HIST 114C
History of Rome: Transformation of Classical World
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Political, cultural, and religious history of Mediterranean in late antiquity, from crisis of Roman Empire in 3rd century to barbarian and Arab invasions and beginning of medieval states and societies in 7th century. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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The class description on the registrars office described it as "From the death of Constantine to the rise of Charlamange" but in reality was it really from "The rise of Augustine of Hippo and Christianity to Muhammad." This class did not focus on the significant growth of the empire and what caused the split. As far as i learned the barbarians just came in and took over the west with no discussion over how the west's boarders were crumbling, the rise of the barbarians in the first place, and the failing infrastructure but we went into none of this. And speaking of discussion that is something that this class lacked. It was always just him tirelessly lecturing because the class was not involved as a result of his unengaging teaching style. Im not complaining about the amount of work as much the way he taught the information and decided what information was more useful to study than the others. The class had two midterms. one week four and one week nine. then a 8-10 page paper for a final. Midterms are fairly straight forward if you do the readings and properly use the study guide. 5 dates from a timeline of events, out of 10 people you write about 7 of them, and out of 3 quotes you analyze only 1 in depth.
The class description on the registrars office described it as "From the death of Constantine to the rise of Charlamange" but in reality was it really from "The rise of Augustine of Hippo and Christianity to Muhammad." This class did not focus on the significant growth of the empire and what caused the split. As far as i learned the barbarians just came in and took over the west with no discussion over how the west's boarders were crumbling, the rise of the barbarians in the first place, and the failing infrastructure but we went into none of this. And speaking of discussion that is something that this class lacked. It was always just him tirelessly lecturing because the class was not involved as a result of his unengaging teaching style. Im not complaining about the amount of work as much the way he taught the information and decided what information was more useful to study than the others. The class had two midterms. one week four and one week nine. then a 8-10 page paper for a final. Midterms are fairly straight forward if you do the readings and properly use the study guide. 5 dates from a timeline of events, out of 10 people you write about 7 of them, and out of 3 quotes you analyze only 1 in depth.
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