This is the lecture schedule from the fall of 2008.

Course Plan for

HIST 101: WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- FALL, 2008

John Nicols
Office: 385 McKenzie Hall
541.346.4817
E-mail: nic@uoregon.edu

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Syllabus

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  • Section meeting (Week 1); procedures
  • Mon. 29 Sep.: Introduction to the course
  • Wed. 1 Oct.: The ancient near east: urbanization, politics and law
  • Fri. 3 Oct.: Society and Religion in the ancient near east.
  • Section Meeting (Week 2) DWP Chap. 1. READ THIS CHAPTER (1.) AND BRING DWP ("DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST") TO SECTION THIS WEEK.
  • Mon. 6 Oct.: Change and innovation; synthesis
  • Wed. 8 Oct.: Greece in the bronze age
  • Fri. 10 Oct.: The Greek polis
  • Section Meeting (Week 3) SS preparing the paper including discussion of the passages assigned for the paper and review of lectures outlining Homeric values and civic values, SECTION THIS WEEK WITH DWP AND HAVING READ CH 3, "CLASSICAL ATHENS"
  • Mon. 13 Oct.: Greece in the Classical Age
  • Wed. 15 Oct.: Culture and the intellectual revolution
  • Fri. 17 Oct.: The Intellectual Revolution and the Peloponnesian War
  • Section Meeting (Week 4) Review for midterm; SS Plato, Crito. Paper due.
  • Mon. 20 Oct.: Post Classical Greece; Alexander.
  • Wed. 22 Oct.: Science, law and culture in the Greek world.
  • Wed. 22 Oct.: Review Session in 100 Willamette 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Sample Midterm Examination
  • Fri. 24 Oct.: First Midterm Examination.
  • Sourcebook2 on Roman History. On line here and also at the bookstore.
  • Section Meeting (Week 5) Review of Paper; discussion of concepts and evidence from lecture of Monday Morning.
  • Mon. 27 Oct.: Rome: Republican Institutions and Imperialism
  • Wed. 29 Oct.: Reform and Civil War in the late Roman Republic
  • Fri. 31 Oct.: Augustus and the NewOrder
  • Section Meeting (Week 6) DWP ch. 4 (on Augustus) Bring this book to your section meeting.
  • Second Essay: Assignment and Suggestions
  • Mon. 3 Nov.: Augustus and the Principate; culture and society
  • Wed. 5 Nov.: Urbanization, Romanization.
  • Fri. 7 Nov.: Christianity.
  • Section Meeting (Week 7) Sections: Second Essay due. Review for exam; how to use monumental evidence
  • Mon. 10 Nov.: Christianity; the crisis of the 3rd Century
  • Wed. 12 Nov.: Law and culture in the Roman world.
  • Wed. 12 Nov.: Review Session. 100 Willamette 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
  • Fri. 14 Nov.: Second Midterm Examination (covering Roman history)
  • Sourcebook 3 (the Middle Ages)
  • Section Meeting (Week 8): Section meetings, read "Ruin of Britain"
  • Mon. 17 Nov.: The Fall of Roman Empire and the Barbarians.
  • Wed. 19 Nov.: The Structure of Medieval Europe
  • Fri. 21 Nov.: Charlemagne; feudalism
  • Section Meeting (Week 9): Section Meeting, read DWP Ch. 6, "Medieval State".
  • Mon. 24 Nov.: Church and State in the middle ages
  • Wed. 26 Nov.: Political and Economic Order in the High Middle Ages
  • Fri. 28 Nov.: Thanksgiving Holiday
  • Section Meeting (Week 10): Read DWP 7; bring it and sourcebook3 to class.
  • Mon. 1 Dec.: Medieval Cities and Culture
  • Wed. 3 Dec.: Medieval Culture
  • Fri. 5 Dec.: Medieval Monuments and Summary.
  • Sample of Comprehensive Question for final examination.
  • Sunday, 7 December: Review Session. 240A McKenzie Hall from 2 to 4pm.
    • Thursday, 11 Dec. 10:15-12:15 Final Examination
    Part A covering the Middle Ages and Part B comprehensive