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The Social History of the Roman World (ANCW20026)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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What was it like actually to live in the Roman empire? How can we learn about the realities of life for ordinary Romans? How much has changed in two millennia?
This course is designed to make students aware of and deal with aspects of society and culture in the Roman empire. Generally the time period covered will be from ca. 100 BC to ca. AD 300, but some topics will necessarily go beyond this period because of the nature of the surviving testimony. Particular emphasis will be placed on ancient evidence, including inscriptions and archaeological and visual material.
Students who undertake this course are expected to have some prior knowledge of Roman history. Prof. Parkin will talk more about this in the first week, and provide some guidance to students on how to refresh their knowledge if they need to.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- Acquired a thorough and detailed knowledge of certain aspects of Roman society and culture, and through this have come to appreciate the debt the modern world owes to Rome.
- Developed critical skills in dealing with primary sources and solving the problems presented by such material.
- Acquired considerable ability to carry out independent research, managing the information obtained, and communicating their findings in a coherent and scholarly way.
- Participated in activities which involve group discussion as well as individual effort, and will have developed further their computer literacy.
Generic skills
- The subject involves a large number of important generic skills, including – • an ability to analyse and examine a large amount of often difficult information, • an ability to see both sides of an argument, • the ability to synthesise an argument in a cogent form, • and the ability to retrieve information from complex sources and present it in a compelling and cogent fashion.
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Some background knowledge in Roman history would be useful but not essential or required.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Mid-semester test
| Week 6 | 25% |
Oral presentation (equivalent to 1000 words)
| Week 12 | 25% |
Assignment
| During the examination period | 50% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. | N/A |
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Tim Parkin Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: a 1.5 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
T.G. Parkin and A.J. Pomeroy, Roman Social History: A Sourcebook (Routledge, 2007; ISBN 978-0415426756). A second edition of this soureebook is planned.
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 15 February 2024