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Books

Students are required to purchase the following books. You can find them at the UCSD bookstore. Or, click on each title, to find it at amazon.com. Your writing section might require you to purchase additional books not on this list.

Please refer to the schedule of readings and lectures for the specific reading assigned to each class meeting.

ISBN: 0073330620 Traditions & Encounters, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1500 by Jerry H Bentley, Herbert F Ziegler

ISBN: 1557830460 Classical Tragedy – Greek and Roman: Eight Plays with Critical Essays by Robert W Corrigan (Editor)

ISBN: 0486270661 The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues by Plato, Prof. Benjamin Jowett (Translator)

ISBN: 0195288831 New Oxford Annotated Bible-NRSV-Augmented College

ISBN: 0553213652 The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War by Barbara Stoler-Miller (Translator)

ISBN: 0495800457 Pocket Keys for Writers by Ann Raimes

You are also required to buy the Course Reader, which is available at Soft Reserves in the Old Student Center.

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Expectations

The class will meet for lecture three times each week, and for section twice weekly. Students are expected to come to class with the assigned reading completed, and to come to section prepared to discuss texts and issues. Writing assignments will be given out in section; your papers must relate to the civilizations and cultures presented in lecture. To pass the course, you must complete all assigned work in a timely fashion.

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System of Grading

Midterm Exam	20%	Friday, February 5, in class
Final Exam	35%	Monday, March 16, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
Writing assignments	35%
Section attendance and participation	10%

To pass the course, you must complete all assigned work in a timely fashion.