• Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Research
  • Course subject Classics
  • Areas of interest Classics and Ancient History, History

In this course, students will conduct in-depth study of a special topic in Classics related to the research interests of staff members in the Centre for Classical Studies. Special attention will be paid to the analysis of primary source evidence, modern scholarly debates, and methodological and theoretical approaches.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. review, evaluate and apply the types of evidence and approaches used by Classical scholars;
  2. engage critically with arguments by modern scholars;
  3. develop and enhance skills in close reading, marshaling evidence, and presenting original arguments both verbally and in writing to graduate standard;
  4. continue training in some of the key methodological approaches used by historical, literary and philological scholars in their study of Greek and Roman antiquity; and
  5. present arguments orally in discussions and presentations.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Seminar Participation (10) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
  2. Seminar Presentation (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
  3. Seminar Paper (30) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  4. Research Essay (40) [LO 1,2,3,4]

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:

a) 12 hours of contact in seminars

b) 118 hours of independent student reading, research, and writing.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed CLAS4008.

You will need to contact the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Prescribed Texts

None

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
14
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

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Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $3960
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $5820
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
7623 22 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 Aug 2024 25 Oct 2024 In Person N/A

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