IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The instructor of this Telecourse will not be held responsible for student issues arising from a student's failure to attend the mandatory orientation session at 5:30 pm, Wednesday, January 16, 2008. A student who fails to attend this session bears sole responsibility for initiating contact with the instructor in a timely fashion.

TEXTS:

Powell, Classical Mythology (5th edition)
Lattimore and Grene, The Greek Tragedies, volume 1
LLT 121 Reading Guide
Classical Mythology Telecourse Lectures (available as .mp3 podcasts here)

COVRSE OBJECTIVES:

This course is part of the Culture and Society/Humanities area of the General Education Program. The preamble of the Culture and Society section in the General Education Program Goals states that "Informed choices require knowledge of what people have done and imagined, currently as well as historically. Choices are also tempered by knowledge of the social and cultural settings in which they are made or were made in the past." The study of Classical Mythology pursues this goal. This course will introduce you to the literature, the mythologies, and the world of the Classical Greco-Roman Period, as well as some of the main historical, literary, and socio-cultural aspects of this period.

Another goal of the General Education Program is to raise the level of your basic skills in areas such as "conceptual and practical understanding of modes of learning, problem solving, creative inquiry, information-gathering, reasoning, and synthesizing abilities; reflexive, creative, and critical dispositions, and communication skills." The content and assignments in this course will address this goal by using a range of objective and essay questions to test mastery of the factual and conceptual aspects underlying the study of myth.

TESTING AND GRADING:

The student's work in the course will be evaluated as follows: Average of 4 Hour Exams: 100%. Hour Exams will consist of objective (identification, short answer, matching) and essay (thesis statement, proof, conclusion) questions. These will be largely, but not completely, non-comprehensive. Extra credit will not be given under any circumstances. Final grades will be assigned on the following basis: 90-100%= A; 80-89%= B; 70-79%= C; 60-69%= D; 59%-below= F. Students with questions about the evaluation of their work should consult the instructor immediately. Exams should be completed in either ink (blue or black) or in #2 pencil. Legibility will be appreciated.