Ancient Egypt: Culture and Society
Single subject — no qualification is awarded on completion. Credits toward the qualifications listed below.
This subject is FEE-HELP eligible, so eligible students can defer the $2,245 fee as a government loan and pay nothing upfront.
Fees and funding are indicative only. Confirm your eligibility and final costs with the provider.
About this subject
The unit examines diversity, complexity and transformation in Ancient Egyptian culture and society, drawing on material, textual and visual case studies from the Predynastic to Late Antique periods (ca. 5000 B.C.E to 1000 C.E). The unit also aims to contextualise the conditions within which disciplinary, historical and/or archaeological knowledge about ancient Egypt has been constructed. Based on a range of different assessment types centred around source analysis, students will critically examine both ancient evidence and modern interpretations of that evidence. This critique will be informed by theory and research paradigms developed in the social and cultural sciences. The unit will engage with Indigenous modes of learning and pedagogical principles to develop historical and cultural empathy. The unit will consider the different ways historical knowledge of Ancient Egypt has been constructed over the last two centuries, on the basis of what sources and in what historical contexts. It will thus engage with the roles played by colonialism, orientalism and modern identity politics in the emergence and trajectory of the fields of Egyptology, archaeology and manuscript studies. Students in the unit will develop skills in critical and reflexive thinking through the examination of primary sources from diverse contexts and historiographical critique of secondary literature.
Ancient Egypt: Culture and Society is a standalone subject at Macquarie University in NSW. Completing it does not award a qualification. Credit may apply toward the qualifications listed on this page.
No qualification credit mapping has been indexed for this subject yet. The provider may still grant credit toward a related award — confirm with Macquarie University before enrolling.
Macquarie University is the awarding provider. Recorded study modes are Online. Typical duration is listed as 13 weeks. The subject is listed at 25 credit points. Eligible students may defer fees through FEE-HELP.
Details on this page are compiled from the provider's published subject information and government registers. Fees, intakes and credit rules can change — confirm current details with Macquarie University before enrolling.
Listing facts
- Type
- Single subject
- National code
- MAQ-AHIX2250
- Field of education
- Information technology
- Provider
- Macquarie University
- Credit points
- 25
- Study mode
- Online
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Qualifications listed
- 0
- FEE-HELP
- Eligible
Prerequisites
Prior study required