Unit information: Historical Survey: Ancient Rome in 2022/23

Unit name	Historical Survey: Ancient Rome
Unit code	CLAS10036
Credit points	20
Level of study	C/4
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Mrs. Maiken Mosleth King
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	None
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	None
Units you may not take alongside this one
School/department	Department of Classics & Ancient History
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Unit Information

This unit will provide a survey of Ancient Roman History, from the origins of the city (8^th century BC) to the Flavian dynasty (AD 100). It will focus on broad questions of colonialism, imperialism, and civic identity by reviewing Rome’s changing political infrastructure alongside its expansion through the Italian peninsula and across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The unit will develop students’ skills of researching ancient history through primary sources, and of building up a body of knowledge about different historical periods.

Your learning on this unit

Successful students will be able to:

1. demonstrate familiarity with, and be able to access, discipline-specific resources such as encyclopaedias and historical reference works, and primary sources for different historical periods.
2. select, appropriately contextualise, and interpret primary sources to explicate historical events;
3. discuss the range and diversity of political and cultural practices in Rome, through the regal, republican, and imperial periods;
4. discuss the inter-relation of different Roman political institutions, and Roman imperialist conquest abroad;
5. demonstrate skills of written academic expression at a standard appropriate to level C.

How you will learn

This unit will involve a combination of independent investigative activities, long- and short-form lectures, and discussion. Students will be expected to engage with materials and participate on a weekly basis. Feedback will be provided for both formative and summative assessments, and this will be supported by meetings with tutors.

How you will be assessed

• 500 word poster with 100 word written comparison of sources (formative). [ILOs 1, 2, 5]. 2.
• 1,500 word essay (summative) (100%). [ILOs 1-5].

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. CLAS10036).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.