Summer 2003
Dr. Evans
wevans@aug.edu
667-4024

In this independent study Humanities course you must take the initiative to learn the material on your own. Success in the course will require discipline and commitment. Normally there will be two exam periods every
week; you need only show up six times for exams. These will be the only times you need to schedule specifically for this Humanities class. There may be some amendments to the following syllabus, but there should not be many.

The Board of Regents mandates that for each semester hour of academic credit a student should have one hour a week (for fifteen weeks; or about three hours a week for about four and a half weeks during the
summer) of lecture; the videotapes you will watch for the course are to be considered the equivalent of class lectures. The course will abide by the principle that students should work about two hours out of class for
every hour spent in class. Obviously individuals vary enormously in reading speeds, but the course has been designed so that, in addition to the time spent with videotapes (readings, listening examples, review, etc.) the course should occupy a hypothetical average student somewhere around thirty hours. In sum, over the course of the semester, a hypothetical average student should devote something like forty-five hours total to the course; certainly some will devote more time, some less.

GRADING
All exams will be multiple choice. There will be six exams, one for each unit of the course. Each exam will consist of 50 questions. There will be 300 points possible for the course; a student who earns 90% (270
points) will earn an A; a score of 80% (240 to 269 points) earns a B; 70% (210 to 239 points) earns a C; 60% (180 to 209 points) earns a D; a student who earns 179 points or fewer will fail the course. If you decide to drop the course you should fill out a withdrawal form at Student Records. If you have not taken at least two exams by May 30 you should expect to receive a WF. If you take at least two exams by May 30, but don't take all six by the end of the semester and don't withdraw, you should expect to receive an F. Schedule your time
carefully, and keep to your schedule!

REQUIREMENTS
You must pay careful attention to what you hear, see, and read, and you must take copious notes. For example, you should rarely let 60 seconds of video pass without writing several words of notes. If you merely read the reading assignments you will do poorly on the tests; take good, detailed notes. Actually writing down dates, names of individuals, titles of artworks, etc. will help you remember and will provide excellent review material when you're preparing for tests. For artworks on video or in the Stokstad textbook you would be wise to make a quick sketch to help implant the image in your mind in case you need to identify the artwork on an exam.

Some reading assignments [Stokstad: Art History, Abrams, 1995;
Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition in One Volume, Norton: 1997] will be on reserve at the front desk in Reese Library.
Pages from other works [Peter Stearns, World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity, 2nd edition, Harper Collins: 199 , "The Story of Sinuhe," The Literature of Ancient Egypt, ed. by William Kelly Simpson;
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. by Stanley Sadie (Macmillan 1980);
"Mythology of Sumer and Akkad" and "Mythology in Ancient Egypt" in Mythologies of the Ancient World, ed. by Samuel Noah Kramer (Doubleday: 1961)], will be on permanent reserve at the front desk of the library in the Readings Binder. Do not mistreat this library property. Do not put any marks on pages in any of the books or in the Readings Binder. Do not remove any pages from any books or from the Readings Binder. Immediately report to the library staff any marks or missing pages or expect to be held responsible for them. If you are found responsible for defacing or taking library property expect to flunk the course and to be remanded to the dean. All the videos will be available at Media Services in Hardy Hall; you should plan to watch the videos on monitors there. The phone number for Media Services is 737-1703. Be polite and respectful when dealing with the Media Services staff.

As soon as you get this syllabus you should immediately e-mail me the following information:
1. that you are enrolled in Ancient Egyptian-Mesopotamian Humanities
2. your name
3. mailing address
4. phone number
5. a nickname or pseudonym I can use to post your exam scores near my office door
6. your e-mail address

E-mail any questions you may have and I will e-mail a response. If you do not currently have an e-mail address, go to Room 7 in Hardy Hall with a validated student I.D. and you can get one for free. I will post on my door or on the wall near my door update information about the course and, by nickname or pseudonym, your exam scores.

The course will be divided into six units:
Ancient Egyptian-Mesopotamian 1 Mesopotamian Myth
Ancient Egyptian-Mesopotamian 2 Mesopotamian History and Art
Ancient Egyptian-Mesopotamian 3 Mesopotaminan Art, Music, Literature
Ancient Egyptian-Mesopotamian 4 Egyptian Culture and Mythology
Ancient Egyptian-Mesopotamian 5 Egyptian History, Literature and Music
Ancient Egyptian-Mesopotamian 6 Egyptian Art

EXAMS
You do not need to take the exams in order (in other words, you may take the exam for Unit Six before taking the exam for Unit One). All exams will take place in Allgood Hall, room E150. There are eight exam periods
and you may take a maximum of two exams in any exam period. If at all possible you should try to finish the course well before the end of the semester. If the semester ends before you've taken all six exams you
will receive a zero for any exams you have not taken. Plan ahead! Do not trap yourself into needing to take exams on the last exam day! If you have given me a nickname or pseudonym to use, your exam scores
will be posted outside my office as soon as I've graded your exams. It's illegal to post scores by name or social security number. Be sure to bring to the exam two sharpened number two pencils and your completed
study questions to turn in to me. You may not take the exam unless you hand in your completed study questions. Exams will take place in Allgood Hall, room E150, on Monday afternoons from 4:30 to 5:20 PM and on Friday afternoons from 12:00 to 12:50 PM. Be on time!

When Exams May Be Taken
5-19 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
5-23 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50
5-26 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
5-30 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50
6-2 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
6-6 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50
6-9 Monday from 4:30 to 5:20
6-13 Friday from 12:00 to 12:50

STUDY QUESTIONS
You must do all the work for this independent study course yourself, not relying on others for help with answers to study questions. For each segment you should write out answers on the pages which contain the study questions. When you take an exam for a unit you MUST bring your study questions and turn them in PRIOR to taking the exam. If you don't have study questions to hand in, written in your own handwriting, there's no point in showing up for the exam. Do not borrow study questions from another student and do not lend your study questions to another student. If you are in possession of another student's answers to study questions or if another student is in possession of your answers to study questions you both will be considered guilty of
cheating and should expect to flunk the course and to be remanded to the dean for academic dishonesty.

In addition to study packets for sale in the bookstore, a complete set of study questions will be on reserve at the front desk of the library. You may photocopy these study questions but do not remove any of the original study questions from the library. If you steal study questions from the library, you will be guilty of theft and will be treated accordingly--at minimum you should expect to flunk the course.

Important: Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam (about two-thirds) will come from those, but many other exam questions (about a third) will be new. Do not mark in any of the books or study materials in the library! If you are found to have defaced any of these materials you should expect to receive an F for the course and to be remanded to the dean for further disciplinary action!

STUDY UNITS
Copies of the Stearns, Stokstad, and Norton textbooks will be available on reserve at the front desk of the library. Copies of other works are also on permanent reserve at the front desk of the library. If you are
found to have marked on or cut pages from any books you should expect to receive an F in the course and to be remanded to the dean. If you would like to purchase any of the books you should special order them from our bookstore, one of the local bookstores, or one of the online bookstores. We have only one copy of the videotapes so you should expect to watch these videos in Media Services in Hardy Hall. Be sure to work hard on the study questions.

Unit One: Mesopotamian Myth
Mesopotamia: Return to Eden (videotape, VCT 2189, 50 minutes)
"Mythology of Sumer and Akkad," Samuel Noah Kramer, Mythologies of the Ancient World (Doubleday/Anchor: 1961) [in the Readings Binder]

The videotape will be available in Media Services. A copy of the Kramer text is in the Readings Binder.

Unit Two: Mesopotamian History & Art
Peter Stearns, World History, second edition, pages 6 - 31. [in Readings Binder]
Stokstad: Art History, "Art of the Ancient Near East" (pages 60-90) [be able to identify images]

Copies of the Stearns and Stokstad texts are available at the front desk of the library. Study the images in Stokstad. [There are three different editions of Stokstad available. Make sure that you use the edition which
has an orange/brown cover; do not use the editions which have a yellow or a black cover.] Some multiple choice questions--not included in the study questions-- will have photocopied images from the textbook and you must be able to identify these images and answer questions about them (title, culture or city, medium).

Unit Three: Mesopotamian Art, Music, Literature
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria: The Wolves ( videotape, VCT 2687, 26 minutes)
"Mesopotamian Music," The New Grove Dictionary of Music And Musicians, ed. by Stanley Sadie (Macmillan 1980) [in the Readings Binder]
"The Invention of Writing and the Earliest Literatures & Gilgamesh," Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition in One Volume (pages 2-42)

The videotape will be available in Media Services. A copy of the text on Mesopotamian music is included in the Readings Binder. The Norton text is available at the front desk of the library. [The material is also available in the first volume of the two-volume edition of the Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition (pages 2-42).

Unit Four: Egyptian Culture and Mythology
Ancient Egypt (videotape, VCT 2690, about 45 minutes)
"Mythology in Ancient Egypt," by Roland Anthes, in Mythologies of the Ancient World, ed. by Samuel Noah Kramer (Doubleday: 1961) [Readings Binder]

The videotape will be available in Media Services.

Unit Five: Egyptian History, Literature, and Music
Egypt, The Sands of Time (videotape, VCT 2696, 41 minutes)
"The Story of Sinuhe," The Literature of Ancient Egypt, ed. by William Kelly Simpson (57-74). [in the Readings Binder]
"Ancient Egyptian Poetry," Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition, Volume One [of the two-volume edition, 1995], pages 42-59.
"Egyptian Music," THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, ed. by Stanley Sadie (Macmillan 1980) [Readings Binder]
[Be able to identify musical instruments from photocopies of images in this section.]

The videotape is available in Media Services. The Norton text is available at the front desk of the library. The texts on Mesopotamian music and "The Story of Sinuhe" are in the Readings Binder.

Unit Six: Egyptian Art
Pyramid: The Resurrection Machine (Egypt Uncovered, videotape, VCT 2707.2; about 50 minutes)
"Art of Ancient Egypt," Marilyn Stokstad, Art History (pages 90-125)
[identify artworks from photocopies]

The videotape is available in Media Services. The Stokstad text is on reserve at the front desk of the library. Study the images in Stokstad. [There are three different editions of Stokstad available. Make sure that you use the edition which has an orange/brown cover; do not use the editions which have a yellow or a black cover.] Some multiple choice questions--not included in the study questions-- will have photocopied
images from the textbook and you must be able to identify these images and answer questions about them (title, dynasty or year, medium; for temples, pyramids, and other monumental works of art be able to identify
the location by city or area).