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GREEK
1B
Coursework 40%
Degree Examination 60%
GREEK 1hB
Coursework 30%
Written Assignment 10%
Degree Examination 60%
Examination Date: TBA
August Resit:
The August exam
timetable will be published on the Registry
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See Sub-honours/ Honours Handbook for
full descriptions of the regulations and policies
covering submission and assessment.
Type of Coursework for 1B and1hB
(See Tutorial page for content & copies)
Quizlets
Weekly Quizlets in the tutorials on grammatical
forms and/or vocabulary.
Exercises
4 Take-home
exercises, labelled A-D, which may beTranslation
from Greek into English, Translation from English
into Greek, Passages for Comprehension with grammar
questions, or a combination of these elements.
Unseens
5 Take-home prose passages for unseen translation.
These passages must be translated under exam
conditions, without aid from any other person
or written materials.
Translation
and Comment Exercise
Due
The assignment should be submitted together with
the Sub-Honours
Essay Submission Form.
Greek 1hB Honours Assignment
Students taking Greek 1hB are required to complete
a further assignment in addition to the Coursework
and Degree Examination. The 1hB assignment will
be assessed according to the Honours course model
and counts for 10% of the final mark for the course.
This assignment is designed to use your developing
linguistic knowledge to deepen your understanding
of your main degree subject.
Each 1hB student should make an appointment a.s.a.p.
with the Course Organiser to discuss the details
of the assignment and to decide upon a topic which
will be tailored to best suit the student's degree
programme. Please give some thought to your topic
before you come to the meeting.
Submission of Coursework for 1B and 1hB
You should submit your completed take-home exercises
to the Classics office by 12.30pm on Mondays in
Weeks 4-11.
Penalties for work submitted late will always
apply unless prior permission was granted or there
is evidence of a valid excuse.
1B Students: you should include your own name
and the name of your tutor on the exercise. You
should preserve all marked assessed work and submit
it to the Classics Office at the end of the term
so that it can be made available to the external
examiner if necessary.
1hB Students: you should submit your work together
with an Essay Submission Sheet in the normal Honours
manner but include your own name and that of your
tutor.
Assessment of Coursework for 1B and 1hB
Tutorial work is marked by the tutors and moderated
by the Course Organiser.
The Translation and Comment Exercise is marked
by the Course Organiser.
All coursework and examination answers will be
assessed according to the University of Edinburgh
Extended Common Marking Scheme.
Plagiarism is academic misconduct and subject
to University policy. Be sure you understand it
and be scrupulous in avoiding it.
Degree Examination Format for 1B and 1hB
(=60% of total marks for course)
(28%) 1 passage from Lysias, Against Eratosthenes
for translation and comment.
(14%) 1 passage from Lysias, Against Eratosthenes
for grammar questions.
(28%) 1 passage from Euripides’ Medea
for translation and comment.
(14%) 1 passage from Euripides’ Medea
for grammar questions.
(16%) 1 prose passage for unseen translation.
Exam
Paper from December 2006
Please remember that the 2006 exam paper is not
strictly a parallel past paper. It is based on
a different text and assumes knowledge of a somewhat
different vocabulary set.
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