Wednesday 1:00-3:00, Thursday 1:00-2:00 pm, and by appointment
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Class Meetings
Wednesday Period 9-11 in Dauer 125 for Section 24702 andonline for Section 24707
Course Description
An introduction to the various fields and subfields of classics as well as the methods, approaches, and trends that have had a significant impact on the direction of contemporary classical scholarship. Students will develop the skills in critical analysis, which they will be expected to apply in their work on their M.A. and Ph.D. theses.
Copies of the required textbook and all other readings are available online through the UF library. To access these resources off campus, you will need to use VPN.
There is no M&S Fee for this course.
Course Requirements*
Notebook. Before each class, you will submit a short notebook entry into Canvas in which you briefly summarize the readings due for that week.
Trends in Classical Research. Analyze the trends of scholarship by reviewing the table of contents of one classical journal over the span of ten years (e.g., Classical Antiquity, Classical Journal, Classical Philology, Greece and Rome, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Journal of Roman Studies).
Short Essay 1 (750-1,500 words, 150 points, 15%) due February 12.
Presentation 1 (15 minutes, 50 points, 7%) due February 12.
Study of Classical Book Reviews. Compare three different reviews of a recent academic monograph in classical studies. In your study, explain the strengths and weaknesses of the three reviews and discuss any similarities and differences in the reviewers' opinions of the monograph and the extent to which the reviews are useful to potential readers. Reviews in Bryn Mawr Classical Review and Classical Philology are around 2,000 words while reviews in Classical Journal, Classical Review, Journal of Hellenic Studies, and Journal of Roman Studies tend to be around 900-1,250 words.
Short Essay 2 (750-1,500 words, 150 points, 15%) due March 12.
Presentation 2 (15 minutes, 50 points, 5%) due March 12.
Analysis of Classical Scholarship. Select a recently published classical monograph and write your own book review, using BMCR guidelines Links to an external site.for the content of your review. However, you do not need to comment on the book's place in current scholarship or discuss factual errors.
Final Essay (1,500-2,000 words, 200 points, 20%) due April 23.
Final Presentation (10-15 minutes, 70 points, 7%) due April 23.
*Students are not permitted to use AI to complete course assignments.
Weekly Schedule
January
January 15
Overview of Class
January 22
David M. Schaps, Handbook for Classical Research (London: Routledge, 2011), Part 1 (Chapters 1-5)
Jeffrey Hunt, R. Alden Smith, and Fabio Stok, Classics from Papyrus to the Internet : An Introduction to Transmission and Reception (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2017), Chapter 1
Walter Scheidel W, Ian Morris, and Richard P. Saller, eds. The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), Chapters 1-6
Notebook Entry 8
April
April 2
Denise Eileen McCoskey, Race: Antiquity and Its Legacy (London ; I.B. Tauris, 2012), Chapters 1-4
Notebook Entry 9
April 9
Mark Golden and Peter G Toohey, eds. Sex and Difference In Ancient Greece and Rome (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2003), Introduction and Chapters 1-2, 6-8
Notebook Entry 10
April 16
Eric Adler, Classics, the Culture Wars, and Beyond (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016), Chapters 1-6
Notebook Entry 11
April 23
Final Essay
Final Presentation
Grade Scale
A = 100–93%
B = 86-83%
C = 76-73%
D = 66-63%
A- = 92–90%
B- = 82–80%
C- = 72-70%
D- = 62-60%
B+ = 89-87%
C+ = 79-77%
D+ = 69-67%
E < 60%
Grades are rounded to the nearest whole number (e.g., 89.4% = 89% and 89.5% = 90%).
Canvas indicates the deadline for each assignment, the "grace period" during which an assignment may be submitted after the deadline, and the deduction for submitting an assignment during the "grace period." Students may not submit an assignment after the grace period without an acceptable reason, such as an illness or serious family emergencies, in accordance with university policiesLinks to an external site. on absences.
Course Accessibility
Students with disabilities who experience learning barriers and would like to request academic accommodations should connect with the Disability Resource Center by visiting https://disability.ufl.edu/students/get-started/Links to an external site.. It is important for students to share their accommodation letter with their instructor and discuss their access needs, as early as possible in the semester.
Students are allowed to record video or audio of class lectures. However, the purposes for which these recordings may be used are strictly controlled. The only allowable purposes are (1) for personal educational use, (2) in connection with a complaint to the university, or (3) as evidence in, or in preparation for, a criminal or civil proceeding. All other purposes are prohibited. Specifically, students may not publish recorded lectures without the written consent of the instructor.
A “class lecture” is an educational presentation intended to inform or teach enrolled students about a particular subject, including any instructor-led discussions that form part of the presentation, and delivered by any instructor hired or appointed by the University, or by a guest instructor, as part of a University of Florida course. A class lecture does not include lab sessions, student presentations, clinical presentations such as patient history, academic exercises involving solely student participation, assessments (quizzes, tests, exams), field trips, private conversations between students in the class or between a student and the faculty or lecturer during a class session.
Publication without permission of the instructor is prohibited. To “publish” means to share, transmit, circulate, distribute, or provide access to a recording, regardless of format or medium, to another person (or persons), including but not limited to another student within the same class section. Additionally, a recording, or transcript of a recording, is considered published if it is posted on or uploaded to, in whole or in part, any media platform, including but not limited to social media, book, magazine, newspaper, leaflet, or third party note/tutoring services. A student who publishes a recording without written consent may be subject to a civil cause of action instituted by a person injured by the publication and/or discipline under UF Regulation 4.040 Student Honor Code and Student Conduct Code.
Resources and Services
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