Any interest in what Professor Pennington does outside of TRS 220?  Click here

Graduate Assistants
Tera Harmon Office:  Caldwell 326-328 Office Hours:  Th 2:00-3:00 To email Tera Harmon click here	Ky Heinze Office: Caldwell 326-328 Office Hours: F  11:00-12:00 To email Ky Heinze click here

Topics and materials for TRS 220

Topic 1 The Apostolic Church and the Roman Empire	Topic 2 Conversion of Northern Europe	Topic 3 Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Rise of Islam	Topic 4 Charlemagne and the Vikings	Topic 5 The Gregorian Reform and the First Crusade	Topic 6 The Church in the Twelfth Century and the Rise of the Papacy	Topic  7 Gothic Architecture
Topic 8 Papacy in Avignon, The Great Schism, Conciliarism	Topic 9 Religion in the Renaissance Art, Society, and Religious Mentalité of the Renaissance	Topic 10 Luther and the Protestant Revolt and the Expansion of Christendom

Topics

The course meets twice a week: Lectures on the topics of the course each Monday and Wednesday in the Life Cycle Auditorium 102 (Aquinas Hall).


This Homepage for TRS 220 will provide internet links that you will find useful for the course. You will be informed by Email when links or material are added to the Homepage that you should consult. There will be other links on the Homepage that will not be part of the course requirements but that will expand your horizons!
 

Email Requirement

Each student will be assigned a mentor, either Tera or Ky.  You must send an Email message to either Tera or to Ky by Friday, August 31st. After that date, we ask you to contact your mentor with any questions or comments that you have about the course.  They can be very helpful to you for achieving success in the class.   Further, each student must write to Professor Pennington at the beginning of the semester (deadline for sending your email to Professor Pennington is September 7th. The message to Professor Pennington should tell him about your interests and background.   An important reason for these emails is to build a listserve for the class with which we will keep you informed.

Feel free to email Professor Pennington more than once if you wish.  You may ask him questions about the materials of the course, send him comments on the course, tell him how much you enjoy Washington's great museums, or anything else that strikes your fancy.   These  Email requirements are important. If you do not send Email messages it will affect your grade in the course! We not only want to hear from you, we demand to hear from you.

Schedule of Topics for Fall 2006

Oct. 8: Columbus Day:  Monday  October 8th  No Class

October 9 (Tuesday -Administrative Monday):    Review for Midterm  Midterm Examination Questions

October 10: Midterm Examination

Examinations and Quizzes

There will be six quizzes during the semester.  They will be an identification for which you must write a paragraph describing the IMPORTANCE of the person, place or thing.

The examinations will be essays with four identifications and one illustration taken from the visual materials on the Website.

The final examination will be on  Monday, Dec 10  1:30 – 3:30PM

(Click here to see Final Examination Questions)

Grading

The grades for the course will be calculated on the basis of six quizzes (20%), mid-term essay examination (30%) and final essay examination.  There is an opportunity for extra-credit work that would add points to either your mid-term or your final examinations.  For more information click here.

Attendance

There is a marked relationship between attendance and performance in a class.  For that reason there is a strict attendance policy in this class.  More than three absences during the semester will result in an automatic lowering of your final grade by one step (i.e. A to A-).  Excused absences will not count.  You may receive an excused absence by emailing Professor Pennington before the beginning of the class.  Attendance will be taken during the last 15 minutes of the class.

Other matters

If a student has a disability for which special consideration during examinations is necessary, please contact the instructors during their office hours. Attendance will be taken for lecture. Five (5) unexcused absences will mandate a lowering of your grade. Be sure to sign the attendance Sheet that will circulated during each lecture. The final grade for the course will be calculated by weighting the quizzes 20%, mid-term 30%, and the final 50%
 
 

Advice on avoiding plagiarism.  Plagiarism is the worst academic sin that a person can commit.  Students can destroy their futures and professors can lose their tenure if they fall into the plagiarist pit.  CUA's writing program has a good webpage that discusses the issue and, most importantly, rules for avoiding it.  Click here for the webpage.

If you encounter any academic difficulties in this course, please contact the instructors immediately. We can be sympathetic and helpful!