Greek History from Alexander to the Roman Conquest

Professor: Alain Cadotte

Office location: H-663

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Mon 16:00 - 17:45

Announcements:

·        (April 4, 2007) The make up class will take place on April 12, same time as usual, at the H-420.

·        (April 2, 2007) information about the FINAL EXAM is now available.

·        (February 25, 2007) Someone made me notice a mistake on the syllabus about the lateness policy: as specified in the hand-out of the essay, the policy is one grade point for each day of lateness.I am sorry about the inconveniences that this mistake may have caused.

·        (February 08, 2007) FAQ - Having been asked many times the same questions, I thought it would be helpful to add some precisions about the mid-term essay :

o       What must be the exact length of the essay? 5-6 pages in 1 ½ line spacing, (font size: 11 or 12).

o       How many texts from the sourcebook are required? At least 10.

o       Is it permitted to use other sources than Austin and Walbank? Of course! But you are not forced to do so.

o       How must I refer to the texts in Austin? You must precise the reference of the ancient text and also the number of the text in the sourcebook; e.g.: the text # 78 in Austin should be referred to this way: Polybius, IX.29, 34-5 (Austin # 78). If you have the old edition, do not forget to specify it.

·        (January 15, 2007) Explanations about the mid-term essay are now available.

Textbooks:

·        F. W. Walbank, Hellenistic World, rev. edition, Fontana Press, 1992 (1981), 288 p.

·        M. M. Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest, Cambridge University Press, 1981, 490 p.

Course Description: A political, social, economic, and cultural history of the Greek world from Alexander the Great to the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 B.C. The Hellenistic Period was a time in which Greek civilization and culture had spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean world, and in which the great civilizations of the ancient Near East – Egypt, Babylonia, Phoenicia – were under the control of Greco-Macedonian dynasties. This course explores the impact of foreign rule on the native population, and the character of Greek culture in this period, as well as the technical and scientific achievements. It will also introduce students to the handling of epigraphic and papyrological evidence, as well as the more familiar literary and archaeological.

Evaluation:

·        Essay of 5-6 pages (50%).

·        Final exam (50%)

Late essays will be penalized by reduction of one grade point (e.g. From A+ to A) for each day of lateness. Those are calculated from 5:30 p.m. of the day the essay was due. So the first reduction takes place if the essay is not submitted by the end of the lecture on the day the essay was due. No essay will be accepted more than two weeks after the day it was due. No one will be excused from a lateness penalty because of computer problems. Students using computers are advised to save to a floppy disk in order to avoid the problems associated with “crashes”. Medical or excuses for other emergencies will be granted only if proper documentation is provided. All students should keep copies of the essays they submit in case they are misplaced. Papers submitted only in electronic form will not be graded.

Acceptable essays will clearly indicate which of the assigned topics the students is attempting to answer and must be written in grammatically correct and properly structured English, i.e. in grammatically well formed sentences organized in paragraphs which are parts of a clearly developing argument. Words must be correctly spelled according to English, Canadian or American conventions. All quotations or borrowed material must be acknowledged in footnotes or endnotes correctly conforming to some accepted system of conventions for academic writing. Unacceptable essays will receive no grade and will be returned to the student marked unacceptable. Students submitting plagiarized work or who are detected cheating on assignments will be subject to university discipline. Unacceptable essays may be rewritten and resubmitted once, normally within two weeks of their return to the student.

Schedule of Topics and Readings:

Deadlines

·        February 26: Essay.

·        April 13-29: Final Exam.

Intellectual Honesty: Papers must be submitted by the end of class on the day they are due in two formats: (1) In class: a word-processed paper hard copy. This is the copy that will be read, commented on, and corrected by the professor before being returned to the student. (2) An electronic text file (preferably in MSWord) to be sent to the instructor’s email address. These electronic texts must be identical in content to the submitted hard copies. They may be submitted to Turnitin.com to verify their originality.

Concordia University defines plagiarism as: "The presentation of the work of another person as one's own or without proper acknowledgment" (Concordia Undergraduate Calendar 2003-2004, page 65). The term Plagiarism comes from the Latin for kidnapper (plagiarius). The "work of another person" can mean:

• An entire work by an author. 
• Ideas taken from a source. 
• Exact words taken from a source--from just a few words to entire passages. 
• The organization or structure of a source’s explanation or argument.
• Information that is not common knowledge taken from a source.

You may never submit an entire work written by someone else. If you use any of the other items listed above, you must include proper acknowledgement. By "proper acknowledgement", we mean:

• When you use ideas or facts taken from a source, you must include a citation. 
• When you take the structure or organization of an argument from a source, you must give credit to and cite the source for the argument. 
• When you use a source’s exact words, you must include BOTH quotation marks around the entire quoted portion AND a citation.

Academic Appeals: Students are urged to take all questions of final grades to the class instructor. In the event that the matter cannot be resolved at that level, students should consult the chair of the Department. For further appeal, students are advised to contact the Associate Dean of Student Affairs.

Statement on Students with Disabilities: Students with permanent or temporary disabilities who would like to discuss classroom or examination accommodations are asked to come and see the instructor as soon as possible. For further information on Concordia’s policies on student accessibility and resources for students in need of accommodation, go to the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD): http://supportservices.concordia.ca/disabilities/.