Course Plan for
HIST 101: WESTERN CIVILIZATION
-- FALL, 2007
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; review of Monday's lecture.
Mon. 24 Sep.: Introduction to the course
Wed. 26 Sep.: The
ancient near east: urbanization, politics and law
Fri. 28 Sep.: Society
and Religion in the ancient near east.
Section
Meeting (Week 2) .
- Online sourcebook and a reading guide (see syllabus for details on the assignments). A printed version of the sources is also available in the bookstore.
- DWP Chap. 1. READ THIS CHAPTER (1.) AND BRING DWP ("DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST") TO SECTION THIS WEEK.
Mon. 1 Oct.: Change
and innovation; synthesis
Wed. 3 Oct.: Greece
in the bronze age
Fri. 5 Oct.: The Greek
polis
Section
Meeting (Week 3)
- Preparing for the paper including discussion of the passages assignes; relevant passages in the SS
- review of lectures outlining Homeric values and civic values,
- DWP: READ CH 3, "CLASSICAL ATHENS"
Mon. 8 Oct.: Greece
in the Classical Age I will return to much of this material in the lecture on Monday 15 October.
Wed. 10 Oct.: Culture
and the intellectual revolution
Fri. 12 Oct.: The Intellectual
Revolution and the Peloponnesian War
Section
Meeting (Week 4)
- Review for midterm; SS Plato, Crito.
- Paper due.
Mon. 15 Oct.: Classical
Greece; Alexander.
Wed. 17 Oct.: Science,
law and culture in the Greek world.
Wed. 17 Oct.: Review
Session 123 Pacific 6:00 - 7:30 Sample Midterm Examination
Fri. 19 Oct.: First
Midterm Examination.
Sourcebook2 on Roman History. On line here, but NOT at the Bookstore.
Section
Meeting (Week 5)
- Review of Paper;
- discussion of concepts and evidence from lecture of Monday Morning
- Read the first two sets of sources on the history of the Roman Republic, especially "some political documents' and the account of Sallust.
Mon. 22 Oct.: Rome: Republican
Institutions and Imperialism
Wed. 24 Oct.: Reform
and Civil War in the late Roman Republic
Fri. 26 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. 29 Oct.: Augustus
and the Principate; culture and society
Wed. 31 Oct.: Urbanization,
Romanization.
Fri. 2 Nov.: Christianity.
Section
Meeting (Week 7) Sections: Second Essay due. Review for exam; how to use monumental evidence
Mon. 5 Nov.: Christianity; the crisis of the 3rd Century.
Wed. 7 Nov.: Law and culture in the Roman world.
Wed. 7 Nov.: Review
Session. Wednesday 18:30 to 19:50 (6:30 to 7:50pm) in Pacific Hall 123.
Fri. 9 Nov.: Second
Midterm Examination (covering Roman history)
Sourcebook
3 (the Middle Ages)
Section
Meeting (Week 8): Section meetings, read "Ruin
of Britain"
Mon. 12 Nov.: The Fall
of Roman Empire and the Barbarians.
Wed. 14 Nov.: The Structure
of Medieval Europe
Fri. 16 Nov.: Charlemagne;
feudalism
Section
Meeting (Week 9): Section Meeting, read DWP Ch. 6, "Medieval State".
Mon. 19 Nov.: Church
and State in the middle ages
Wed. 21 Nov.: Political
and Economic Order in the High Middle Ages
Fri. 23 Nov.: Thanksgiving
Holiday
Section
Meeting (Week 10): Read DWP 7; bring it and sourcebook3 to class.
Mon. 26 Nov.: Medieval
Cities and Culture
Wed. 28 Nov.: Medieval Culture
Fri. 30 Nov.: Medieval Monuments and Summary.
Some notes on Medieval history.
Sample of Comprehensive Question for final examination.
Sunday, 2 December: Review Session. Pacific Hall 123 / from 3 to 5pm
Wednesday.
5 Dec., 10:15 - 12:15 Final Examination
Part A covering the Middle Ages and Part B comprehensive