Ancient history

General data

Course ID:	3104-L3HST2-ANG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.3 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. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Ancient history
Name in Polish:	Ancient history
Organizational unit:	Faculty of History
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) 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. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	The participants need to have a good knowledge of English. This will be checked by an online interview, to be fixed by email (please, send a message to r.wisniewski@uw.edu.pl).
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	This seminar class aims at introducing students to the research methods used by the historians of antiquity. Their participants learn to use primary and secondary sources, as well as other tools characteristic of classical studies. All classes are focused on specific topics, but aim to show a bigger picture of the analysed phenomena.
Full description:	This seminar class aims at introducing students to the research methods used by the historians of antiquity. All the classes are focused on specific topics, selected in order to show different social, political and religious phenomena and particularly various types of evidence. The participants of the class learn to read critically both primary and secondary sources, and to use other tools characteristic of classical studies. All these skills are employed to solve specific problems, but the student also learn to get a big picture of the analysed phenomena. Every class requires substantial beforehand reading and active participation in the discussion during the seminar. For the list of subjects see below.
Bibliography:	See below.
Learning outcomes:	After the end of the cycle the students should have in-depth knowledge of selected topic in ancient history. They should understand conditions and circumstances of specific historical events and broader phenomena characteristic of this period. They should be familiar with selected primary sources and able to study them critically. They should be able to find relevant secondary sources and assess the presented argument, discuss the studied issues, justify or modify their position, and use relevant terminology.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	In order to pass the students should participate actively and competently in the class, demonstrating that they have read and thought through both primary and secondary literature. Additionally, they will be expected to complete a few minor tasks (pass a test of the knowledge of the map, make a summary of an article, performing a research in a database). Those who will not meet these requirements will need additionally to pass an oral test in the summer examination period. The participants should not miss more than three classes, and after each absence, except the first one, should read all the primary and secondary literature from the syllabus anyway and discuss the topic of the class with the teacher during his office hours.

This course is not currently offered.

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