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Welcome to History 306D!

I am your instructor, Timothy E. Gregory, of the Department of History at Ohio State. You will come to know me, I hope, rather well, and I hope I will get to know many of you. I am setting up a space on the class website where we will be able to put a little personal information--including a picture or two for those who would like to do so. The idea of this is to get around the rather impersonal nature of an Internet class. I'm sure that you'll have many suggestions about how to make the course work better and I look forward to hearing about them.

History 306D can be taken completely on the Internet, without ever having to come to class or visit the OSU campus. This means that you should be in this class only if you feel fairly comfortable using the Internet and if you can do the readings and other assignments without the advantage of being in a regular class. You will, however, have considerable opportunity to raise questions and interact with the instructor and other students in the class. These discussions will be organized, and you will submit exams and other assignments through a parallel website (called here the WebCT site) that has been set up by the University . All enrolled students have been entered into this site and you will each have your own "space" there. The address for the WebCT site is http://courses.telr.ohio-state.edu/. This is a general address for all University WebCT courses and you will need to go there and set up your account for this course. This is relatively simple, by providing the information below. You only have to do this once.

Username is easy. It's the OSU Internet Username that most use for e-mail (but without the @osu.edu suffix), for example "stone.177," "gregory.4," or "caraher.1"

Password is a combination of:

FIRST letter of your First name

FIRST letter of your Last name

LAST six digits of your Social Security Number (or Student Number).

In addition, two of the assignments in the course will make use of yet another website, in conjunction with students at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Thus, in order to complete this course, you will have to visit all three websites on a regular basis. These sites are, however, linked to every page in the present site, so hopefully that will cause you no difficulty.

I should point out that this course is being offered this quarter in the regular lecture, mode (as History 306), and it is possible, if you wish, for you to attend any of the lectures, if you are in Columbus and you think that would be helpful: these take place MWF, 9:30-10:48 in 300 Journalism Building. The readings, assignments, examinations, and virtually all other aspects of the course are the same, for both History 306 and History 306D (although the examinations may be a little different for History 306D, given the fact that they will not be done in class)..

This is the first time History 306D has been offered, and I hope you will be patient as we work out the kinks and problems that will certainly occur. You will understand, I am sure, that there are aspects of the course that are not ready at the beginning of the quarter, but they will be filled in as we go along.

Basically, the course is organized into three components:

1. The readings in the required books (Greene and Stiebing) and the Internet assignments;

2. The Lecture Outlines that will provide basic information that you would normally get in lecture; these are supplemented by discussion that will be carried out on the class website; the discussion gives students the opportunity to ask questions and clarify ideas and issues that may be confusing or not covered enough in the readings or the outlines; and

3. The Assignments, made up of several reports and two examinations. You will turn in all of these assignments through the Internet.

You will notice that the readings and lectures are set on a week-by-week basis and the assignments are due at specific times. Although you do not have to come to class at all, it is important that you do the work for this course in a regular fashion and that you turn in all assignments on time. In addition, it is most important that all work in this course be your own. Plagiarism or any other form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and can lead to severe consequences, including dismissal from the University. You should be careful not to allow others to do any of the work for you and you should avoid--at all costs--temptations to purchase material to turn in as though it were your own. Such dishonesty can often be traced by the use of software that works like virus-protection programs--so don't even think about cheating!

You will find most of the organization for the course set out in the Syllabus, or you can surf around, following the various links on this or other pages.

An important part of the course are the "lectures" presented here. These are basically outlines on various topics that are hopefully self-explanatory. You should read over these carefully, as they are assigned on the syllabus, and try to understand the information contained there. In many cases the "lectures" will parallel what is in the textbooks, and you can find further information about these topics in the readings. In any case, you should understand all the terms and all the names in each of the lectures. Where possible, we have indicated some Internet resources where you can get some further details. You should be aware, however, that these resources are outside the control of this course, and we cannot be responsible for information or opinions contained in these external sites.

Finally, you can contact me directly at any time. The easiest, and most convenient is for you to use the discussion features in the WebCT site, especially if you think the question might be of interest to other students. In addition, WebCT has a feature by which you can send a private message to me. In addition, I hope to set up regular electronic "office hours." In an emergency you can contact me at my regular e-mail account (gregory.4@osu.edu), but I would really appreciate it if you used the WebCT communications instead, simply because it is much easier for me to manage my mail that way.

Finally: it is very important that you read the syllabus, requirements, etc. carefully and that you understand all aspects of the course, especially the assignments and the various due dates. There may be changes in some details, and the specific assignment pages are likely to be more up to date that the syllabus, so make sure you read each assignment requirements again before you submit your work.

I look forward to working with you in your exploration of ...

Classical Archaeology!

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