Medieval Legacy

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

MAC General Education Learning Outcomes: Critical Thinking and Inquiry (Humanities and Fine Arts)

• Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts or information.
• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

Program- and Course-Specific Learning Outcomes

• Analyze historical duration, succession and change in terms of human agency and larger systems or structures in a wide variety of places and periods (aka Historical Comprehension)
• Use historical thinking to contextualize and analyze primary and secondary sources representing different points of view (aka, Historical Analysis)
• Recognize and employ specific methodological approaches to the interpretation of the past, including (but not limited to) chronology, periodization, comparison/contrast, continuity/change, class, and gender

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Attendance	10 points
In-Class Reading Quizzes (SLOs B1, B2, B3)	15%
First Writing Assignment (SLOs A1, A2, B1, B2)	10%
Second Writing Assignment (SLOs A1, A2, B1, B2)	15%
In-Class Midterm Examination (SLOs A1, A2, B1, B2, B3)	25%
In-person Final Examination (SLOs A1, A2, B1, B2, B3)	25%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92	A-
87-89	B+
83-86	B
80-82	B-
77-79	C+
73-76	C
70-72	C-
67-69	D+
63-66	D
60-62	D-
59 or lower	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is expected at all 42 class meetings. We allow you three free absences for any reason whatsoever (you don’t even need to tell us why). After that point, every missed class (up to 10) reduces the Attendance grade by 5 points (out of 100). So, if you miss four classes (of which 3 are excused) you earn 95% (95/100=A) for attendance. For example, missing 6 classes (3 excused) gives you an 85% (B) for attendance, missing 8 classes earns you 75% (C) for attendance, and missing 9 classes gives you a 70% (C-) for attendance, and so forth. If you miss 10 or more classes (including the three freebies), however, you fail the class. Exceptions to this policy include religious holidays, certain student activities (sports, drama), and serious illness; if one of these situations arises, you must talk to me about it.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Patrick Geary, ed., Readings in Medieval History, 5th edition (University of Toronto Press, 2015) [ISBN: 978-1442634398].
• Wim Blockmans and Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe, 300-1550, 4rd edition (Routledge, 2023). [ISBN: 978-1032-03541-3]