SYLLABUS. GE Area C2 Learning Outcomes: Students who have completed a GE sub-area C2 course should be able to:

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1 SYLLABUS Subject & Crs #: HRS Term & Year: Spring 2016 Class Meeting Time: M/W, 12:00-1:15 pm Location: Calaveras 123 Instructor: Toby Terrell, Ph.D. Office Hours: M/W 11:00 11:45 am Office: MND 2022 Course Title: Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient to Medieval Catalog Course Description: An introduction to the literature, philosophy, art and architecture, history and religion of the ancient and medieval West, with an emphasis on Classical Greece and Rome and Europe in the Middle Ages. Fulfills area C2 of the CSUS General Education requirements. General Course Description and Learning Objectives: Our primary objective will be to develop an understanding and appreciation of the ideals and values that have inspired and informed each of these earlier cultures, and that have helped shape their contribution to modern Western civilization. This will include a broad examination of how these cultural ideals were expressed through the art and architecture, the literature, the philosophy and the religion of these earlier civilizations, and how they played out over the course of history. Successful students will be able to identify predominant themes and important representative masterworks found in ancient and medieval Western cultures, and explain how such expressions not only convey enduring cultural values but also represent diverse but legitimate responses to fundamental questions faced by all individuals and cultures, including our own. GE Area C2 Learning Outcomes: Students who have completed a GE sub-area C2 course should be able to: A. Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of the study of the humanities. B. Investigate, describe, and analyze the roles and affects of human culture and understanding in the development of human societies. C. Compare and analyze various conceptions of humankind. D. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the historical development of cultures and civilizations, including their animating ideas and values. Instructional Strategies: This course will be primarily a combination of lecture, readings and class discussion. Writing Requirements and Testing: A Term Paper is required for this class, 5-6 pages in length (instructions on this will be posted on SacCT). There will also be several quizzes, several in-class written reading responses, two Midterms and a Final Exam (in each of these exams there will be 2-3 short essay components from a choice of topics). Methods of Assessing Student Outcomes and Grading Policy: 50 points Attendance and participation in class 200 points Quizzes 50 points in-class reading responses 100 points Term paper 350 points Midterm exams 250 points Final Exam

2 % A % A % B % B % B % C % C % C % D % D % D- Below 60% F Required Texts and Materials: Cunningham and Reich, Culture and Values, vol 1, Eighth edition Matthews and Platt, Readings in the Western Humanities, vol I, Seventh edition Homer, The Odyssey, trans. Fitzgerald Dante, The Divine Comedy: The Inferno (any translation) Weekly Lecture Topics: Week One: Introductory; What are the Humanities? Prehistory and the Emergence of early Civilizations Week Two: Mesopotamia; Egypt Week Three: Minoans and Mycenaeans; Early Greece Week Four: Early Greece (cont d); Classical Greece Week Five: Classical Greece (cont d) Week Six: Late Classical Greece; Alexander & the Hellenistic Era Week Seven: Midterm #1; the Rise of Rome Week Eight: The Roman Republic (Early, Middle, & Late) Week Nine: The Age of Augustus; The Roman Empire (Early & Middle) Week Ten: Late Antiquity; Judaism & Christianity Week Eleven: Judaism & Christianity; the Byzantine Empire Week Twelve: Midterm #2; Islam Week Thirteen: The Rise of Medieval Culture Week Fourteen: The High Middle Ages Week Fifteen: The Fourteenth Century Daily Class Schedule: Please Note: All assignments should be completed by the day listed (except for the first class). Please bring relevant texts to each meeting. Date Topic Assignment Due M 1/25 Introductory C & V: xxvii-xxxv What are the Humanities? W 1/27 Prehistory and the Emergence of Early C & V: pp Civilizations

3 M 2/01 Mesopotamia C & V: pp Readings, pp W 2/03 Egypt C & V: pp Readings, pp M 2/08 The Aegean Heritage: C & V: pp Minoans and Mycenaeans Readings, pp W 2/10 Early Greece C & V: pp Odyssey, Books 9-14, 21-4 Readings, pp M 2/15 Early Greece (cont d) C & V: pp Odyssey, Books 9-14, 21-4 Readings, pp W 2/17 Classical Greece C & V: pp Readings, pp M 2/22 Classical Greece (cont d) C & V: pp Readings, pp W 2/24 (cont d) C & V: pp Readings, pp M 2/29 Late Classical Greece 4 th cent. C & V: pp W 3/02 The Age of Alexander & C & V: pp The Hellenistic Period M 3/07 Midterm #1 W 3/09 The Rise of Rome C & V: pp M 3/14 The Early & Middle Roman Republic C & V: pp Readings, pp W 3/16 The Late Republic C & V: pp Readings, pp /21 3/27 Spring Break! M 3/28 Age of Augustus C & V: pp Readings, pp , W 3/30 The Early-Middle Roman Empire C & V: pp Readings, pp M 4/04 Late Antiquity C & V: pp Term Paper Assigned W 4/06 Judaism (and early Christianity) C & V: pp Readings, pp M 4/11 (Judaism and) early Christianity C & V: pp Readings, pp W 4/13 The Byzantine Empire C & V: pp Readings, pp M 4/18 Midterm #2 W 4/20 Islam C & V: pp Readings, pp

4 M 4/25 The Rise of Medieval Culture C & V: pp Readings, pp , W 4/27 The Rise of Medieval Culture C & V: pp Readings, pp , M 5/02 The High Middle Ages C & V: pp Readings, pp , , W 5/04 The High Middle Ages (cont d) C & V: pp Term Paper due Readings, pp , , M 5/09 The Fourteenth Century C & V: pp W 5/11 The Fourteenth Century (cont d) C & V: pp W 5/18 FINAL EXAM (10:15 am - 12:15 pm) Attendance Policy: Attendance in class is an important part of the learning process. Accordingly, you will receive credit for coming to class (but see the following points). Please make sure to arrive in class early or on time, and plan to stay for the full class period. Late arrivals and early departures are both disruptive to your fellow students and distracting to your instructor. Late arrivals and early departures will only receive ½ credit for that day s attendance. Anyone who leaves early, without prior arrangement with the instructor, will not receive attendance credit for that day s class in its entirety! Because class attendance is highly important, anyone who fails to attend at least 80% of scheduled class sessions will be dropped from the course. Classroom Etiquette: Turn your cellphone OFF before you enter the classroom. Use of cell phones for any purpose is not allowed. This includes but is not limited to sending or receiving calls, texting, tweeting, FaceBook-ing, instant messaging, , and so on. If you must leave the classroom during class, please do so in the most unobtrusive manner. Also, it is always best NOT to cross the front of the classroom during lectures or discussion. If you know that you must leave class early, please sit near the door. I would also appreciate if you would notify me in advance. Sleeping in class is not allowed. If you need to catch up on your sleep, you will be asked to do so elsewhere. Talking in class is also distracting and disruptive to both me and your fellow students. Please refrain from talking and conversing during class. Excessive talking may result in expulsion from class. If you have a question, please bring it up to me. Your fellow students may also benefit from the answer. Academic Dishonesty (Plagiarism): Examples of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to:

5 Plagiarism, which is knowingly presenting borrowed wording, ideas, opinions, visual media (photos, videos, etc.) or data as if it were one s own original creation Submitting purchased, commercially prepared papers Fabricating information or sources Using forbidden notes or other sources of information on examinations Use of any unauthorized electronic device during an examination Any type of assistance, oral, visual or written, given by one student to another during a project or examination without the approval of the instructor. Compliance with rules prohibiting cheating and plagiarism along with principles of courteous conduct are required. Penalties will be severe. At the very least you will get a grade of 0 on the assignment given. For the University s policy on plagiarism, see: Special Accommodations: If you have a disability and require accommodations, you need to provide disability documentation to SSWD, Lassen Hall 1008; Please discuss your accommodation needs with the instructor after class or during office hours early in the semester.