Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Boyo Ockinga
Contact via boyo.ockinga@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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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. Options are potentially available in Ancient Greek (at E or F level), Latin (at E or F level), Hieroglyphic Egyptian (at D or E level), Ancient Hebrew (at D level), or Coptic Egyptian (at D level). The convener should be contacted to determine which options are available each year.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Class Participation | 20% | No | Every week |
Essay | 40% | No | May 11, 2018 |
Exam | 40% | No | Last class of semester |
Due: Every week
Weighting: 20%
Students will be required to prepare translations of the texts to be studied in class, to attend all classes and to participate in the translation, analysis and interpretation of the texts read.
Due: May 11, 2018
Weighting: 40%
Students will write an essay of ca. 2,500 - 3000 words on (a) given historical text(s). The essay will require the transliteration and translation of the hieroglyphic text, a commentary on given points of grammar and a commentary on the text's historical setting, literary structure and literary tradition.
Due: Last class of semester
Weighting: 40%
The exam will be held in the last week of classes. There will be two texts (one seen and one unseen) to transliterate and translate, with comments on grammar and historical content. Students will be allowed to use an Egyptian grammar and dictionary in the exam.
Delivery: classes will be held on-campus at North Ryde.
Times and location for campus Lectures: for current updates, lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetables website: www.timetables.mq.edu.au
This unit uses iLearn. All students have acces to the unit's iLearn site.
All students are expected to prepare for, attend and actively participate in classes. Preparation for classes invloves preparing translations of the texts to be worked through in class and doing the background reading set.
A PDF of the texts that will be studied is available on the unit's iLearn site.
Students will need to have access to R.O. Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian and A.H. Gardiner's Middle Egyptian Grammar.
Each class will involve the transliteration, translation and discussion of Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. Details of which texts will be read will be made available on the unit's iLearn site.
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Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
EXTENSIONS
Extensions for assignments can only be granted for medical reasons or on compassionate grounds. If required, applications for extensions should be made before the assignment's due date.
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 assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments should be submitted electronically through the iLearn site.
COMPLETION OF UNIT
A student is required to achieve an overall mark of 50% or above to complete the unit satisfactorily and to submit all pieces of written work. IMPORTANT NOTE ON FINAL MARKS: Please note with respect to the marks you receive for work during the session: that the marks given are indicative only; final marks will be determined after moderation. See further the note on Results in the Policies and Procedures section below.
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