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Congratulations to our December 2011 Graduates!
• Davida Ballard
• Julia Burns
• Stacey Dunn
• Jamie East
• Grady Gillenwater
• Ann Hodges
• Daniel Jackman
• Derrick Johnson
• Barbara Jones
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• Abby Merchant
• Melanie Moore
• Brittney Shaw
• Lenora Speller †
• Krystal Wells
• Audrey Yates
Spring 2012 Class Dates
1st BLS Session (POT A)
• 09 Jan: Session Begins
• 11 Jan: Add/Drop Ends
• 01 Feb: W Deadline
• 27 Feb: Session Ends
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• 28 Feb: Session Begins
• 01 Mar: Add/Drop Ends
• 28 Mar: W Deadline
• 24 Apr: Session Ends
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• 09 Jan: Session Begins
• 13 Jan: Add/Drop Ends
• 02 Mar: W Deadline
• 24 Apr: Session Ends
• 02 May: Exams End
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BLS 380: The Enduring Past
In this course, we will journey through time to visit some of the great cities of the ancient world. We will explore the social context of how these cities developed, looking at the people, events, innovations, and daily life of the time, and their lasting impact on the modern world. All of the cities we will look at have persisted through time, and though in some cases their importance may have faded with changing circumstances, many of their contributions are as invaluable today as they were thousands of years ago.
We will examine the following cities: Athens, Alexandria, Rome, and Constantinople. Cities of the ancient world may have differed in size and grandeur from what we live in today, yet the ancient city was more modern than you might think. In each unit, we will look at the historical and geographical world in which the city emerged, but we will spend the majority of our time trying to bring these cities to life. What did the city look like? Who were the important people? What were the political and religious beliefs? What was life like on a daily basis for the population? What were the problems cities faced in trying to survive and thrive? I hope by the end of this course you will be able to answer all of these questions. I also believe that by the end of this course, you will realize that, if you traveled through time, you would likely find that the cities of the ancient world, more than two thousand years ago, though different, would be in many ways as familiar to you as your own society.