University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 1

Availability restrictions: Available only to students in Classical Studies joint, single or triple Honours.

Planned timetable: To be arranged

This module puts the discipline of Classical Studies into its social, cultural and intellectual context. It will look in depth at what it means to read in translation and at the social, cultural and intellectual underpinnings of the practice of producing and reading translations of Greek and Latin literature. It will study academic, literary and artistic responses to Greek and Roman antiquity, and the interplay between contemporary social and cultural movements, on the one hand, and the changing images of the classical world, on the other. The module will equip students with a stronger sense of the history of their discipline, a variety of methods of approaching ancient literature and visual and material culture, and a range of transferrable academic skills that will assist in the transition to Honours-level study. There will also be the opportunity to review and produce creative responses to Greek and Roman antiquity as part of the module assessment.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Entry to Honours in Classical Studies

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 lecture and 1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning hours: 30

Guided independent study hours: 270

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

As defined by QAA
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr R T Anderson
Module teaching staff: Team Taught
Module coordinator email rta1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

• Identify, describe and evaluate the relationship between constructions of the classical past, both academic and non-academic, and their social, cultural and intellectual contexts
• Formulate sophisticated and self-reflective responses to that relationship
• Evaluate specific receptions of the Greek and Roman past, both academic and non-academic (e.g. artistic or literary) in their social, cultural and intellectual contexts.
• Develop their own response to the literary, artistic, cultural and academic traces of the Greek and/or Roman past in the modern world and present it in an appropriate format, chosen from a list of options.