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  • Ancient Egypt and MesopotamiaANCW10001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject will introduce students to the archaeology, history, and literature of the earliest civilisations - one situated in the Nile Valley (Pharaonic Egypt), and the other in the plains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Mesopotamia – modern Iraq and Syria). Neighbouring cultures in Greece...

  • Ancient Egyptian 1ANCW10006

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students with no previous knowledge of Ancient Egyptian writing or language. It introduces students to the writing and grammar of Ancient Egyptian through word formation, sentence formation, transliteration and translation, and the reading of simple hieroglyphic texts...

  • Ancient Egyptian 2ANCW10007

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    In this subject, students consolidate the basic elements covered in Ancient Egyptian 1, and are introduced to more complex grammar and syntax, as well as some of the issues involved in interpreting an ancient language. Increasingly difficult texts are read from a variety of sources. Background in...

  • Ancient Egyptian 3ANCW20023

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students who have completed Ancient Egyptian 1 and 2 or the equivalent. In this subject, further work is undertaken on writing, grammar and syntax to revise, consolidate and extend students' knowledge of the language and its complex script, with the aim of enabling st...

  • Ancient Egyptian 4ANCW20024

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students who have completed Ancient Egyptian 3. In this subject, final work is undertaken on writing, grammar and syntax to revise, consolidate and complete students' knowledge of the language and its complex script, with the aim of enabling students to translate Egyp...

  • Ancient Greece: History and ArchaeologyANCW20022

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    The subject concentrates on mainland Greece and the Mediterranean from the Bronze Age to the end of the Classical Period, examining what we know about the history and archaeology of these fascinating periods of ancient Greek history. The main emphases will be on the rise and fall of Bronze Age ci...

  • Ancient Greek 1CLAS10004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Winter Term Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students with no previous knowledge of Ancient Greek language. It introduces students to the grammar of Ancient Greek through word formation, sentence formation, translation, and the reading of simple texts. The aim is for students to acquire the basic elements of the...

  • Ancient Greek 2CLAS10005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    In this subject students consolidate the basic elements covered in Ancient Greek 1, and are introduced to more complex grammar and syntax, as well as some of the issues involved in interpreting an ancient language. Increasingly difficult texts are read from a variety of sources. By the end of the...

  • Ancient Greek 3CLAS20015

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students who have completed Ancient Greek 1 and 2, or who have some previous knowledge of Ancient Greek (VCE level or equivalent). Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work of a Greek prose genre (e.g., philosophy or history). In tutorials, ...

  • Ancient Greek 3CLAS10020

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students with some previous knowledge of Ancient Greek (VCE level or equivalent). Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work of a Greek prose genre (e.g., philosophy or history). In tutorials, further work is undertaken on grammar and syntax....

  • Ancient Greek 4CLAS20016

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students with some previous knowledge of Ancient Greek (VCE level or equivalent) and who preferably have completed Ancient Greek 3. Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work of Greek poetry (Homeric epic). In tutorials, further work is under...

  • Ancient Greek 4CLAS10021

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students with some previous knowledge of Ancient Greek (VCE level or equivalent) and who preferably have completed Ancient Greek 3. Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work of Greek poetry (Homeric epic). In tutorials, further work is under...

  • Ancient Greek 5CLAS20013

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students who commenced the Ancient Greek stream with some previous knowledge of Ancient Greek (VCE level or equivalent) and have completed both Ancient Greek 3 & 4. Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work of Greek prose genre (historio...

  • Ancient Greek 5CLAS30024

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students who have completed Ancient Greek 1, 2, 3 & 4. Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work of Greek prose genre (historiography, Herodotus). In tutorials, further work is undertaken on grammar and syntax, revising and consolidating...

  • Ancient Greek 6CLAS30025

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students who have completed Ancient Greek 1, 2, 3, 4, and preferably have also completed Ancient Greek 5. Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a selected work of a Greek poetic genre (e.g., drama or lyric poetry). In tutorials, further work is undertak...

  • Ancient Greek 6CLAS20014

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    This subject is designed for students who commenced the Ancient Greek stream with some previous knowledge of Ancient Greek (VCE level or equivalent), have completed Ancient Greek 3 & 4 and preferably have also completed Ancient Greek 5. Students translate and discuss the interpretation of a s...

  • Ancient World Studies Thesis Part 1ANCW40016

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019

    An approved thesis topic selected in consultation with the fourth-year coordinator. The thesis is taken across two consecutive semesters, and is the result of the student’s own independent research.

  • Ancient World Studies Thesis Part 2ANCW40017

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019

    Refer to ANCW40016 Ancient World Studies Thesis Part 1 for details.

  • An Ecological History of HumanityUNIB10003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    An Ecological History of Humanity is essential for students interested in the ecological crises facing our planet in the Age of the Anthropocene. Taught by a geographer, a zoologist, a microbiologist and an historian, it is an interdisciplinary exploration of our complex relationship with the env...

  • Animal BehaviourZOOL30006

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject explores how natural and sexual selection have shaped the intriguing and often bizarre behaviours of animals. Topics include resource competition, predator avoidance, communication, mate choice, parental care, cooperation, sexual conflict, and the role of genes, hormones and learning...