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Courses Taught INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE (at Temple
University) Delphi- A Focal Point for IH 51 Texts Subject Study Aids: Aeschylus' Libation Bearers Study Guide Sophocles' Oedipus and the Sphinx Lecture Dr. J's Illustrated Pericles' Funeral Oration Dr. J's Illustrated Pericles and America Dr. J's Illustrated Pericles and Philadelphia Dr. J's Illustrated Aeschylus' Oresteia Dr. J's Curse of the House of Atreus Outline Dr. J's Background Lecture on Greek Philosophy Dr. J's Apology Study Questions Dr. J's Illustrated Plato's Apology Socrates and the Apology Lecture Epic Qualities of the Sundiata Lecture RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL GREECE Courses Proposed Religious Foundations of Greek Culture The Intersection of Myth and History The Ancient Greek Cultural Nexus- Art, Archaeology, Literature and Topography |
From 1996-2001 I taught in the Intellectual Heritage Program at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This page is part of my teaching materials for Intellectual Heritage 51, a course covering literature and ideas from Sappho through Shakespeare...
Dr. Janice Siegel Office: 219 Anderson Best Bets: jsiegel@nimbus.temple.edu
or drj@temple.edu Required Texts | Course Calendar | Course Prerequisite | Course Description | Course Requirements | Paper Policies | Evaluation of Writing | Writing Help | Classroom Policies | Attendance Policy | Commitment | Academic Honesty Required Texts:
Course Prerequisite: a C- or better in Comp 50 or its equivalent. Course Description: Intellectual Heritage 051 seeks to introduce you to some of the groundbreaking texts and ideas of the Western Cultural tradition, the tradition that has shaped the shapers of our world. This course offers you an opportunity to engage this tradition - to discover, re-think, criticize, dispute, defend and understand - by the simple means of reading, discussing, re-reading, and writing. IH051 is designed to improve your reading, writing and critical skills by asking you to wrestle with the same basic issues that generations of men before you have: the basis of law, the rights and duties of citizenship, the existence of God, the conflict between predestination and free will, the benefits of community, the nature of the material world and the relationship between religion and science, the limits of reason, free will, guilt innocence and ultimately, the meaning of life. Whew. Course Requirements: Papers: a series of short, one-two page papers, and three polished essays, 3-4 pages in length (grading works on improvement, not an
average; writing grade accounts for 50% of final grade). Your
writing must be C level by the time this course ends in order to pass
the course, no matter how well you do on the quizzes and exams.
Evaluation of Writing:
Writing Help: please use the resources that are available to you:
Classroom Policies:
Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory. Repeated absenteeism will adversely affect your grade and more than the equivalent of two weeks of class (4 meetings for MW or TR classes, 6 meetings for MWF classes) demands failure of the course. You are considered late if you enter the room after I have finished taking attendance. 2 lates equal 1 absence. Please come often and on time. Good attendance always translates into better midterm and final examination grades. Also, we will spend considerable class-time going over helpful hints for better essay writing. Of course, the best part of this class is the discussion - don't miss it! Commitment: I pledge my attention, time, effort and expertise to you as you develop your critical reading, writing and thinking skills. I expect you to exert an equivalent effort. This is a demanding course. If there are complications of child-care responsibilities, employment schedules, transportation difficulties or personal issues that will cause you to miss class on a regular basis, hand in papers late, unfinished, or badly in need of editing, or miss quizzes and tests, then please take this course at another time. My job is to support students, not to indulge them. If you have too much on your plate (including too many courses, or any writing intensive course in addition to this one), you are setting yourself up to fail IH. Please help me to help you get the most possible out of the course. Put forth your best effort. Academic Honesty: This is the official IH Policy on Plagiarism and Academic Cheating: The Intellectual Heritage Program aims to acquaint you with important original texts from antiquity to the present day and, equally importantly, to help you understand and use other challenging texts throughout college and afterward. Because writing papers is an essential part of this development, we take your writing very seriously in IH 51 and 52. Two basic elements of this writing process are "the development of independent thought and a respect for the thoughts of others" referred to in the University Bulletin statement on Plagiarism and Academic Cheating, http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/ugradbulletin/policies_part2.htm#pac. As the Bulletin goes on to say, "The prohibition against plagiarism and cheating is intended to foster this independence and respect." The Program expects all students to follow University policy on this matter:
Your Intellectual Heritage instructor is responsible for assigning penalties for plagiarism. Penalties usually range from failure on a particular assignment to failure in the course. In some cases, the penalty can be suspension or expulsion from the University. Be aware that I am vigilant against plagiarism and that I push for the harshest appropriate punishment in each case. Please do not waste my time. Or your future. If you are unclear about whether something may or may not be considered plagiarism, ASK! Ignorance of the law is no excuse in these cases, although intentional plagiarism is certainly dealt with more harshly.
copyright
2001 Janice
Siegel,
All Rights Reserved
date this page was edited last:
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