| SYLLABUS | ||
| Date | Topic | Assignments |
| 9/19 | Introduction | Video: Egypt |
| 9/26 | Ancient Near East | Ch. 1. Intro. & Sec. 1-4, 6-8 |
| 10/3 | The Hebrews | Ch. 2 (all) |
| 10/10 | Holiday | |
| 10/17 | The Greeks | Ch. 3. Intro. & Sec. 1-6 Presentation: Greek Sculpture |
| 10/24 | The Greeks | Ch. 3. Sec. 8-14 Video: Antigone |
| 10/31 | Roman Republic and Empire | Ch. 4. Intro. & Sec. 1, 2, 4-9 Ch. 5. Intro. & Sec. 1, 2 |
| 11/7 | Test #1 | |
| 11/14 | Roman Empire | Ch. 5. Intro. & Sec. 1, 2 Presentation: Roman Monuments |
| 11/21 | Early Christianity | Ch. 6 (all) |
| 11/28 | Islamic and Byzantine Culture | Ch. 7. Intro. & Sec. 1, 2 Additional photocopied reading Presentation: Byzantine Art |
| 12/5 | Early Middle Ages | Ch. 7. Intro. & Sec. 3-7 Ch. 8. Intro. & Sec. 2, 3, 4 Video: The Name of the Rose Test #2 (Take-home) distributed; due Tues., 12/11 by 5 p.m. outside SF 229 |
| 12/12 | High and Late Middle Ages | Ch. 8. Sec. 5-11, 13 Presentation: Romanesque and Gothic Architecture |
| 12/19 | Renaissance | Ch. 9 (all) Presentation: Perspective in Renaissance Painting |
| 12/26 | Reformation | Ch. 10 (all) Presentation: Gregorian Chant and Renaissance Polyphony |
| 1/2 | Holiday | |
| 1/9 | Exploration and Colonization | Ch. 11. Intro. & Sec. 1-3 Jonathan Spence, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, Ch. 4 (photocopy) Presentation: European Colonial Landmarks in Taiwan |
| 1/16 | Test #3 | |