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WORLD VIEWS: Schedule at a Glance

Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3

Session

Day

Date

Time

Topic

1

Thurs

8/29

5:00-6:00 pm

Course Introduction

* Thurs 8/29 6:00-7:30 pm Freshman Class Picnic, Brown Field
* Thurs 8/29 8:30-9:30 pm Parents & Family Dessert Reception, Goudy Great Room

 

Unit 1: Charter Myth and Civic Ritual

Session

Day

Date

Time

Topic

2

Fri

8/30

8:30-10:15 am

Acropolis [Paired advisor will join class from 10:00-10:15]

3

Fri

8/30

10:30-12:00 am

Convocation, Smith Auditorium: Robin Rhodes, "Reading the Acropolis"

4

Fri

8/30

3:00-4:30 pm

Architecture & Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis

5

Sat

8/31

9:00-10:30 am

Architecture & Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis

6

Mon

9/2

8:30-10:00 am

Architecture & Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis

*

Mon

9/2

10:00-3:00

Advising

7

Wed

9/4

12:40-1:40 pm

Oresteia

8

Fri

9/6

12:40-1:40 pm

Convocation, Smith Auditorium: Mark Griffith, "Keeping the Furies in their Place: Aeschylus and Athenian Tragedy"

9

Mon

9/9

12:40-1:40 pm

Oresteia

10

Wed

9/11

12:40-1:40 pm

Oresteia

11

Fri

9/13

12:40-1:40 pm

Oresteia [Paper Topics distributed]

12

Mon

9/16

12:40-1:40 pm

Oresteia

13

Wed

9/18

12:40-1:40 pm

Oresteia

14

Fri

9/20

12:40-1:40 pm

Paper 1 Due; Introduction to History

 

Unit 2: Cultural Identity in Transition: Responses to the Peloponnesian War

Session

Day

Date

Time

Topic

15

Mon

9/23

12:40-1:40 pm

History

16

Wed

9/25

12:40-1:40 pm

History

17

Fri

9/27

12:40-1:40 pm

History

18

Mon

9/30

12:40-1:40 pm

History

19

Wed

10/2

12:40-1:40 pm

History

20

Fri

10/4

12:40-1:40 pm

Convocation, Smith Auditorium: Keith Scales, "Greek Comedy"

21

Mon

10/7

12:40-1:40 pm

Lysistrata

22

Wed

10/9

12:40-1:40 pm

Lysistrata

23

Fri

10/11

12:40-1:40 pm

Lysistrata; [Paper topics distributed]

24

Mon

10/14

12:40-1:40 pm

Lysistrata

25

Wed

10/16

12:40-1:40 pm

Lysistrata

26

Fri

10/18 12:40-1:40 pm Paper 2 Due; Indroduce The Birds
27

Mon

10/21 12:40-1:40 pm The Birds
28

Mon

10/21 7:00-9:00 pm Performance, Smith Auditorium: The Birds
29

Wed

10/23 12:40-1:40 pm The Birds
 

Fri

10/25 12:40-1:40 pm Mid-Semester Day: Classes Do Not Meet

Unit 3: The Individual and the State: Education, Philosophy and Justice

Session

Day

Date

Time

Topic

30

Mon

10/28

12:40-1:40 pm

The Birds / The Clouds

31

Wed

10/30

12:40-1:40 pm

The Clouds

32

Fri

11/1

12:40-1:40 pm

The Clouds

33

Mon

11/4

12:40-1:40 pm

The Clouds

34

Wed

11/6

12:40-1:40 pm

The Clouds

35

Fri

11/8

12:40-1:40 pm

Convocation, Smith Auditorium: Nicholas Smith, "Plato and Socrates"

36

Mon

11/11

12:40-1:40 pm

Trial and Death

37

Wed

11/13

12:40-1:40 pm

Trial and Death

38

Fri

11/15 12:40-1:40 pm Trial and Death; [Paper Topics Distributed]
39

Mon

11/18 12:40-1:40 pm Trial and Death
40

Wed

11/20 12:40-1:40 pm Trial and Death
41

Fri

11/22 12:40-1:40 pm Trial and Death
42

Mon

11/25 12:40-1:40 pm

The Greek World View: A Review

43

Wed

11/27 12:40-1:40 pm Final Paper Due

 


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