Revised Schedule – Early Western Civilization Seminars
Students, below you will find a revised reading/discussion schedule that takes into consideration the days we were closed for inclement weather.
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Tentative Schedule (revised 2/17/2011)
| IDE 1103-B | IDE 1103-A | Topic | Assignment Due Today |
| January 13 | January 14 | Introduction to Course | Please print out and bring your syllabus to this class session. |
| January 18 | January 19 | Discussion of Reading | Read: A Students Guide To Liberal Learning
Turn In: Reading Report |
| January 20 | January 21 | Discussion of Poetics – Language for discussing literature. | Read: Poetics (It is not necessary to read the Introduction, but it might be helpful to do so if you can find the time.)
Turn In: Reading Report |
| January 25 | January 26 | Discussion of Agamemnon | Read: Agamemnon
Turn In: Reading Report
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| January 27 | January 28 | Discussion of Prometheus Bound | Read: Prometheus Bound
Turn In: Reading Report
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| February 1 | February 2 | Campus Closed – Weather | Campus Closed – Weather |
| February 3 | February 4 | Campus Closed – Weather | Campus Closed – Weather |
| February 8 | February 11 | Discussion of Oedipus the King | Read: Oedipus the King
Turn In: Reading Report
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| February 9 | Campus Closed – Weather | Campus Closed Weather | |
| February 10 | February 16 | Discussion of Antigone | Read: Antigone
Turn In: Reading Report
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| February 15 | February 18 | Happiness | Read: Ethics, Book A
Turn In: Reading Report
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| February 17 | February 23 | Virtue | Read: Ethics, Books Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta & Eta
Turn In: Reading Report
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| February 22 | Friendship | Read: Ethics, Books Theta & Iota
Turn In: Reading Report |
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| February 24 | Pleasure | Read: Ethics, Book Kappa
Turn In: Reading Report
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| February 25 | Friendship & Pleasure | Read: Ethics, Books Theta & Iota
Turn In: Reading Report Read: Ethics, Book Kappa
Turn In: Reading Report
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| March 1 | March 2 | Discussion of Republic, books 1-3 | Read: Republic, books 1-3
Turn In: Reading Report
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| March 3 | March 4 | Discussion of Republic, books 4-6 | Read: Republic, books 4-6
Turn In: Reading Report |
| March 8 | March 9 | Discussion of Republic, books 7-8 | Read: Republic, books 7-8
Turn In: Reading Report |
| March 10 | March 11 | Discussion of Republic, books 9-10 | Read: Republic, books 9-10
Turn In: Reading Report |
| March 14-18 | March 14-18 | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| March 22 | March 23 | Discussion of Timaeus | Read: Timaeus |
| March 24 | March 25 | The instructor will be lecturing on Metaphysics Books Alpha & Beta. | You will be reading these sections as preparation for the presentations you will be giving, but no Reading Reports are required. Please bring your book to class.
Turn In: Essay, Research Paper or Dialogue |
| March 29 | March 30 | Meet in groups to prepare presentations. | Meet in groups to prepare presentations. |
| March 31 | April 1 | Group Projects
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Group Presentations (no reading reports required for this material) |
| April 5 | April 6 | The instructor will be lecturing on the whole of Aristotle’s Metaphysics. | Read: Review any sections of the book that were unread. (no reading reports required for this material)
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| April 7 | April 8 | Discussion of Rhetoric, Sections 1 thru 4 | Read: Rhetoric, Sections 1 thru 4
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| April 12 | April 13 | Discussion of Rhetoric, Sections 5 & 6 | Read: Rhetoric, Sections 5 & 6
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| April 14 | April 15 | Discussion of Rhetoric Sections 7 & 8 | Read: Rhetoric, Sections 7 & 8
Turn In: Reading Report
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| April 19 | April 20 | Discussion of Rhetoric, Sections 9 & 10 | Read: Rhetoric, Sections 9 & 10
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| April 21 | April 22 | No Class | No class |
| April 26 | April 27 | Review For Final Exam | Review For Final Exam |
| May 4 – 8:00 | May 4 – 10:00 | Final Examination | Final Examination In Class |
