History 1001 2 Western Civilization to 1500 Spring 2015 Instructor Prof Maribel Dietz Email maribel lsu edu office 238 C Himes Hall phone 578 1141 office hours Wed 8 30 9 30 am Fri 9 30 11 30 am 2 30 3 30 pm and by appointment Graduate Assistants Ms Sabrina Cervantez e mail scerva2 tigers lsu edu office 315 Himes Hall office hours Tues and Fri 11 30 1pm and by appointment Supplemental Instructor Ms Caroline Armbruster e mail carmbr3 lsu edu office 312 Himes Hall office hours Mon and Wed 2 30 3 30pm Fri 12 30 1 30pm and by appointment Mr Lee Gresham email lgresh3 tigers lsu edu office 39 Allen Hall office hours Thurs 3pm 5pm and by appointment Class meets MWF 1 30 2 20 pm in 16 Lockett Hall Required Readings A Daniel Frankforter and William M Spellman The West A Narrative History Vol 1 to 1660 Third edition Pearson ISBN 978 0 205 18093 6 Approx 54 65 Also available as a Kindle edition and online edition Approx 43 Moodle Sources Primary source documents will be posted on our class Moodle Copy of the textbook is available on 2 hour reserve in Middleton library Course Content Ideas trends and institutions in Western Civilization from earliest times to the Reformation This course provides a survey of Western Civilization from its origins to approximately 1500 AD The primary focus of the course is on the social cultural religious and political history of the period as revealed by reading primary sources the textbook and attending class There are also the voluntary discussion on the primary source readings scheduled outside of class time The goal of the class is to introduce the student to study of history while studying the history of Near Eastern Greek Roman and Medieval civilizations General Education Humanities course HIST 1001 awards General Education Humanities credit because it addresses the achievement of the following General Education Competency LSU graduates will demonstrate an understanding of historical cultural and philosophical complexity that supports sophisticated discourse Course Requirements Evaluation and Grading Scale 2 In class assignments 10 First exam Fri Jan 30 10 Second exam Fri Feb 27 25 Third exam Fri Mar 27 25 Final exam Fri May 8 30 100 90 A 89 80 B 79 70 C 69 60 D 59 and below F This class is primarily a lecture class Lecture outlines with key terms will be posted on Moodle before each lecture You are required to read the posted primary sources on Moodle and the Frankforter Spellman textbook You are expected to have your reading done by the end of each week but you may find it more useful to finish the readings before the lectures You should bring the primary source readings to lecture There will be four in class assignments given during the semester only your highest three grades on the in class assignments will be counted Exams are based on the readings the textbook and the lecture material they include identifications essays and a map Four Large Bluebooks are required for the exams so please bring one with you each exam day buy four now for the entire semester All exams are closed book and closed notes Plagiarism and cheating will be dealt in accordance with the LSU Code of Student Conduct no exceptions Attendance is mandatory and make up exams will be administered only in exceptional cases Any student who has missed an exam or an in class assignment for a legitimate and documented reason must contact the instructor or graduate assistant within 48 hours of the missed exam The instructor will then decide if and when a make up exam will be given In the case of a missed in class assignment if the absence is for a legitimate reason the student will have to write a paper on the topic to be turned in within one week of the missed assignment Extra Credit Opportunity The class will also include voluntary discussion sections held each week starting in week two The times and places will be posted on Moodle each week and you must sign up for the discussion section of your choice at least two hours before the meeting Discussions are voluntary but you must bring your readings with you and you must participate in discussion If you attend and participate in at least three discussions over the semester you will receive extra credit at the end of the semester amounting to two percentage points added to your overall grade You can only attend one discussion per week This syllabus is subject to change Any changes to this syllabus will be announced in class and posted on Moodle E communication and Laptop policy Email is the best way to contact me outside of class and office hours I will respond to your emails within 24 hours I will also be sending announcements via email and posting on our Moodle page throughout the semester We also have a Facebook group page for the course named History 1001 Dietz Spring 2015 You will need your LSU email to join This is a place for questions and course related posts We will also hold virtual office hours there through Facebook chat at designated times before the exams Laptops tablets and phones silenced may be used in class for course purposes only If you plan on using a laptop or tablet you must sit in the designated laptop section of our classroom Please no texting during class If you need to use your phone for a non class related reason please leave the room Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments Week One Jan 14 16 Week Two Jan 19 Jan 21 23 Week Three Jan 26 30 Friday Jan 30 Week Four Feb 2 6 Week Five Feb 9 13 Week Six Feb 16 Feb 18 20 Week Seven Feb 23 27 Fri Feb 27 Week Eight Mar 2 6 Introduction What is History readings Sources Gilgamesh Enuma Elish Textbook Notes on Dates and Spelling Introduction ch 1 p 4 24 Martin Luther King Jr Holiday No class The Birth of Ancient Civilizations readings Sources Code of Hammurabi Book of the Dead Inscription of Tiglathpileser Hymns to the Pharaohs Textbook ch 1 p 24 32 ch 2 Hebrews and Hittites First Exam Bring Bluebooks readings Sources Genesis Exodus Minoan and Mycenaean Greece Archaic Greece Mardi Gras Holiday No class Golden Age Greece readings Sources Homer Linear B tablets Sappho Textbook ch 3 p 66 76 readings Sources Hippocrates Aristotle Plutarch Diodorus Textbook ch 3 p 76 94 readings Sources Euripides Aristophanes Thucydides Herodotus Plato Textbook ch 4 Hellenistic World Second Exam Bring Bluebooks readings Sources Aristotle Plutarch Textbook ch 5 p 124 135 Early Rome and the Republic readings Sources Livy Appian Textbook ch 5 p 135 152 3 Week Nine Mar 9 13 Week Ten Mar 16 20 Week