General Information
Course Code | L_GABAGES222 |
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Credits | 6 EC |
Period | P4 |
Course Level | 200 |
Language of Tuition | English |
Faculty | Faculty of Humanities |
Course Coordinator | dr. N.F.F. Karrouche |
Examiner | dr. N.F.F. Karrouche |
Teaching Staff |
dr. J.J. Flinterman dr. N.F.F. Karrouche |
Practical Information
You need to register for this course yourself
Last-minute registration is available for this course.
Teaching Methods | Seminar |
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Target audiences
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Course Objective
By preparing and attending classes the student will get acquainted withthe different types of evidence used by ancient historians, as well as
with the possibilities and limitations of these types of evidence for
research into political history and into international relations in
Antiquity.
Course Content
After an introductory lecture, evidence relating to twelve subjects (onesubject every class) will be studied and discussed: three subjects from
the history of the Ancient Near East, five subjects from Greek history
(including the history of the Hellenistic world), and four subjects from
Roman history. About each subject students have to read c. 40 pages of
sources in translation, answering questions about them in writing. These
questions and other matters the reading may give rise to will be
discussed in class.
Teaching Methods
Group tutorial.Method of Assessment
Attending classes, handing in at each class your assignment, i.e.written answers to the questions about the subject discussed during that
class. If you have attended at least eleven of the thirteen classes and
handed in all the assignments, and if your assignments have been judged
overall ‘satisfactory’ or ‘good’, you have passed.
Literature
Reading matter will be distributed during the first meeting.Target Audience
This course is optional in the second year BA History.Recommended background knowledge
An introductory course in Ancient History of at least 6 ec, e.g.Geschiedenis van de Oudheid 1 and 2.