SYLLABUS AND PREASSIGNMENT

TERM S211

COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. JOSEPH

DEPARTMENTS OF ART AND HUMANITIES

COURSE TITLE: IDS 380A The Mediterranean: Ancient Greece (3 credit hours)

PREREQUISITES: IDS 100, sophomore status, and GPA cum min. more than 1.9

INSTRUCTOR (S): Michael Klabunde PhD, Humanities, office Administration 25, 513 244 4142, Michael_klabunde@mail.msj.edu: Daniel E. Mader, M.A. Art, office Ziv Art Building, 18a, 513 244 4317, Dan_mader@mail.msj.edu; Peter Nicolaides, M.Sc. Oceanographer, Aegean Institute, aegeandive@otenet.gr.

LOCATION: Ziv Art and Design Building, Rm 104

COURSE MEETS: BRIEFING: S211, Tuesdays (3/1, 4/5, 5/3, 6/7, 2011) all but first, from 6 – 9.30p. FIELD TRIP TO GREECE: dates are 6/14 – 6/23, 2011. COURSE PROJECT COMPLETION: Tuesday Aug 16, and Tuesday Aug 23.

Cost: $4,000-$4500 beyond registration for the Spring 2011 (S211) course.

Students will need spending money for meals and for any optional activities.

N.B.: The course is limited to 12 qualified student participants.

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE:

Mar Tue 1 Meeting of participants; Overview; Logistical orientation 4 – 5p

Apr Tue 5 Readings and Pre-Trip Assignment

Initiated

May Tue 3 Pre-Trip Assignment due

June Tue 7 Final questions

June Tue 14 Departure for Greece

June Wed 15 Arrival in Athens

June Thur 16 Departure for Paros

June Thur 16- Mon 20 Activities in the Cycladic Islands

June Tue 21 Departure for Athens

June Wed 22 Day in Athens

June Thur 23 Departure for Cincinnati

Aug. Tue 16 Photo sharing and meal

Aug Tue 23 Culmination project due

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Through an exciting field trip to Greece, interdisciplinary readings in the humanities, examination of artifacts at archaeological sites, and hands-on discovery, this course explores the impact of ancient Greek culture on contemporary beliefs, events, and art. This study is team taught by two MSJ faculty members.

Research will take place in the MSJ classroom, and in Greece during an embedded 10-day fieldtrip. Highlights are visits to the Acropolis in Athens and visits to other established land excavation sites on Paros, Antiparos, and Despotiko. (Some classes may take place at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, also in Paros.) Snorkeling, SCUBA, and underwater photography instruction are optional enhancements, at additional cost.

This course is part of a multi-course study of the lasting impact of ancient Mediterranean culture through the compelling adventure of hands-on discovery. This course on Greece will be offered spring semester with the field experience taking place in summer.

PRE-TRIP ASSIGNMENT

To determine a baseline for knowledge of Greek influence on contemporary life, students are asked to:

1. Gather ten examples each of contemporary use of the terms “ancient Greek”, “archaic Greek”, and “classical Greek” in electronic, print, and or video media. Put these examples in presentation form either on display board, or in an electronic presentation format such as PowerPoint.
2. Using five to ten sources write how ancient Greece has contemporary significance. Paper should be 8 – 10 pages in length with footnotes and bibliography. Sources must include periodical, and books, as well as Internet.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE for 2011

March Tue 1

Meeting of students who have signed-up for the course. Overview and visual presentation on the logistics of the trip

April Tue 5

Readings, and Pre-trip assignment are initiated and discussed.

May Tue 3

Pre-Trip Assignment is due.

For the pre-trip paper, major ideas, values, and accomplishments of the ancient Greeks will form the focus for readings and research. Discussion will take place in the classroom.

June Tue 7

Final matters before departure for Greece.

TO GREECE: June Tue 14 - Thur 23

An embedded (10 day) field experience in Greece with a focus on art and archaeology in Athens, and at archaeological sites in Paros; In addition to Dr. Michael Klabunde and Dan Mader, Oceanographer Peter Nicolaides will direct the field studies in Paros. Students are expected to keep a journal and/or sketch to record the experience.

Tentative schedule of fieldtrip:

June Tue 14 Leave Cincinnati (CVG) for an overnight flight to Athens (ATH).

June Wed 15 Arrive in Athens, and check-in to hotel near the Plaka for a day and overnight stay. Visit to the Acropolis to see the Parthenon, and perhaps the Acropolis Museum.

June Thur 16 In the morning, visit the Arch of Hadrian and the Museum of Cycladic Art. In the afternoon, leave Athens to journey by ferry to the Cycladic island of Paros. Check into hotel in the port city of Parikia. Meet Oceanographer Peter Nicolaides for a welcoming dinner to the islands.

June Fri 17 In the morning with Peter Nicolaides, travel by ferry to Antiparos, then to Despotiko to inspect the excavation site ranging from 1000 BCE to 400 CE (Archaic, Geometric, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman to Byzantine). After visiting the Apollo sanctuary excavation, return to Antiparos for lunch. The remainder of the afternoon and evening are free.

June Sat 18 The morning is free. In the afternoon, we travel by land or speedboat and ferry with Peter Nicolaides to excavations on the islets of Saliagos, Tigani, and Pandelonissi to examine ceramic and stone artifacts. Near Saliagos, we may snorkel over an ancient fish weir now submerged.

June Sun 19 We have an option to leave Paros for an all day visit of Santorini (Thera), and the `the ancient marble quarries at Melanes and Apollon; or to Delos to examine a huge number of statues and design at the incredible Delos Museum, then on to Mykonos for lunch to complete the excursion.

June Mon 20. In the morning, depart by ferry to visit Antiparos and the famous cave, known since the time of Alexander the Great. In the afternoon, students may elect for free time in the seaport and/or at the beach. The alternate afternoon choice will be an introduction to SCUBA with Peter Nicolaides, and the opportunity to make a dive in Pyrghaki Bay to examine Classical, Roman and Byzantine artifacts.

June Tue 21 We have a morning departure on ferry for Athens, with free time after hotel check-in.

June Wed 22 Visit the National archaeological Museum and perhaps the new Acropolis or Bernaki Museums. The afternoon and evening are free.

June Thur 23 Early morning departure to the airport (ATH) and the return trip to Cincinnati (CVG). Arrive Cincinnati in the evening

Completed Culminating projects are presented and critiqued by peers on: Aug Tue 14, and Aug Tue 21.

REQUIRED TEXT:

Finley, M.I. The Ancient Greeks: An Introduction to Their Life and Thought. New York: The Viking Press, 1964

Etienne, R. and F. The Search for Ancient Greece. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1992

SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS (AS ASSIGNED BY INSTRUCTORS):

Bowra, C.M. The Greek Experience. New York: A Mentor Book, 1957.

Doumas, Christos G. Thera: Pompeii of the Ancient Aegean: Excavations at Akrotiri 1967-79. London: Thames and Hudson, c 1983

Evans, J.D. and Renfrew, Colin. Excavations at Saliagos near Antiparos. Thames and Hudson: The British School of Archaeology at Athens, 1968

Graves, Robert: Greek Gods and Heroes. New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc, 1960

Homer. The Odyssey. S.H. Butcher and A. Lang Trans. New York: Random House, 1950

Throckmorton, Peter. ed., The Sea Remembers: Shipwrecks and Archaeology. New York: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1987.

Wachsmann, Shelly. Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant. College Station: Texas A&M University Press: London: Chatham Pub, c. 1998.

INTERNET RESOURCES:

Perseus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu

Institute of Nautical Archaeology http://ina.tamu.edu

Hellenic Ministry of Culture http://www.culture.gr

Aegean Institute http://www.aegeaninstitute.org

Aegean Diving College http://aegeandiving.gr

TENTATIVE FIELD TRIP TO ATHENS AND PAROS, GREECE

Transportation: a travel agent will arrange international air. Students and two faculty members will fly from Cincinnati to Athens. In Athens for an overnight stay, students will journey by ferry to Paros the next morning. On the return, the group will spend one night in Athens and, and then fly to Cincinnati the next day.

Transportation on Paros will be by way of public transportation.

Host Site: For five days, the Greek field study will be headquartered on the Cycladic Island Paros, which is about 100 miles from Athens in the Aegean Sea. It is an island known for its famous Parian marble, which was used to build the Parthenon in Classical times. In antiquity, Paros and the Cyclades were the center of an active civilization 3000 – 1100 BCE.

On Paros, oceanographer Peter Nicolaides will schedule and direct the local activities. Peter Nicolaides, along with Dr. Michael Klabunde and Professor Dan Mader, will participate in lectures, discussions, and activities that will extend throughout Paros and surrounding Islands: Naxos, Antiparos, Despotiko, and Santorini.

Lodging and Meals: Students will live in single, double or triple occupancy rooms in student facilities in Parikia the port city and capitol of Paros, and in Athens. On their own, students will take breakfast, lunch and dinner at any of dozens of nearby cafes and tavernas.

Activities List: When students are not enjoying the beautiful beaches and deep blue water, course work will take place at sites throughout the small island. In addition to daily tutoring in assigned readings by the accompanying faculty, and Peter Nicolaides, students will enjoy a schedule that will include choices from the following, as group or optional activities:

• Visits to the Paros Archaeology Museum
• Visit to the 6^th century Cathedral founded by St Helen, Ekatontapiliani (Church of 100 doors)
• Visit to the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts
• Visit to the Noe Ceramics Workshop
• Day trip to Antiparos Cave, known since the time of Alexander the Great
• Visit the excavation of Archaic and Classical ruins on Despotiko
• Snorkel or dive to see the ancient sea walls near Saliagos (optional enrichment activity – approx. $25)
• Visit the land excavation of Saliagos, Tigani, and Pandelonissi islets
• SCUBA Dive to see amphorae from Roman and Byzantine ship wrecks in Pyrghaki Bay (optional enrichment activity – approx $75)
• Swim or Snorkel (optional enrichment activity – approx. $25) offshore at Chrisi Akti to see ballast stones and artifacts from Cycladic ship wrecks
• Day trip to Santorini to see the excavation at Akrotiri
• Day trip to Delos to examine sculpture at the Delos Museum, then on to Mykonos for lunch and to see the Mykonos Museum
• In Athens, a visit to the Acropolis to see the Parthenon and the Acropolis Museum, and to the National Archaeological Museum and/or the Museum of Cycladic Art

FIELDTRIP LEARNING: LECTURE, JOURNAL, AND SKETCHES

The fieldtrip to Athens, and to Paros Island in the Cyclades is the central student learning experience. Surrounded by history in the form of architectural ruins, excavation sites, historical sites, archaeological museums, and sea wrecks, students will enthusiastically learn. The accompanying faculty and guest lecturers will conduct classes daily in informal but unforgettable locations. Students will take notes, journal, and/or sketch as they wish. Optional trips to surrounding islands such as Naxos, and Crete, plus optional adventures in snorkeling, underwater photography, and SCUBA will enrich the experience.

CULMINATION Projects

This is composed of two parts:

1. A written reflection on how this course has changed you. A one to two page assignment detailing the value of the experience.
2. A final project

This final project will demonstrate the student’s connection of Greek culture to the contemporary world. Typical projects may be created in any media. The projects should reflect a minimum of 30 hours of work. If a paper is selected for the project, it should be 15 - 20 pages in length with illustrations, footnotes, and bibliography. Sources must include periodical, and books, as well as Internet. Typical projects could be as follows:

1. Creation of an art work (fabric, print, drawing, print, ceramics, sculpture, painting etc.) that blends concepts of Greek civilization in a modern subject;
2. Interpretation of a modern war, through the experience of an ancient one.
3. Writing of modern myths, or “urban legends” in Greek style;
4. Building a three – dimensional model of a local community using Greek theory;
5. Comparison and contrast of the cult of the athlete then and now.
6. A comparison and contrast of modern American politics with antique Greek politics;
7. Recreate a model of a Greek Trireme using modern computer aided design;
8. A comparison of the Odyssey to a modern film series
9. Demonstration of the statement, “How travel to Greece has changed me!”
10. Socio-cultural comparison of US/Modern Greece. Areas of comparison might cover religion, family, lifestyle etc.).

MSJ UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (LO/PIS)

The purpose of the Liberal Arts and Science curriculum at the Mount is to provide you with a broader academic context for your learning in and outside of your major. It is to further provide you with a learning perspective for a lifetime of study in a diverse and complex world. By graduation with your Baccalaureate Degree, you will demonstrate your comprehension in the areas below—the areas of your e-portfolio, in which you will archive examples of work.

Baccalaureate LOPIs

(Approved by CCEP on 04-03-07 and by Faculty Assembly on 04/10/07)

Communication

Write and speak effectively

1. Speak using language appropriate to the audience
2. Write using language appropriate to the audience
3. Document sources properly
4. Construct a message that is relevant to its purpose

Critical Thinking

Develop an appropriate response to a problem or question

1. Describe the ambiguous nature of an issue
2. Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information
3. Utilize data to evaluate a problem or question
4. Support a position with appropriate evidence

Sociocultural Relationships

Understand the nature of human cultures

1. Describe the influence of cultural diversity within a society
2. Identify bias within a culture
3. Explain how religious values influence a society
4. Describe causes of cultural change

Ethics

Understand ethical responsibility from the perspective of duty, consequences, or virtue

1. Define your personal ethical responsibilities
2. Describe your professional ethical responsibilities
3. Explain how Catholic teaching emphasizes social justice and social responsibility
4. Illustrate how values inform your ethical decisions

Interdisciplinarity

Solve a problem by integrating the perspectives of multiple disciplines

1. State the views of multiple disciplines on an issue
2. Compare views from multiple disciplines
3. Create a solution to a problem by integrating the perspectives of multiple disciplines

Citizenship

Recognize your responsibility to the community and the world

1. Define your responsibilities as a citizen of the local community
2. Define your responsibilities as a citizen of the global community
3. Describe the relationship between community and world issues
4. Evaluate your own involvement as a citizen

First draft distributed to Faculty on 01/30/2007

Revised draft submitted to Faculty on 03/21/07

Revised and approved by CCEP on 04/03/2007

Approved by Faculty Assembly 04/10/07

COURSE OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF MSJ UNDERGRADUATE LO/PI: (At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to):

• Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of ancient Greek influence through the pre-assignment and discussion to follow (Citizenship 2; Sociocultural Relationships 1; Communication 1,2 and 4; Critical Thinking 1 - 4)
• Demonstrate the Greek concept of Arête to contemporary living in writing and discussion (Ethics 1, Communication 1,2 and 4; Critical Thinking 1-4);
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through discussion of Greek belief systems, politics, sports, living, art, and music etc, through writing of a term paper (Communication 1-4);
• Demonstrate a basic knowledge of archaeological terminology and methodology in discussion of field experiences (Interdisciplinarity 1-3; Critical Thinking 1-4);
• Demonstrate the ability to express or respond to Mediterranean/Greek aesthetic qualities through journal reflections, and sketches (Critical Thinking 1-4);
• Demonstrate world view of the central beliefs, practices, and heritage of cultures other than their own, and investigate knowledge gained from two or more disciplines through discussion of field experiences, and writing of a term paper (Citizenship 1-4; Interdisciplinarity 1-3), Sociocultural Relationships 3; Communication 1-4);
• Demonstrate the ability to think critically and creatively through culminating project involving Greek history, and/or literature, and/or language, and/or art history, and/or archaeology (Critical Thinking 1-4);
• Optional: Demonstrate the ability to combine SCUBA diving, snorkeling, and/or underwater photography with critical thinking (Interdisciplinarity 1; Critical Thinking 3 and 4)

E-PORTFOLIO

During your senior capstone course(s), you will be asked for an electronic file containing examples of your work throughout your college experience. Although not required at this time, and although the precise form of the e-portfolio is not clear yet, I suggest you keep a file for each class and/or term with examples of writing and visual pieces. The visual pieces may be jpeg images. This action now will save you last minute research in your senior year.

TEACHING METHODOLOGY (LEARNING STRATEGIES):

Assigned readings and projects, informal lecture, internet/CD-ROM /DVD materials, journals and photographs from field study, discussion, peer critiques, writing, and formulation of final interdisciplinary project.

METHOD OF EVALUATING ACHIEVEMENT OF OUTCOMES:

The grade for the course is based on:

1. Completion of Pre-trip assignment 25%
2. Attendance and participation in pre/post-trip classes 25%
3. Participation in field trip activities, completion of journal, and/or sketches 25%
4. Completion of final culmination project 25%

Each project represents approximately one fourth of the Final grade.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Attendance at all class sessions is required. One exception may be made in extreme circumstances at the discretion of the instructor; however, instructor must be notified of the need to be absent prior to the beginning of the class session. Students are expected to arrive on time and remain the entire class session.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

See: http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/catalogs--class-schedules/undergraduate-catalog/academic-policies/student-responsibility.aspx

When we use the information and language of others to enrich our reflection and research papers we must:

· Tell the reader when we are quoting and indicate the source (person, book, article, etc.) of the quotation.

· Tell the reader when we are paraphrasing and indicate the source (person, book, article, etc.) of that information.

Quoting or paraphrasing the information and/or language of a source without naming the source is plagiarism. Plagiarism is unacceptable in an academic institution and is subject to penalty. Please consult the College Catalog and the Student Handbook for additional information and policies regarding academic honesty.

Information about and/or link to drop dates for current semester :

Information about and/or a link to policy on incompletes:

Undergraduate: http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/catalogs--class-schedules/undergraduate-catalog/academic-policies/grades.aspx Graduate: http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/catalogs--class-schedules/graduate-catalog/academic-policies/grades.aspx

Disability policy:

Students with documented disabilities are encouraged to speak to course faculty at the beginning of the semester. In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the College of Mount St. Joseph provides academic adjustments and auxiliary aids for students with physical or mental impairments that substantially limit or restrict one or more of such major life activities as walking, seeing, hearing, or learning. Students with disabilities should contact Susan Brogden, the Director of Academic Support, to present documentation and develop individualized accommodation plans (244-4524/susan_brogden@mail.msj.edu, The Learning Center, Room 156 Seton). Additional information can be found at http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/disability-services.aspx

THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT to make changes to any item(s) in this syllabus.