CL5001 Themes and Methods in Classical Research 1

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 11

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Planned timetable

TBC

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module forms the first part of the core training provided in the MLitt in Classics. The focus of the first semester's core is on the sources for the study of the Classical world, how to access them (i.e. the resources available for classical research), and how to use this material sensitively and appropriately. The module is appropriate for all MLitt students regardless of their specific interests, and covers the full range of evidence from antiquity, including literary, philosophical, historiographical and other written sources (including how to work with fragmentary sources, textual transmission and other questions); material evidence (including ancient art, excavation, field survey, museum collections). The module also includes a number of workshop sessions on practical skills (e.g. presentations, research proposals etc.) and on theoretical approaches to classical evidence (e.g. narratology, practical criticism).

Assessment pattern

72-hour Take-Home Practical Examination = 75%, Coursework = 25%

Re-assessment

72-hour Take-home Practical Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2-hour seminar (x10 weeks), 1-hour workshop (x6 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

28

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

272

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Describe and evaluate a range of scholarly positions on key aspects of the study of antiquity
  • Select, summarise and evaluate individual scholarly works in the light of broader debates and research context
  • Articulate an original research question coherently and persuasively and place it in its scholarly context
  • Construct sophisticated arguments and communicate them concisely in written form using appropriate evidence and methodologies