UCCP 102
Summer II (2004)
Mark Baggett jmbagget@samford.edu
726-2309 or 726-4129 (law office)

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UCCP 102-01 Cultural Perspectives II
Summer II 2004, MTWRF 8-10:10, 305 DBH) Mark Baggett
Office Hours: TTH 10-11 jmbagget@samford.edu Office: DIV N 325; Phone: 726-2309 or 4129 (law)
See the webpage for this course: http://faculty.samford.edu/%7Ejmbagget/personal/UCCP102.htm

Books required for this course: I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Craven
Cultural Perspectives Sourcebook (white), Vol. II
Candide, Voltaire
The Communist Manifesto, Marx
Death and the King's Horseman, Soyinka
Frankenstein, Shelley

Course Objectives
1. Develop critical reasoning skills through the reading of significant texts and evaluating of different viewpoints
2. Develop the ability to investigate an issue and construct a well-reasoned and coherent viewpoint
3. Learn to communicate ideas and arguments clearly and persuasively through written and spoken means.
4. Understand the world through multiple perspectives and different world values.
5. Explore religious and moral dimensions of critical issues
6. Appreciate how different disciplines advance understanding of cultures and civilizations and recognize the interconnectedness of the disciplines
7. Become a part of the larger academic community

Course Requirements/Evaluation
1. Participation (15%)
Class participation includes group activities and class discussion. Participation grade goes down ½ grade for every absence after your 2nd absence. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EACH DAY.
2. Journals & Quizzes DAILY GRADES (25%)
This will be a cumulative grade averaging all your daily journal, quizzes, and assignment grades. The quizzes evaluate your factual knowledge of the novels; on a larger scale, the quizzes evaluate your reading discipline. The journals should be handed in on single sheet paper and should be kept in a portfolio or notebook. They will be one typed page in length and contain a summary of what you've read, along with your critique of the work. Other assignments, such as library or research assignments, will also be included in this grade.
3. Group Presentation (10%)
In the first few weeks of the term, you will choose a topic on some aspect of the Reformation to work with a group. The group will make a presentation in class. Later, you will work with another student in leading discussion on one of the texts or topics on the syllabus. You will also submit a paper relating to this discussion (see "Papers" below).
4. Papers (15%)
UCCP courses require at least 15 pages of written work. You will write one paper of approximately 5-pages (typed and double-spaced). It will be on a topic of European history or biography from the period of this course (1500 until the present day). The historical paper requires a small bibliography of at least three book or journal article sources (no online sources). You will write another 4-5 page paper on one of the texts in the course. You will also write periodic papers on the assigned readings and you will write essays for questions on the tests.
5. Exams (35%)
Three exams: first exam (15%); second (10%); final (10%)

Academic Honesty Plagiarism consists in the unattributed or unacknowledged use of another's words or ideas. Using a paper written and graded for any other college course is academic dishonesty. Any sort of academic dishonesty in this course will result in a grade of F for the assignment in question and for the course.
Course Civility:
Be on time for class and do not start packing up before we conclude. Turn off all cell phones. Asking questions and contributing to class discussion is good; talking privately with your neighbor, putting your head on your desk, doing homework in another class–these are unacceptable. You do not have to let me know when you are going to be absent, unless you are performing official Samford business, but you must get the assignment and be prepared for the next class. You may not make up missed quizzes. CLASS ACTIVITIES AND READING SCHEDULE: [SB stands for Sourcebook]

July 12 Introduction to course
July 13, Tues Background to Reformation and Counter-Reformation: the Catholic Church & the Renaissance
July 14, Wed Protestant Reformation--Luther, "Treatise on Christian Liberty"; Luther, "On the Jews and Their Lies"; Read Decrees of Council of Trent
July 15, Thurs Calvinism, Read SB, "Institutes of the Christian Religion"; Read Bradstreet in SB
July 16, Fri Founding of America. Read SB, Roger Williams. Read Handouts, Franklin, Edwards, Federalist

July 19, Mon Preparation of Group Reports: Study Day
July 20, Tues Presentations: Protestant Denominations
July 21, Wed Science, Reason, and Faith–Read Copernicus (SB); Galileo's letter (SB); Read Bacon (SB)
July 22, Thurs Enlightenment–Read Locke, chapters 12 & 13 (SB); Read Descartes (SB); Read Paine (SB)
July 23, Fri 1st Exam

July 26, Mon Enlightenment; Read Candide
July 27, Tues Wollstonecraft (ch. 17 SB), Adams (ch. 18 SB), Stanton (ch. 19 SB)
July 28, Wed Romanticism: "Tintern Abbey" in Sourcebook
July 29, Thurs Frankenstein
July 30, Fri Industrial Revolution

August 2, Mon Marx, Communist Manifesto
August 3, Tues Darwin and Evolution. Read Darwin, Spencer (SB)
August 4, Wed Read Freud, SB
August 5, Thur Modernism, Read Nietzsche, Sartre (SB), Poetry
August 6, Fri 2nd Exam

August 9, Mon Global Village: Death and the King's Horseman (Soyinka)
Aug 10, Tues Global Village: I Heard the Owl Call My Name (Craven)
Aug 11, Wed Last day of class. Wrap-up and Review
Aug 12, Thurs Final Exam

Historical and Biographical Topics (not a complete list)
Ulrich Zwingli German's Peasants Revolt Revolt against House of Savoy (Geneva) Henry VII or VIII
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I of England Queen Mary of England Francis Drake
Spanish Armada Vesalius' The Structure of the Human Body or
Harvey, On the Movement of the Heart and Blood
Spanish Conquistadores Peace of Augsberg Mercantilism East India companies Louis XIV or XVI
Thirty Years War (1618-1648) Peace of Westphalia Hobbes' Leviathan Thomas Pitt
Formation of Prussia (1657) Napoleon and related issues English Restoration 1660 (Charles II)
Peter the Great Glorious Revolution (England) Cromwell Jean Jacques Rousseau Hapsburg Dynasty
Peace of Utrecht 7 Years War Diderot's Encyclopedia Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1757)
Catherine the Great James Watt and steam engine Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and "laissez faire"
French Revolution and related subjects The Terror (1792) in France/Robespierre Eli Whitney/Cotton Gin
Metternich Congress of Vienna/Bourbons Frankfurt Assembly of 1848 Ottoman Empire
Irish Famine (1846) Irish Independence Movement (1916-1922) Crimean War Italian unification
1861 Emancipation Act in Russia Czar Alexander, Alexander II, or Nicholas Bismarck & German Empire
Paris Commune Russo-Turkish War Russo-Japanese War Revolution of 1905 and Bloody Sunday (Russia)
World War I and related subjects (Archduke Ferdinand for example) Zimmerman Telegram of 1917
Sinking of Lusitania Revolution of 1917 (Russia) and related subjects Treaty of Versailles
Stalin, Lenin, Formation of USSR in 1922 and related subjects Mussolini Charles Dawes
Locarno 1925 Labor Unions in Europe and related subjects (e.g., strikes) Political parties in Europe