The Glory That Was Greece
CLA 2100 section 2370
Fall 2012
time/room TBA
 / Physics Building (NPB) 1001
 

Instructor
Jim Marks
Department of Classics
jmarks@ufl.edu
office hours: Dauer Hall 380, TBA
 

Course Description
    The literature and art of Greece from the Bronze Age to the Roman period offers a window on the formation of human societies generally, and on the emergence of the Western tradition in particular. Students will become acquainted with such classics as Homer, Herodotos, Euripides, Plato and Aristotle in their cultural and historical contexts, and with Greek achievements in the arts and sciences. From democracy to slavery, sports to sexuality and religion to war, we will explore the glorious (and not-so-glorious) aspects of ancient Greece and its enduring influence. This class fulfills General Education Requirement Categories H (Humanities) and I (International and Diversity Focus).

Required Texts
1) Ancient Greece: Social & Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Socrates, by Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland, Routledge (ISBN 978-0-415-47330-9). (be sure to get the THIRD edition with this ISBN number, OR 978-0-203-85455-6 for the e-book format)

2) A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, by Sarah Pomeroy, Stanley Burstein, Walter Donlan and Jennifer Roberts, Oxford University Press USA (ISBN 978-0-19-984604-9).(be sure to get the THIRD edition with this ISBN number)


CLICK HERE FOR THE SYLLABUS (coming soon)

Website
Students should consult this class website (http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jmarks/glory/glory.html) regularly for lecture outlines, study guides, review images and answers to quizzes.

Lecture Note Outlines

    Part I: The Earliest Greeks

    Part II: Archaic Greece

    Part III: Classical Greece

    Part IV: Hellenistic to Byzantine Greece

Study Guides

    Study Guide for Exam I (Quizzes 1-5)

    Study Guide for Exam II (Quizzes 6-10)


Evaluation (click here for UF grading policies)

   10 quizzes (6% each = 60% of total grade).
         cover: material up to day of quiz; non-cumulative
         dates: TBA

    2 exams (20% each = 40% of total grade)
         cover: non-cumulative
         dates: TBA

    grading scale: A= 90 and above; A- = 87-89; B+ = 84-86; B = 80-83; B- = 77-79; C+ = 74-76; C = 70-73;    
                                C- = 67-69 (note that UF does not consider a C- to be a passing grade);
                                D+ = 64-66; D = 60-63; D- = 57-59; E = 56 and below
                            for UF policy on minus-grades, see www.isis.ufl.edu/minusgrades.html
quiz make-ups: students with a valid excuse have one week after a missed quiz (or one week after recovering from an illness) to take a make-up quiz, which covers the same material but is in essay format. Excused absences include: required student participation in a University sponsored event (excused with official documentation from the appropriate faculty or staff member PRIOR to the event); religious holidays (notify instructors within the first 2 weeks of class); medical emergencies (with documentation from a health care provider); family emergencies (with valid written documentation).exams must be taken at the assigned times.

    class participation, though not strictly required, is highly encouraged,
        and will be taken into consideration when deciding grades that are borderline.

This course is conducted in compliance with all University of Florida policies regarding special needs, academic honesty, and absences for emergencies, religious holidays and extracurricular activities. For details, see http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/ (special needs); https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/advising/info/student-honor-code.aspx#honesty (academic honesty).