Essential Learning Outcomes
The students will be capable of actively engaging with the societal, ethical, and practical implications of learning. Upon completing the course, they should be able to analyze image as text and understand the wider world as they become aware and enjoy their analytical skills.

In compliance with the revised (Spring 2008) guidelines of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) this syllabus addresses the following four sets of Essential Learning Outcomes!
“KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN CULTURES AND THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL WORLD
Through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts. Focused by engagement with big questions, both contemporary and enduring.
INTELLECTUAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS, INCLUDING
Inquiry and analysis Critical and creative thinking Written and oral communication Quantitative literacy Information literacy Teamwork and problem solving Practiced extensively, across the curriculum, in the context of progressively more challenging problems, projects, and standards for performance.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUDING
Civic knowledge and engagement–local and global Intercultural knowledge and competence Ethical reasoning and action Foundations and skills for lifelong learning
Anchored through active involvement with diverse communities and real-world challenges.
INTEGRATIVE LEARNING, INCLUDING
Synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized studies. Demonstrated through the application of knowledge, skills, and responsibilities to new settings and complex problems.”

Course Requirements

Attend class regularly and arrive punctually. Attendance alone is not a synonym of class participation. In class, students are expected to formulate and develop their ideas and responses within a group context, as well as actively facilitate the responses and engagement of all other members of the group.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism, otherwise “academic dishonesty,” is a serious violation of academic standards; it means representing any idea, expression of an idea or work of another as if it were the student’s own, on essays, exams, or other assignments. When you quote or paraphrase, give your source (author’s name and page number) in parenthesis at the end of the borrowed text or content. Instead of copying another person’s thoughts, write your own ideas, no matter how simple they are, and let your own voice be heard.

Plagiarism is defined as any of the following: submission of work produced by another person, submission of work partially copied from a book, a journal, or an internet source, without the source given in your bibliography. Internet sources that show now name of the writer are not acceptable. Work not adequately documented is considered plagiarized work. Two or more papers using identical sentences, paragraphs, or phrases are considered plagiarized work. Using a paper or parts of a paper submitted for another course without the instructor’s approval is plagiarism. It will result in automatic failure of the paper and possibly of the course.

Required Reading

Richard Clogg, A Concise History of Greece. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00478-9. Can be purchased in the US but is also available in Greece. A class pack with supplemental material compiled by the instructor can also be purchased by the student upon arrival in Greece.

On Reserve: At the University Library, 5 Markou Avriliou Street, Plaka

Books on Folklore, Firewalking and Death Rituals Robert Flacelliere, Daily Life in Greece, Second Ed.

C.M. Woodhouse, Modern Greece, A Short History

Greece, A Traveler’s Literary Companion, Ed. by Artemis Lleontis

Alison Cadbury, Panigyri, A Celebration of Life in a Greek Island Village, 2008

Exams and Grade Distribution:

Class participation/attendance 20%

Oral presentation: 20%

Midterm Exam: 15%

Term Paper: 25%

Final Exam: 20%