Class Schedule - Fall 2011

Week
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
1
 
Aug 24: Introduction
Aug 26: Origins of Man
2
Aug 29: Mesopotamia
Aug 31 : Egypt
Sep 2:
3
Sep 5: NO CLASS / LABOR DAY
Sep 7: QUIZ - CLASS DISCUSSION / GILGAMESH
Sep 9: The Early Israelites
4
Sep 12: Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians
Sep 14: Persia
Sep 16:
5
Sep 19: Archaic Greece
Sep 21: Athens and Democracy
Sep 23: Peloponnesian Wars
6
Sep 26: Alexander the Great
Sep 28: Science and Philosophy
Sep 30: FIRST EXAM
7
Oct 3: The Origins of Rome
Oct 5: Rome - End of the Republic
Oct 7: QUIZ - CLASS DISCUSSION / TWELVE CAESARS
8
Oct 10: Empire at its Height
Oct 12: Fall of the Roman Empire
Oct 14: The Origins of Christianity
9
Oct 17: Early Christianity
Oct 19: Byzantium
Oct 21: Islam
10
Oct 24: Germanic Kingdoms - Part I
Oct 26: QUIZ - CLASS DISCUSSION / BEOWULF
Oct 28: Anglo-Saxon England
11
Oct 31: Carolingians and Charlemagne
Nov 2: Invasions and Feudalism
Nov 4: SECOND EXAM
12
Nov 7: Recovery
Nov 9: Reform of the Church / Investiture Conflict
Nov 11: VETERANS DAY - NO CLASS
13
Nov 14: The Crusades
Nov 16: The Rise of the States
Nov 18: Churches and Universities
14
Nov 21: NO CLASS / FALL RECESS
Nov 23: NO CLASS / FALL RECESS
Nov 25: NO CLASS / FALL RECESS
15
Nov 28: Scholars and Inquisitors
Nov 30: Famine and Plague
Dec 2: War and Revolts
16
Dec 5: Schisms
Dec 7: QUIZ - CLASS DISCUSSION / THE DECAMERON
Dec 9: The Renaissance - Part I
17
Dec 12: The Renaissance - Part II
Dec 14: FINAL EXAM 10:45 - 1:15
 

 

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