School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course introduces students to a range of forms of evidence and methodological approaches used by Classicists in the broad field of Classics and Ancient History. Each week's seminar focuses on a specific type of evidence and/or methodology. The range of topics will vary from year to year, but will include topics such as historiography, textual criticism, intertextuality, orality, art history, reception studies, epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology and archaeology.
Seminar presentation, 10 minutes and leading discussion
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Final examination, 3 hours
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
260 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 36 hours of seminars, and b) 224 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
David Schaps, Handbook for Classical Research (latest edition)