Sparta and Greece: Archaic and Classical

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will have attained:

  1. Enhanced generic skills including assembling information to develop an argument, comparing different points of view, arguing your own view and finding creative ways to present ideas
  2. Up-to-date familiarity with the academic debate over the origins and nature of Sparta as a Greek state and regional power
  3. Familiarity with a source-based methodology for study of the ancient world, including critical approaches to literary material and an eclectic approach to synthesis of data
  4. Familiarity with the debate over statehood and military service (especially hoplite service) in ancient Greece

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-HST335 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-AHIX335-Sparta and Greece: Archaic and Classical (no longer available)

Others

You must complete Level 1 and 2 studies in Ancient History before starting this subject.

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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