Announcements
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Exam Review Sheet posted
27 April 2024
I’ve updated the final exam page. On this page you’ll find information about the final and some review materials. The exam will take place Thursday, May 16 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.Read more…
Current Announcements
Good luck on the exam!
16 May 2024
I’ll be in my office hours from 5 p.m. in CA-292 if you have any last-minute questions or ideas you want to discuss. Good luck, and I’ll see you tonight at 6:15 p.m.!
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Student Evaluation of Teaching and Learning (SETL)
13 May 2024
I’ve been asked to remind everyone about the student evaluations, as they’re looking for a higher proportion of respondents.
CUNY considers students’ assessments of their instructors to be an important tool, and that's a good thing. The survey plays a key role in allowing the College to respond to student needs and desires. Student evaluations of teaching and learning (SETL) results can be used:
- by faculty as feedback on their instruction and pedagogy;
- by faculty, departments, schools, and the college as one source of evidence of teaching effectiveness for annual reviews as well as for tenure and promotion considerations;
- by students as part of selecting courses and instructors;
- by the college as evidence of the student experience in Lehman College courses and for a variety of accreditation and other accountability processes.
You can find the SETL page for all your courses in your Lehman emails or by logging into Lehman 360.
Welcome to Week 15!
11 May 2024
This week is the final exam for the course. The final exam will be held in-person on Thursday, May 16 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. in our normal meeting room.
Please arrive on time. You will only have the two-hour exam period to take the exam.
Review materials are posted on the Exams page. Good luck! Email me with any questions. I’ll have my regular office hours on Tuesday.
If you miss the final exam: Make-ups will be arranged only in cases of documented personal or medical emergency. Otherwise, per CUNY policy a student who does not complete the course by taking the final exam will automatically receive a grade of WU (unofficial withdrawal), which counts as an F toward your GPA, unless an incomplete has been mutually agreed by student and instructor prior to the ultimate submission deadline for the course (Sunday, May 26).
Welcome to Week 14!
5 May 2024
This week, after we finish talking about the Third Century Crisis, we're going to be talking about the recovery from the Third Century Crisis, which takes the form of a number of new normals including the division of the empire, a new conception of the emperorship known as the Dominate, and the interweaving of Christianity with the Roman political state. How much of the credit for the empire's recovery do you think should go to Diocletian and Constantine? What other factors made it possible for the empire to endure another century and a half in the west and a full millennium in the east after the near-fatal triple calamity of the Third Century? How inevitable was the empire's mutual intrusion with the church?
Finally comes the last stage of the Roman empire in the west, while the eastern empire goes on without it. Given that the empire stabilizes itself in the fourth century, what do you think are the most telling factors in why the western half falls apart so rapidly in the fifth century? Could the Romans have done anything about it?
Now's a good time to think about the Roman idea. What perseveres about the idea of "Romanness" between Romulus and Romulus Augustus? There's something still palpably Roman that runs through this entire 1300-year story. What does Romanness, Romanitas, consist of? What remains consistent and how does it evolve over the long centuries of Roman transformation?
Looking forward to discussing all of this with you. See you Thursday!
Welcome to Week 13!
27 April 2024
This week we're talking about one of the most dramatic periods of the Roman story: The Third Century Crisis, in which everything goes wrong all at once. What do you think are the most prominent causes of the catastrophe? How related are the economic problems to the military setbacks and the political anarchy? How far back does this go? Are policies, people, or the nature of the principate the culprit?
Looking forward to discussing all of this with you. See you Thursday!
Quizzes #7 and #8 grades and markups posted
23 April 2024
The grades and markups for Quizzes #7 and #8 are posted on the My Grades page on the course website.
I strongly recommend spending a moment to take a look at my commentary on the quizzes, as I use the markups and quiz notes to emphasize some of the key take-aways from last week’s topics. The Quiz Notes for these quizzes are live on the Quiz Notes page and on the Print/PDF page, and are also included in the quiz markups.
No meeting this week
21 April 2024
Enjoy your break. Email me with any questions about the Position Paper, which is due on May 13. Our next class meeting is on May 2. See you then!