- Course Code
- DR 2047
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr L-S Tiemeyer
Pre-requisites
None.
Notes
This course will be available in 2013/14.
Overview
This course discusses the issues involved in reconstructing the history and the religions of ancient Israel and Judah.
Structure
2 one-hour lectures per week and 1 one-hour tutorial every second week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%), 1 essay (2,000 words, 25%), 1 web-based mid-term examination, using WebCT quiz-tool (25%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).
A student will not be eligible to take the resit unless s/he has fulfilled all the requirements for internal assessment (essay + midterm examination).
All pieces of internal assessment must be completed and submitted before week 46. Failure to do so will disqualify the student from taking the final exam and the resit.
A grade below 6 on any piece of internal assessment will disqualify the student from taking the final exam and the resit.
Late submission of essay: 1 point will be reduced every two working days. A student will thus receive a grade below 6 after maximum 30 working days past the date of submission, depending of the starting grade of the essay.
Formative Assessment
The material covered in the tutorial will serve as a deepening of select material covered in the lectures. It will provide a forum for the exchange of intellectual ideas related to specific key ideas in the Hebrew Bible. It will provide the students with the opportunity to voice their own evaluation of read and taught material and it will enhance their skills of independent reasoning.
Feedback
The discussions during the tutorials will be a place for the students to receive oral feedback both from the course-coordinator and from their fellow students.