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Ancient Egypt in the modern world

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Course ID: 3600-EG-SEW-OW
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0220) Humanities (except languages), not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Ancient Egypt in the modern world
Name in Polish: Starożytny Egipt we współczesności
Organizational unit: Faculty of Oriental Studies
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Type of course:

elective courses
Prerequisites (description):

Ability to communicate in 'congress' languages.
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

The classes present how ancient Egyptian civilization influenced the modern world.
Full description:

The classes discuss the use of ancient Egyptian culture within modern context.
Bibliography:

Baines, J., Málek, J. Egipt (Wielkie Kultury Świata), Warszawa 1996

Schneider, T., Ancient Egypt investigated: 101 important questions and intriguing answers; transl. by David Lorton, London, New York 2013

Szczegółowa literatura podawana do tematów w czasie zajęć.
Learning outcomes:

The student should:

Knowledge:

- name and characterize basic cultural phenomena of ancient Egypt present in the modern world.

Skills:

- search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources.

Competence:

- have awareness of the cultural distinctness of the ancient Egypt and its significance,

for understanding modern world

- be able to cooperate and work in a group.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Semester assessment

- Attendance control,

- Continuous assessment,

- Paper presentation.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators: Edyta Kopp
Group instructors: Edyta Kopp
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Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
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