CLAS 3025 - Fall of Roman Europe and Birth of the Middle Ages
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2024
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code CLAS 3025 Course Fall of Roman Europe and Birth of the Middle Ages Coordinating Unit Historical and Classical Studies Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites At least 6 units of Level II undergraduate study including at least 3 units of Level II Classics courses Incompatible CLAS 2025 Assessment Tutorial summary (500 words) 5%, Tutorial paper (1000 words) 20%, Research essay (2500 words) 35%, Exam 40% Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Margaret O'Hea
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
- to become familiar with primary sources for understanding early mediaeval history in Gaul, Italy and Britain
- to develop scholarly approach to and methodology for historical interpretation of texts and material evidence
- to become familiar with problems and issues in the study of mediaeval history of Europe
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth
Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.
1-3 Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving
Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.
1-3 Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency
Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Textbooks are:
Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks , transl.and ed. L. Thorpe. Penguin.
Innes, M. (2007 or later) Introduction to Early Medieval Western Europe, 300-900. The Sword, the Plough and the Book. Oxford: Routledge.
If you are unfamiliar with the administration of the later Roman Empire, read pp 30-39 in your textbook (Innes). Really good introductions to the nitty-gritty of Late Roman imperial administration are to be found in A.H.M. Jones' The Later Roman Empire 1-2 (not online) or his abbreviated version, Decline of the Ancient World, also non-digital. These are seminal works, although they focus on the eastern empire. They are in Reserve (aka High Use, Level 4 BSL).
Check MyUni (Canvas) at start of semester for any updated information about textbooks.
Other primary works will be available via Canvas.
Online Learning
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Up to two prerecorded lectures per week for the entire semester, Weekly tutorials. Most tutorials will deepen and extend students' understanding of topics from the lectures and textbooks; some tutorials will broaden students' perspectives, dealing with areas which lectures cannot cover.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
- The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
- 3 contact hours
- average of 3 hours of background-reading and note-taking to consolidate lecture-notes
- average of 2 hours of tutorial readings and note-taking
- average of 4 hours of research (reading and note-taking), cogitation, organisation and writing of assignments
Learning Activities Summary
Lecture and tutorial lists are provided on Canvas before the start of semester. -
Assessment
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- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
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- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Summative assessments, all related to Learning Objectives 1-4:
- 1 x ca 1250 tutorial paper (30%), due in first half of semester at tutorial on that topic
- 1 x ca 2750 word essay (50%) due in second half of semester (check on Canvas at start of semester).
- online test at end of semester (20%)
Assessment Detail
1) ONE tutorial paper, worth 30% (ca 1250-1500 words). Submit online by Monday 11.59 pm of the week when we discuss that topic in tutorials. Choose only from topics up to Week 7. Submit as an attached pdf or Word document - max. 12 point font, max 1.5 line spacing. No other formats are accepted.
Note that you will be able to see the due date popping up in MyUni for every weekly option of atutorial paper, but you will choose only one. Always answer the tutorial question as it is asked - don't just talk "around" the topic. The tutorial topic is in bold in each week's page - you can access them from the HOME page and from each WEEKLY page.
Even if you don't submit a paper on a topic, you are all expected to read, and take notes from, the readings before coming to class. Don't just read without making notes. If you are writing on the topic, we expect you to use all those readings. To add to these, use the citations/bibliographies of these works, or those listed in the Course Readings, but do not substitute readings and do not use any web site that is not listed in our course. If in doubt, consult with your tutor well in advance of the due date. Mr Google will not suffice.
Both written assignments must use appropriate citations, in the format we give you in this folder and must have a bibliography, also formatted correctly, including the works you have used. Use our downloadable pdf
2) Your research essay, worth 50% (ca 2750 words). Submit online at end of semester (date in MyUni) Topics with reading lists are in MyUni.
3) online test in Week 12 worth 20%. It will be available online, within Canvas, will be focussed on testing your basic knowledge of dates and events.Submission
All assignments submitted in MyUni.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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