This course provides students with the opportunity to:
1. Develop advanced skills in interpreting the methodologies needed to interpret the ancient past;
2. Develop advanced skills in the implementation of these methodologies in the effective teaching of Ancient History;
3. Critically appraise historical sources and writing relevant to a particular thesis, essay or historical topic; and
4. Advance skills in the analysis of ancient source material and the, at times, conflicting interpretations surrounding them.

Topics covered will include material from the following list:
- Historical Enquiry: definitions;
- Historical skills: definitions and examples;
- Ancient historical methodologies:
- Written texts - their development and transmission;
- Archaeological evidence - what artefacts reveal about the past; categorising archaeological evidence;
- Inscriptional evidence - an examination of inscriptions; a study of what inscriptions reveal about ancient cultures;
- Debates / conflicting interpretations in the analyses of ancient methodologies; and
- Employing ancient methodologies in pedagogical situations.

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Distance Learning : IT Based
Internal Mode

Case Study
Email Discussion Group
Self Directed Learning
Seminar

Self Directed Learning: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term