CLST 331*/0.5 
Hellenistic Culture and Society (Fall Term)

Course Description

Issues in the period from Alexander to Actium. Alexander, imperialism; cities and communities; multi-culturalism, displacement and private life.

Evaluation

• Research Paper 25 %
• 2 Test 20% each
• Final Exam 30 % April Exam Period
• Attendance and Participation 5%

As it is not a course that closely follows a textbook, attendance is very important for understanding and performance.

The test and examination are to be taken at the scheduled times and dates.  In certain exceptional circumstances (e.g. a medical emergency, a death in the family, but not in the case of demands in another course or from an extracurricular activity), the instructor might grant the student the opportunity to write an exam/test outside the regularly scheduled time. Late work will not be accepted without a documented personal or medical problem.
 

Grading Methodology

All components of this course will receive numerical percentage marks.  The final grade you receive for the course will be derived by converting your numerical course average to a letter grade according to Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale: 

Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale

Required Texts

A. Erskine (ed.), A companion to the Hellenistic world, Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, on line Queen’s Library access.

Additional material and information about this course will be posted on the CLST 331   Moodle   course page.  

 

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see http://www.academicintegrity.org/fundamental_values_project/index.php). These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate Report on Principles and Priorities) 

Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic Regulation 1), on the Arts and Science website (see http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academics/academic-integrity), and from the instructor of this course.

Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university.

Copyright

The material in this outline is copyrighted and is for the sole use of students registered in CLST 331.  This material shall not be distributed or disseminated to anyone other than students registered in CLST 331.  Failure to abide by these conditions constitutes a breach of academic integrity under the University Senate's Academic Integrity Policy Statement.

This page was last updated 18 January, 2013.