Submission and Extensions

Assignments are to be submitted online, using Turnitin. In-class tests will be closed book.

Extensions are available on medical grounds and may be requested under other special circumstances. Apply direct to the Convener.

Penalties for Late Submission

A penalty of 2% per day (including weekends) will be imposed for late submission of assessment tasks unless medical grounds or other special circumstances apply.

Lecture times and locations

There will be one two-hour lecture per week; for time and location see https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2015/. The lectures will be available as Echo recordings in digital form on the unit website.

Required and recommended resources

Texts for reading and Coursenotes

Texts, vocabulary, and coursenotes to accompany the recorded lectures will be distributed on the iLearn page for this unit each week.

Resources

Sahidic:

For a review of Sahidic Coptic see the textbook for Coptic I and II (Sahidic): Thomas O. Lambdin, Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, Macon 1983, 2nd edition 1992.

Bohairic:

The standard grammar for Bohairic Coptic is Alexis Mallon, Grammaire copte: bibliographie, chrestomathie et vocabulaire, 4 éd. revue par Michel Malinine, Beyrouth 1956. Students with a reasonable command of German are encouraged to look at: Walter Till, Koptische Dialektgrammatik, mit Lesestücken und Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. Munich 1961.

A good introduction to Bohairic Coptic, which provides a didactical approach especially for those with little previous familiarity with formal English grammar, is Sameh Younan, So You Want To Learn Coptic (see http://www.learncoptic.com/ for information about ordering).

Dictionaries

A very good investment for this unit is a Coptic dictionary. Walter E. Crum, Coptic Dictionary, Oxford 1939 available in a reprint (see http://wipfandstock.com/store/A_Coptic_Dictionary). There are versions of the dictionary online at http://www.metalog.org/files/crum.html and http://www.tyndalearchive.com/TABS/Crum/, but I would strongly recommend anyone seriously interested in Coptic to buy a hard copy. Crum only contains words of Egyptian origin. It needs to be supplemented by a Greek lexicon for the words of Greek origin. The most comprehensive is H. G. Liddell and R. Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon. New (Ninth) Edition Completed 1940, with a Supplement 1968, Oxford, Oxford University Press 1976.  This is available online at the Perseus Project: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.04.0057, and also via the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: http://www.tlg.uci.edu.simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/lsj/.

Further resources and notes, including bibliographies for Coptic grammars, and guides on using dictionaries will be available on iLearn. 

iLearn

The iLearn page for this unit can be accessed via https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

All required unit materials will be provided via this iLearn site.

Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.

For technical support go to: http://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/informatics/help

For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/guides.htm

Distance Education Service

Macquarie University Library provides numerous services for distance students, including online access to the Library’s Web catalogue and databases, reference assistance, IT help, online IT training, reciprocal borrowing and letters of introduction to other libraries.

Contact:

Library Distance Education Service http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/borrowing/distance_education_service/ University Library NSW 2109 Australia E-mail:     lib.libed@library.mq.edu.au Phone:     +61 2 9850 7558 Fax:         +61 2 9850 7504 Free Phone (within Australia):     1800 632 743

The Library also provides Delivery Services to Distance Education students living outside the Sydney metropolitan area (this includes Macquarie University students residing overseas.) Please note that books and some other media will not be posted to addresses outside Australia.

Centre for Open Education (COE)

Centre for Open Education www.coe.mq.edu.au Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia Phone:     +61 2 9850 7470 Fax:         +61 2 9850 7480

The Centre for Open Education is the primary point of contact between distance students and the University. It organizes and distributes the various forms of teaching materials, the electronic registration of the receipt and return of distance education assignments. Guidance for students is provided through the Distance Education Student Handbook distributed to all students enrolled in distance education. External students enrolled in this unit will receive this study guide and the audio registrations on CD through the COE (in addition to having the possibility to listen to the registrations on the web and download them). However, you will be submitting your assignments directly to your lecturer using the assignments tool on the unit website

The course will run for 11 weeks, and consist primarily of readings of Coptic texts in the two most prominent dialects, Sahidic and Bohairic.

• Week 1 will consist of short readings from the Apothegmata Patrum.  
• In Weeks 2-6 we will read Let Our Eyes by Shenoute of Atripe.
• In Weeks 7-11 we will read the Bohairic Life of Shenoute by Besa.
• Week 11 will consist of short readings from documentary and sub-literary texts. 
• There will be in-class tests at the beginnings of Weeks 11 and 12, focusing on vocabulary and grammar respectively.