X477 Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. CA 217
Required Texts: Course Profile
Kagan, Ozment, Turner, The Western Heritage, Vol. I: to 1715
The Epic of Gilgamesh, ed. Sandars (Penguin)
Tacitus, The Agricola and the Germania, ed. Mattingly (Penguin)
Einhard & Notker, Two Lives of Charlemagne, ed. Thorpe (Penguin)
Study Topics
| Lecture of | Lecture Topic | Reading |
| July 1 | Introduction & the origins of "the West" in the East | Ch. 1 (Kagan) read Gilgamesh |
| July 3 | Indo-European migrations and Ancient Greece | Essay Guide |
| July 8 | Classical Greece, The Hellenistic World Greek Review | Ch. 2 - paper # 1 due |
| July 10 | The Roman Republic | Ch. 3 - read Tacitus |
| July 15 | Caesar, Augustus, and the Roman Empire | Ch. 4 - discuss Tacitus |
| July 17 | Empire to 500 A.D. - Barbarian Invasions Roman Review | Ch. 5, 6 - paper #2 due |
| July 22 | Midterm Exam Essay questions | |
| July 24 | The Feudal Age and the Frankish 'Renaissance' | Ch. 7 - Charlemagne |
| July 29 | The High Middle Ages | Ch. 8 - discuss Charlemagne |
| July 31 | The Late Middle Ages and the Great Schism | Ch. 9 - paper #3 due |
| Aug. 5 | The Renaissance, Christian Humanism, and Reformation | Ch. 10, 11 |
| Aug. 7 | Wars of Religion and the importance of the 30 Years War | Ch. 13, 14 |
| Aug. 7 | Final Exam - 3:00 P.M. |