Rome from Republic to Empire
Overview
A sample course outline would include the following topics.
Note: Content may vary according to the instructor’s selection of topics.
Introduction to the Roman world
Rome and its Neighbours – Fourth Century BCE
Roman Religions
War and Roman Expansion in Italy and the Mediterranean
Politics and Culture in the Late Republic
Unrest in Italy in the late 2nd – early 1st c. BCE
Entertainment in Rome
Towards the End of the Republic
The End of the Republic
The Roman Empire
Roman Family and Culture in the Late Republic and Early Empire
Imperial Rome
Division and Decline
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Classroom instruction will include both lectures and seminar discussions. Lectures will provide instruction on weekly topics with opportunities for student inquiry and discussion. Seminars will encourage active class participation in the analysis of assigned primary and secondary readings. Classroom instruction may also include facilitation of student-led projects, student presentations on specific readings and/or topics, and other types of student-led activities. Classroom instruction may also include tutorials and workshops on transferrable skills, including research methods, academic citation practice, and presentation skills.
When the course is offered in a hybrid format, students will complete a minimum of 50% of the course content online in a self-directed manner. When the course is offered online, students will be responsible for completing all course content online in a self-directed manner.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Students will have opportunities to build and refine their research capacity and historical thinking skills through assessments appropriate to the level of the course. There will be at least three separate assessments, which may include a combination of midterm and final exams; research essays; primary document analysis assignments and essays; quizzes; map tests; in-class and online written assignments; seminar presentations; student assignment portfolios; group projects; creative projects; class participation.
The value of each assessment and evaluation, expressed as a percentage of the final grade, will be listed in the course outline distributed to students at the beginning of the term. Specific evaluation criteria will vary according to the instructor’s assessment of appropriate evaluation methods.
Examples: [may be helpful to indicate face-to-face; hybrid; fully online]
Participation 15%
Reading Responses 10%
Primary Document Analysis 15%
Mid-term Exam 15%
Research Essay 20%
Final Exam 25%
TOTAL: 100%
Participation 15%
Book review essay 15%
Research proposal 10%
Research essay 25%
Midterm Exam 15%
Final Exam 20%
TOTAL: 100%
Participation 15%
Seminar presentation 15%
Primary document analyses 15%
Historiographic paper 15%
Research proposal and annotated bibliography 10%
Research paper 20%
Final summative assignment 10%
TOTAL: 100%
At the conclusion of the course, successful students will be able to demonstrate historical thinking skills, research skills, critical thinking skills and communication skills appropriate to the level of the course by:
1. Locating, examining, assessing, and evaluating a range of primary sources and secondary scholarly literature critically and analytically (reading history).
2. Constructing historical arguments, taking historical perspectives, and interpreting historical problems through different types of writing assignments of varying lengths (writing history).
3. Participating in active and informed historical debate independently and cooperatively through classroom discussion and presentation (discussing history).
4. Independently and cooperatively investigating the ways that history is created, preserved and disseminated through public memory and commemoration, oral history, community engagement, and other forms of popular visual and written expressions about the past (applying history).
Textbooks and Course Readers will be chosen from the following list, to be updated periodically.
An instructor’s custom Course Reader may be required. Additional online resources may also be assigned, and links to specific resources may be provided in the course outline.
Boatwright, M.T. A Brief History of the Romans. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Boatwright M.T. et al. The Romans: From Village to Empire. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Kamm, Anthony. The Romans: An Introduction. London: Taylor and Francis, 2009.
Shelton, Jo-Ann. As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Ward, Allen M. A History of the Roman People. 6th edition. Prentice Hal, 2014
In addition, monographs, memoirs, or novels with historical applications may also be assigned. Examples include:
Cicero, Correspondence with Family and Friends. Leopold Classics Library, 2016.
Livy, The History of Rome. Cambridge MA: Hackett Publishing, 2006.
Plutarch, Plutarch’s Lives. Paris: Ulan Press, 2012.
Plutarch, The Fall of the Roman Empire. New York: Penguin Classics, 2005.
Polybius, Histories. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Tactitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome. New York: Penguin Classics, 1995.
Virgil, The Aeneid. New York: Vintage, 1990.
Requisites
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: One 1000-level History course, or permission of the instructor
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for HIST 2207 |
|---|---|
| Acsenda School of Management (ASM) | ASM GEN 2XX (3) |
| Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX HIST 2XX (3) |
| Athabasca University (AU) | AU CLAS 312 (3) or AU HIST 312 (3) or AU HUMN 312 (3) |
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO HIST 290 (3) |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU HIST 250 (3) |
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN HIST 2XX (3) |
| College of New Caledonia (CNC) | CNC HIST 2XX (3) |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR HIST 2XX (3) |
| Columbia College (COLU) | COLU HIST 2nd (3) |
| Coquitlam College (COQU) | COQU HIST 2XX (3) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG HIST 2211 (3) |
| LaSalle College Vancouver (LCV) | LCV HST 2XX (3) |
| North Island College (NIC) | NIC HIS 2XX (3) |
| Northern Lights College (NLC) | NLC HIST 207 (3) |
| Okanagan College (OC) | OC HIST 2XX (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU HIST 2XX (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU GENS 2XX (3) |
| University Canada West (UCW) | UCW HIST 2XX (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO HIST_O 2nd (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV AMNE_V 216 (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC HIST 2XX (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV HIST 2XX (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC GRS 341 (1.5) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU HIST 2nd (3) |
| Yorkville University (YVU) | YVU GES 2XXX (3) |