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ANCH322 Bronze Age Greece and the Aegean

Updated: 12 September 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp in ANCH or ARCH or ASST or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST or RELS or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ANCH222 or ANCH422 or ANCH522
Notes None
Combined Units ANCH522 - Bronze Age Greece and the Aegean
Coordinator(s) Michael Schmitz (mschmit2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The history and civilisation of the Bronze Age peoples of mainland Greece, Crete and the islands of the Aegean. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Mycenaean and Minoan civilisations, the links between them, and their cultural and commercial contacts with the civilisations of Western Asia.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. exhibit knowledge of the settings (political, social, religious) in which societies in Bronze Age Greece and the Aegean developed and the ability to identify important aspects of these settings on these societies;
  2. demonstrate a high level of competence in the use of primary texts and artifacts as resources for historical study;
  3. demonstrate a critical understanding of the civilisations of Bronze Age Greece and the Aegean;
  4. exhibit the ability to write clearly and analytically at an undergraduate level; and
  5. demonstrate the ability to participate in effective discussion with fellow students either face-to-face or on the discussion board.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the ancient history discipline will be taught through lecture notes and essental readings. It will be assessed through online and written assessments. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
In this unit students learn to communicate through their assignment work. In their essays, students will communicate in well-organised and logical arguments the ideas they have developed in studying particular topics. Students are also expected, where possible, to participate in the Bulletin Board discussion and thus practise communicating their ideas with other students. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
A study of bronze age civilisations should broaden the world perspective of a student. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be directed to relevant literature and taught how to assess its validity. Students will be assessed on their ability to identify and critically analyse the relevant literature. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The skills which students acquire in this unit are ones which can be applied in a variety of contexts. The academic skills of research and learning which are taught in the unit will be relevant in many situation. Students should learn how to study and learn independently, and also how to learn in a group situation. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Every assignment in this unit revolves around a particular problem. Students apply their skills of information literacy to develop a written argument about a particular issue. As individual assignments elicit the student's own responses to a particular problem, students develop critical and creative thinking. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The study of ancient civilisations should lead to a reflection on the past and, hopefully, on lessons for the present and future. 		True True
8 Team Work
This is mainly applicable to on-campus students in tutorial situations, who can discuss topics and issues on a weekly basis. Students are also expected, where possible, to interact with others in discussions on the online Bulletin Board. 		True True
   

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