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HISTORY 306D

CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Winter Quarter 2001

Cross-Listed as Classics 240 and History of Art 240

Instructor: Professor Timothy E. Gregory, 365 Dulles Hall, 230 W. 17^th Avenue. Telephone: 292-1949 (office), 292-2674 (Department of History), 291-4015 (home).  Fax: 292-2282.

Office Hours: Monday 11:00-12:00; Tuesday 2:30-3:30; Wednesday 11:00-12:00, and by appointment.

E-mail: gregory.4@osu.edu

Personal web site: http://isthmia.ohio-state.edu/teg

 Class Web Site: http://isthmia.ohio-state.edu/teg/hist306d

 Required Books (available at SBX only):

Kevin Greene, Archaeology. An Introduction, 3^rd edition (University of Pennsylvania Press 1995). ISBN 0-8122-1570-2

William H. Stiebing, Jr., Uncovering the Past. A History of Archaeology (Oxford University Press: Oxford 1993).  ISBN 0-19-508921-9

All students must be officially enrolled in the course by the end of the second full week of the quarter.  No requests to add the course will be approved by the department chair after that time.  Enrolling officially and on time is solely the responsibility of each student.

 Also note that this course is being offered in two sections simultaneously: History 306 (regular lecture section) and History 306D (Internet or distance section).  Make sure you are enrolled in the proper section.  This syllabus is for History 306D.

 Weekly Class Schedule and Assignments

You should note, first of all, that many of the assignments in this class are not typical “reading” assignments; instead, they involve work on the Internet, using multi-media materials, and personal observations.  You should read all the following information carefully and make sure you understand it—every so often you should read it again, to make sure you are keeping current and that you are doing the assignments correctly.  The following assignments are given on a weekly basis.  You should do the assigned reading as early in the week as possible.  

DISCUSSION

Electronic "discussion" will be conducted through the class website, on WebCT: .  Note that this is a different site from the one you are using now, but you should be able to log-in to the WebCT site and move back and forth between the two without difficulty.  (Get sign-up information for the WebCT site on the Organization page here.)  Students are invited to post comments, questions, suggestions, ideas--related to the content of the class.  The major means to doing this is through threaded discussion for each of the "lecture" topics.  The instructor will regularly monitor this discussion and will try to answer questions related to these topics on a regular basis.  He will set up a schedule whereby he will look at the lecture topics for a given week at regular intervals--this will give you an opportunity to ask questions and engage in interaction with other members of the class.  In addition, it will be possible to ask questions or discuss questions that are not directly related to one of the lecture topics.  More information will be forthcoming on how the discussion will be organized.  Note also that assignments and exams will be posted to the WebCT site.

PROJECTS AND EXAMINATIONS  

1.      Internet Access:

Several of the assignments in this course require use of resources on the Internet.  For that reason it is essential that--if you do not now have access to the Internet--you arrange to do that now.  If you do not have an active OSU account, you should get one by stopping in at any Student Computer Center, or you can do this at http://www.oit.ohio-state.edu/userpass.htm.  Obviously, you can do these web projects either at home or at one of the many Student Computer Centers on campus (for a list, see http://www.oit.ohio-state.edu/scs.html).

2.  Architecture Report: January 29

You are to prepare a short archaeological description of one side of a building (on campus or elsewhere) that contains significant elements from classical architecture.  You should say what and where the building is and provide a written description of the various architectural elements, from the top down, using proper architectural terminology and paying special attention to the classical elements.  The written description should be no more than 2 pages typed, although 1 page is fine.  This should be accompanied by a drawing (elevation) of this side of the building, approximately to scale, showing all the major features.  The assignment will be graded on accuracy, not on the beauty of the drawing!  The drawing should be scanned and sent with your description, or (if necessary) it can be sent by fax (614-292-2282).  This assignment must be be submitted by 9:30AM, Monday, January 29, to .

3.  Mid-Term Examination: February 2

Sample Examination will be provided at least one week in advance

4. Internet Projects: February 11 and 25

In order to do a good job on this assignment, you may want to look at one or more of the following resources (the following are not required): 

a.)    net.TUTOR at the OSU library (http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/index.html).  Especially appropriate are two of the advanced lessons (including the quizzes): “Smart Net Research Strategies” and “Evaluation Of Web Sites.”

  b.)  http://www.ala.org/acrl/undwebev.html   Another site to help you evaluate web sites.

 The following assignments are required:

 WWW Reports.  You are to visit the combined OSU-St. Cloud State University web site (http://eleftheria.stcloudstate.edu/westciv/) you can find this from the class web site if you forget) and visit two of the web sites listed there, and follow the directions about posting your reports.

The first report is due by midnight, February 11 (that is, by 11.59PM on Sunday, February 11.

The second report is due by midnight, February 25 (that is, by 11.59PM on Sunday, February 25.

 These reports are to be brief--one to two paragraphs. For each report you must select a Web site, explore it, and write a comment or reaction and post it automatically to the course discussion page where it will be read by others. You should indicate your reaction to the web site, whether it was good or not, what you learned, and questions you might have. Discussion with what other students must form part of what you say and the best reports are those that respond clearly to points raised by other students.  Reports should be written in clear, proper prose, and not be full of slang or improper language.

  Reports will be evaluated on three points:

1.      Did you carefully read the material and attempt to understand it?

2.      Did you craft a reasonable and clear comment about the site?

3.      Did your report respond to the basic questions asked and points made by others?

  Also, notice that it is your responsibility to make sure your report has been filed on the Internet.  Check and double check—this is part of the assignment.  If your report is not there by the due date, you will receive an E for that report.  No exceptions.

  5. Site Report: March 5

 You should submit a brief report on one classical archaeological site.  The report should contain the following information:  

•        where the site is located;

•     what type of site was it (city, sanctuary, military camp, etc.) and when was it occupied;

•        when and by whom the site was excavated or explored;

•       what the site looks like now.

You can get information to write your report anywhere you like (print or electronic).  The report should be 2-3 pages long and (in addition) it should have at least one plan of the site.  You should not use a single large ancient city (such as Athens or Rome) as a “site” (those cities are made up of many smaller sites), nor should you use one of the topics of your Internet reports for the site report.  This assignment should be submitted no later than 9:30AM on March 5 to .

6.  Final Examination: 

The Final Examination in this course will be an "open-book" exam.  It will be posted on this site and it will be due (through the WebCT site ONLY), no later than 12:00 noon (Eastern Time) on Friday, March 9.  It may, of course, be submitted at any time.

It is important that all students submit the Final Examination on time.  If the Final Examination is not submitted by the due date the student will receive the grade earned in the course up to that date.  This, of course, means that the Final Examination is, technically speaking, optional.  You do not have to take it, but simply receive the grade you have in the course to that date.  I will do my best to keep you informed about your grades to date, and I will inform you about your grade for "discussion" on the WebCT site, but the last assignment is due on March 5th and I cannot guarantee to have everything graded before March 9.  I will try, however.

7.   Extra credit:

2 points for attending the lecture by Nicholas Rauh, Purdue University, "Searching for Pirates: the Rough Cilicia Archaeological Survey Project." March 1,  8 PM, place to be announced.

Some other options for extra credit may be available.

Approximate Break-down for Grading:

            The following scale will be used to assign final grades:

Grades in this course are not mechanically curved.  Everyone can get an A and everyone can fail.  Make sure that you notice the due dates for the various assignments.

All students should be aware that plagiarism, or any other kind of academic dishonesty, is a serious offense and can result in penalties, including failure in the course and dismissal from the University.  All work in this course must be your own, and dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated.  This is true for material you may take from the Internet; it is fine to gather information from various sources, including the Internet, but you should not take other people’s words and claim that they are your own.  If you borrow something from a website or a book, you should cite that borrowing in a clear manner.

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