ATS2352: Egypt's Golden Age

Tutorial Participation: Worth 10%. This comprises not only attendance and participation
in tutorial discussions but also the completion/submission of a
reading summary each week.

Tutorial Presentation: Worth 10%. During one of the tutorials you must give an oral
presentation on the readings for that week. The exact week you
present is your choice.

Annotated Essay Bibliography: Worth 10%. A few weeks before the major essay is due you need
to submit an annotated bibliography of at least 10 sources in
which you explain why you will be using them in your essay.

Essay: Worth 50%. Topic is chosen from a given list.

2 x Exam: There is no exam in the examination period. Instead you must
complete 2 slide tests, one in week 6 and the other in week
12/SWOTVAC. These tests comprise 10 powerpoint slides and you
have 5 minutes to answer each slide. Each slide comprises an
image of some sort, perhaps a particular artefact or building or a
photo of an excavator. You must answer the given questions
relating to that slide. Each image is taken from the lecture slides
and each exam is worth 10%

This course is particularly interesting and looks at the so-called Golden Age of Egypt. You will look at the reigns of kings/queens such as Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Hatshepsut as well as aspects of Egyptian culture and life such as religion, political administration, and conspiracy. You also look at particular archaeological sites such as Deir El-Medina.

The tutorials are really good, but like any unit there will always be some weeks where the readings are particularly boring. Tutorial and lecture size are relatively small with only 10-12 people in tutorials and maybe 40-50 in the lectures.

Colin Hope.

No.

5 Out of 5

Yes, with screen capture.

Oxford history of Ancient Egypt.

2 x 1 hour lectures + 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week

Semester 2, 2013

TBA