In particular, internal students focus on one or more key passages from the ancient sources and discuss these.

Ancient source(s) for discussion at each tutorial:

Students should take the time before each tutorial to read through the relevant ancient source passages for that tutorial which are given with each tutorial topic (under the heading, 'Ancient evidence to consider about ....').

These passages will be discussed at the relevant tutorial.

By looking at these passages, your tutor will emphasise how reading what the ancient writers wrote about their history and culture enables us to understand the world of the ancient Greeks, and how we can use the written material from the ancient world to build up a 'picture' of the Greeks and their civilisation.

We will consider how you can use this information in your written work to help answer the questions which are asked of you.

Your tutor will guide you in how to consider these documents. But you might initially like to consider such questions as the following:

Who wrote the text from which the extract comes, and when?

What does the extract tell us about a particular topic?

What information in the passage can be used to further your understanding of the topic?

What points in the extract are particularly interesting?

What questions does the extract leave unanswered about a particular topic?

What names, terms or points don't you understand in the extract?

Is there any bias in the extract?

What is the author's aim in presenting his/her narrative?

What audience is it directed towards?

Tutorial Papers

Each internal student is required to submit two (2) tutorial papers during the semester in addition to the long essay.

Each tutorial paper should be 1000 words long and should be properly documented.

The first tutorial paper should be chosen from tutorials 1-5, and the second from tutorials 6-10.

The long essay must be chosen from topics other than those on which you have written or will write tutorial papers (this is done in order to widen the range of topics with which you become acquainted).

Note: the question on which you are writing a tutorial paper is given under the heading "tutorial paper" in each tutorial topic.

Papers are to be handed to the appropriate tutor at (or before) the relevant tutorial.

Note that full credit cannot be given for tutorial papers which are submitted late.

Such papers will normally be accepted only in exceptional circumstances (e.g. illness or compassionate grounds) at the discretion of the tutor.

(Pressure on the student from other units will not normally constitute exceptional circumstances as students are given adequate notice of when papers are due.)

If possible, students who believe they are entitled to an extension should consult their tutor before the deadline for submission.

Papers submitted late without an acceptable reason will either suffer some loss of marks or not be accepted - in which case the student will have to write another paper on a later tutorial topic.

Tutorial Attendance and Preparation

Internal students are required to attend all tutorials, to prepare for them by appropriate reading, and to participate in the discussion.

Tutorials are an important part of the unit and the better the discussion the more each student will gain from it.

Students should read at least the set ancient sources for each tutorial and as many of the modern works as possible.

It is not usually necessary to read all the modern works in a tutorial reading list as some of listed books cover similar material, and have been included to ensure that all students have library access to at least some of the material prescribed for the tutorial.

For further reading, students may also consult the essay bibliography for the relevant assignment.

If you are prevented from attending a tutorial by illness or some other reason please inform the tutor (or have someone else inform the tutor) before the session.