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This course offers students the opportunity to take their interest in a specific subject area within Egyptology or Ancient Near Eastern studies further. In doing so, students will build up their confidence for working independently. Students choose their own topic for individual research, but also participate in class exercises designed to sharpen their critical and analytical skills, culminating in the production of items for the submission of a portfolio of work.  Enrolment is restricted to 10 students. 

Block 1 and 2

Saturday, 11.00-13.00

Recommended: at least 80 credits in related courses from the Short Courses Classics & Egyptology subject area.

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One portfolio of individual items of assessment, completed during the course, comprised of the following:

1 object or text analysis: c. 1000 words - due in Week 6 (20%)

1 critical review of 2-3 key articles that relate to a set theme (e.g. Texts vs Material Culture; Significance of Context, etc): c. 1000 words (20%) - due in Week 10 (20%)

1 extended essay (c. 5000 words) - due at the end of the course (60%).

This course aims to enable students to:

■ Develop their interest in a specific subject area within Egyptology or the Ancient Near East

■ Identify, critically assess and respond to scholarly writings both within the wider subject area and on their chosen topic in order to formulate their own opinion

■ Discuss challenges arising from research with their peers in small-group discussions and to use those discussions to inform their own research practices

■ Develop skills in object/text analysis, critical reviews and extended essay writing

■ Build up their confidence for working independently.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Demonstrate confidence within their chosen subject area (which could be more widely applied), from reading secondary sources critically and objectively, to analysing objects/texts as primary sources

■ Read secondary sources critically and objectively and analyse objects/texts as primary sources

■ Design and apply techniques for research into a specific subject area with confidence and independence.

■ Demonstrate time-management and independent study skills

■ Formulate and argue their own opinions critically and reflectively in response to primary and secondary sources

■ Debate their work with their peers.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.