Course Plan for

HIST 101: WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- FALL, 2004

The syllabus and plan for Fall 2005 will be available in August 2005

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. 27 Sep.: Introduction to the course
  • Wed.29 Sep.: The ancient near east: urbanization, politics and law
  • Fri. 1 Oct.: Society and Religion in the ancient near east.
  • Section Meeting (Week 2) DWP Chap. 1.
  • Mon. 4 Oct.: Change and innovation; synthesis
  • Wed. 6 Oct.: Greece in the bronze age
  • Fri. 8 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. 11 Oct.: Greece in the Classical Age
  • Wed. 13 Oct.: Culture and the intellectual revolution
  • Fri. 15 Oct.: The Intellectual Revolution and the Peloponnesian War
  • Section Meeting (Week 4) Review for midterm; SS Plato, Crito. Paper due.
  • Mon. 18 Oct.: Post Classical Greece; Alexander.
  • Wed. 20 Oct.: Science, law and culture in the Greek world;.
  • Thu. 21 Oct.: Review Session Thursday 21October 5:30- 7pm in 229 McKenzie Hall
  • Fri. 22 Oct.: First Midterm Examination.
  • Sourcebook2 on Roman History. On line here and also at the bookstore.
  • Section Meeting (Week 5) Sallust, Conspiracy of Catiline in Sourcebook2
  • Mon. 25 Oct.: Rome: Republican Institutions and Imperialism
  • Wed. 37 Oct.: Reform and Civil War in the late Roman Republic
  • Fri. 29 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. 1 Nov.: Augustus and the Principate; culture and society
  • Wed. 3 Nov.: Urbanization, Romanization.
  • Fri. 5 Nov.: Christianity.
  • Section Meeting (Week 7) Sections: review for exam; how to use monumental evidence
  • Mon. 8 Nov.: Christianity; the crisis of the 3rd Century
  • Wed. 10 Nov.: Law and culture in the Roman world.
  • Wed. 10 Nov.: Review Session 6pm in 240C McKenzie Hall.
  • Fri. 12 Nov.: Second Midterm Examination (covering Roman history)
  • Sourcebook 3 (the Middle Ages)
  • Section Meeting (Week 8): Section meetings, read "Ruin of Britain"
  • Mon. 15 Nov.: The Fall of Roman Empire and the Barbarians.
  • Wed. 17 Nov.: The Structure of Medieval Europe
  • Fri. 19 Nov.: Charlemagne; feudalism
  • Section Meeting (Week 9): Section Meeting, read DWP Ch. 6, "Medieval State".
  • Mon. 22 Nov.: Church and State in the middle ages
  • Wed. 24 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. 29 Nov.: Medieval Cities and Culture
  • Wed. 1 Dec.: Medieval Monuments and Summary
  • Fri. 3 Dec.: Medieval Culture ... and from 2003.
  • Professor Psaki's lecture on Medieval Culture
  • Sun. 5 Dec. Review Session 17:00 to 18:30 in 240A McKenzie.
    • Tuesday. 7 Dec., 15:15 - 17:15 Final Examination
    Part A covering the Middle Ages and Part B comprehensive