usage in the unit readings is tested. Each of the two comprehension tests is worth 20 raw marks. There will be five extracts from the readings in each test and you will normally be asked to ‘explain the meaning, form, and function’ of two words/expressions in each extract. Each of your explanations is worth two (2) raw marks, one (1) mark for meaning and form and one (1) mark for function. In other words half the marks in these comprehension tests are awarded on the basis of your understanding of function (i.e. of how a word or expression is being used in its context; note that giving a translation of the context in which the word appears is not sufficient to indicate your understanding of function, though it may form part of your response).
Assessment Schedule with Dates
Weeks 1-3 None
Week 4 Prose composition 1 due Friday 19/8 at 23:55. Participatory task 1 due at same time.
Week 5 None
Week 6 None
Week 7 Comprehension test 1 in class Friday 9/9
2-week break
Week 8 Prose composition 2 due Friday 30/9 at 23:55. Participatory 2 task due at same time.
Week 9 None
Week 10 None
Week 11 None
Week 12 Prose composition 3 due Friday 28/10 at 23:55. Participatory task 3 due at same time.
Week 13 Comprehension test 2 in class Friday 4/11. Prose composition 4 due Friday 4/11 at 23:55.
Late Assessment Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.
This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON FINAL MARKS: Grading decisions for each assessment task will be moderated against the set criteria and standards before task results are released. 3) Do not plagiarise: plagiarism will not be tolerated; see 'MQ Academic Honesty': http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Participation assessments | 20% | No | Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8 and 12 |
Prose Compositions | 40% | No | Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 13 |
Comprehension Tests | 40% | No | Week 7 and Week 13 in class |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8 and 12
Weighting: 20%
Three participation exercises
Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 13
Weighting: 40%
Four exercises in translation from English to Latin
Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 7 and Week 13 in class
Weighting: 40%
Two comprehension Tests
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Readings and word-lists will be provided to help you with translations - see the Resources folder on the ILearn page. You may also use online resources such as:
Part II ILL.2.FrontPagesFile
ILL.3.2021ednFile 455.2KB PDF document
ILL.3.2021.Key.Chs16–18File 43.5KB PDF document
Part IV - Grammar modules for Latin D
Latin D Topic 1File 89.4KB PDF document
Latin D Topic 2File 73KB PDF document
Latin D Topic 3File 63.3KB PDF document
Latin D Topic 4File 61.8KB PDF document
Reading / translation schedule - please note, you are expected to bring a draft translation to class every week.
Week 1 Tacitus' Annales
Week 2 Tacitus' Annales
Week 3 Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia
Week 4 Bath curse tablets.
Week 5 Two Fragments of a Letter attributed to Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi.
Week 6 Plin. Ep. 10.96 to Trajan
Week 7 Plin. Ep. 10.97 from Trajan
2-week break
Week 8 Sulpicia Carmina 1-3.
Week 9 Sulpicia Carmina 4-6; Terentia ILS 1046a
Week 10 Plin. Ep. 6.4 to Calpurnia; Plin. Ep. 6.7 to Calpurnia
Week 11 Plin. Ep. 3.16 to Nepos; Ep. 7.19 [1-7] to Priscus [continued into week 12]
Week 12 Plin. Ep. 7.20 to Tacitus.
Week 13 Review.
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Some readings have been changed; assessment schedule has been updated; new bibliography has been supplied with readings.
Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook