Texts:
Bulliet, Richard et al. The Earth and  Its Peoples: A Global History, 2nd Edition.  New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 2003
Lawall, Sarah.  The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, 7th edition. New York: Norton, 1999.

Recommended:
Tarnas, Richard.  The Passion of the Western Mind; Understanding the Ideas That Have
Shaped Our World View.  New York, Crown Publishing, 1991. A Readable Overview.

CLASS DISCUSSIONS.  10 PERCENT. Each of the readings from Lawall will be discussed in class. Two students will lead each class discussion. Every student will have the opportunity to lead at least one discussion.  We will decide very early in the term which team will lead which discussion.  One of the two papers each student will write will be based on the reading he or she leads the class in discussing.

QUIZZES. 20 percent There will be a number of quizzes (expect one every class, though you will not get one every class), 20 percent of the grade.

PAPERS.  40 percent. There will be two papers, one due Oct. 9; the other due Nov. 20. Each is to be 750-words, not counting quotations: Each is worth 20 percent of the term grade--each is to be on a significant idea in or about a work we read and discuss in class this term. The two papers cannot be on the same work.   Here is an example:
‘Achilles’ Final Fight with Hector as a Symbol of His Confronting His Own Anger.’
Each paper must be created following MLA format. See your Scott-Foresman Handbook for required formatting instructions for text, notes, and works cited entries. There will be no revisions after the paper has been turned in, but you may meet with me before each due date to discuss all or part of your paper. No research is to be done in writing these papers, especially not Internet research. Plagiarism of words or ideas will result in a grade of failure for the paper or, in the case of gross plagiarism, for the course. Students have been removed from the university for plagiarism.  Late papers, if accepted, will be penalized 10 points per day.

EXAMS:

There will be two exams; Each exam will count as 20 percent of your grade. Each exam will be 60 percent short answers or ID’s and  40 percent essay answers.

ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED: This is a discussion class.  All students are expected to be present at every class meeting and to take part in the discussion.

ASSIGNMENTS:  All literature and philosophy readings are in Lawall, The Norton Anthology.  Bulliet is the history text.

TUESDAY      THURSDAY

Sept. 2  Introduction    4 Genesis, 1-3, 4, 6-9, 11, 22, 25, 27
        Bulliet, 74-79

9 Genesis, 37, 39-46; Job.    11 Homer, Iliad,  Books I, VI, VIII, IX, XVI
Bulliet, 4-13     Bulliet, 14-20
 
16 Iliad, XVIII, XXII, XXIV   18 Aeschylus, Agamemnon, first half
Bulliet, 21-28     Bulliet,29-33

23 Aeschylus, Agamemnon, second half 25 Sophocles, Oedipus, first half
Bulliet, 45-51     Bulliet, 52-56

30 Sophocles, Oedipus, second half  Oct. 2 Plato, Apology of Socrates, first half
Bulliet, 88-93

7  Apology, second half   9 PAPER 1 DUE
Bulliet, 94-109

14 Aeneid, Books I, II, IV   16  Aeneid, Books VI, VIII, XII
Bulliet, 123-28    Bulliet 128-35

21 MID-TERM EXAM   23 Beowulf, first half
      Bulliet, 195-202

28 Beowulf, second half   30 Dante, Inferno, 1-5
Bulliet, 203-06    Bulliet, 207-10

November 3,  Monday, Last day to drop a course

Nov 4  Dante, Inferno, Selections, TBA 6 Chaucer, ‘General Prologue’
Bulliet, 210-12    Bulliet, 212-16
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11 Chaucer, Prologue to Miller’s Tale 13 Chaucer, Prologue to Pardoner’s Tale
and Tale     and Tale       Bulliet, 186-93

18 Machiavelli, All in Book   20 PAPER 2 DUE
Bulliet, 269-74

25 Montaigne, ‘Of Cannibals’  27  THANKSGIVING

December 2  Othello, Act 1   4  Othello, Acts 2 and 3
Bulliet, 323-27    Bulliet, 328-31

9 Othello, Acts 4 and 5                                   WED. DEC. 10, LAST DAY OF TERM
Bulliet, 323-27
   FINAL EXAM DAY, TO BE ANNOUNCED