**UPDATED AND REVISED ON
9/21/04
UCCP 101-03
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Fall 2004 MWF
Bridget Rose (
Office: Divinity South
105 Ext: 2229
Office hours vary due to
my responsibilities as Hodges Chapel Curator.
You are welcome to stop by anytime (M-F,
Catalog Description: The first in a two-semester sequence that views the
Western intellectual tradition within a global context. Through interdisciplinary study, students
will increase their awareness of the cultural, historical, literary,
philosophical, and religious influences upon the development of civilization.
Course Objectives: 1. Develop critical reasoning skills through the
reading of significant texts and evaluating of different viewpoints and
arguments.
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 a larger academic community.
Required Texts:
Fisk and Mayfield, eds., Cultural
Perspectives: A Sourcebook, Volume 1
Sophocles, Three Theban Plays
(Fagles translation)
Cahill, How the Irish Saved
Civilization
Machiavelli, The Prince
Shakespeare, King Lear (
Leon-Portilla, The Broken
Spears
Expectations: Regular class attendance and participation are
expected. More than eight unexcused
absences will result in a grade of FA for the course, though all missed classes
will affect your class participation grade.
In order to participate, you must read the text(s) assigned for
that day. It is expected that all papers
will conform to standards of academic integrity set forth in the Academic
Regulations section of the University Catalog.
Effort should be put forth in both speaking and writing to use inclusive
and non-offensive language.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:
Grading: Your final grade will be determined by averaging the
following:
Mid-term and Final Exams: 20% each
Each will be composed of short answer and essays. Exams must be taken on the day scheduled
unless student has a documented medical emergency or is on official University
business.
Formal Essay: 20%
Essay will be five pages in length and will address an issue raised in one of the texts for the course. Suggested essay topics will be provided, but students may also submit their own topic for consideration. Papers are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise announced by instructor. Late papers will be penalized ten points for each day they are late.
Daily Quizzes: 20%
Quizzes will be unannounced and will cover the reading
assigned for that day. Since quizzes
cannot be made up, the lowest quiz grade will be dropped from your average.
Group Presentation: 10%
Each student will participate in a group presentation
sometime during the semester. Groups and
topics will be assigned. You will be
graded on your presentation to the class as well as the written summary of your
research.
Class Participation 10%
Though some class sessions will be primarily lecture, most will require student discussion and participation. The instructor reserves the right to assign a grade for this portion of the student’s average that reflects the student’s classroom involvement.
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93 -100 % = A |
83 - 87 % = B |
73 - 77 % = C |
63 - 67 % = D |
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90 - 92 % = A- |
80 - 82 % = B- |
70 - 72 % = C- |
60 - 62 % = D- |
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88 - 89 % = B+ |
78 - 79 % = C+ |
68 - 69 % = D+ |
59% and below = F |
Class Calendar:
DATE TOPIC/ASSIGNMENT
August 30 Course
Introduction
September 1 Introduction
to the Greek World; Read “
September 3 Sophocles, Antigone;
Read introduction and the play
September 6 (Labor Day) Antigone (continued) and Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” download off Web: http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/uccp/uccp101.html)
September 8 Plato,
“Allegory of the Cave” (Sourcebook)
September 10 Plato,
Apology (Sourcebook)
September 13 Aristotle,
Nichomachean Ethics (Sourcebook)
September 15 The
Rise of Rome; Begin Vergil’s The Aeneid (Sourcebook)
September 17 Vergil,
The Aeneid (continued)
September 20
CLASS CANCELLED DUE TO HURRICANE IVAN
September 22 Siddartha
Gautama, The Buddha, Meditation
(Sourcebook)
September 24 “The
´Imrans” from The Holy Qu ´ran (Sourcebook)
September 27 Group
#1 Presentation: The World’s Religious Cultures
September 29 Perpetua,
The Passion of Saints Perpetua & Felicity (Sourcebook)
October 1 Perpetua
(continued)
October 4
October 6
October 8 Group
#2 Presentation: Why Did
October11 Cahill,
How the Irish Saved Civilization
October11 *BACHE
Visiting Writers Series:
October 12 *Lecture: The Muslim World Post-9/11, Dr. Salwa Cherif
October 13 Cahill,
How the Irish Saved Civilization (continued)
October 15 Theology
and Spirituality in the Middle Ages; Aquinas, Summation of the Catholic
Faith (Sourcebook)
October 18 The
Book of Margery Kempe (Sourcebook); Sprenger and Kramer The Hammer of
Witches (Sourcebook); Julian of
October 18 *One Voice
– Together: A Bread for the World Campus
Event
October 20 Mid-term
Exam
October 22 Capellanus,
The Art of Courtly Love (Sourcebook)
October 25 Fall Break
October 27 The
Lais of Marie de France (Sourcebook)
October 29 Sonnets
of Petrarch and Shakespeare(Sourcebook)
November 1 Group
#3 Presentation: Power, Politics, and Human Worth
November 3 Mirandola,
Oration on the Dignity of Man (Sourcebook)
November 5 Machiavelli,
The Prince
November 8 Machiavelli,
The Prince (continued)
November 8 *BACHE
Visiting Writers Series: Kate Daniels,
November 10 Essays Due
November
11-14 Conference on
Christianity and Human Rights
November 12 **No class; attend at least one session of
conference
November 15 The
Renaissance
November 17 Michelangelo
and Lear: The Spark of the Divine
November 19 Shakespeare,
King Lear
November 22 Shakespeare,
King Lear
November 24 Thanksgiving
Break
November 26 Thanksgiving
Break
November 29 Conclude
Renaissance and Lear
December 1 Group
#4 Presentation: Exploration and Encounter
December 3 Juan
Ginés de Sepúlveda, Democratus Secundus, or the Treatise on the Just Causes
of War against the Indians (Sourcebook); Bartolomé de Las Casas, In
Defense of the Indians (Sourcebook)
December 6 Leon-Portilla,
The Broken Spears
December 8 Leon-Portilla,
The Broken Spears
December 10 Course
Conclusion and Review
December 13 Final Exam at
*Students must attend
at least one of the four enrichment events noted on the syllabus calendar. A typed one-page response paper should be submitted
to the instructor for a daily quiz grade (10 points). A second event may be attended for 5 quiz
bonus points; a second response paper is required as well.
**Submit typed one-page
response paper indicating which session you attended for a daily quiz grade (10
points).