Requirements:
Students need to review all of these requirements. Students should become familiar with all the information on this page and those to which it is linked.
1. Regular class attendance—absences are to be avoided at all costs.
a. In the most serious of circumstances: death (yours or a loved one’s) or illness (near-death), absences can be made-up.
b. Letter grade deductions will be made for more than one absence during Maymester
c. Except for illness, there is no excuse for an absences in Europe
d. Make up work is to be arranged with the instructor—it is the student’s responsibility to make these arrangements with the instructor
2. Participation in visits, lectures, classroom discussions and on-line threaded discussions.
a. Most days in Europe will begin with an introduction to the day’s itinerary with most evenings including a time for processing information and reflecting insights.
b. Students are to contribute to classroom discussions and are to be awake during lectures and acting as if they are interested.
c. A yahoo.com site should be built for students to use to discuss specific topics and to pose questions/observations of their own while responding to those of others.
3. Students are to complete a series of assigned readings.
a. There are readings assigned for each day of Maymester; these are to be read prior to the students arrival to the lecture (a pop quiz over the reading’s content is always possible)
b. Specific, assigned readings (designated on the reading list) are to be reviewed by the student in a 1½ to 2 page summary that demonstrates their understanding of the material (once returned, these are to be included in the student’s notebook).
c. Each student is to read one book (a list will be provided in class) and provide the instructor with a review (due date to be discussed in class)
4. Students will complete three worksheets during the course of this class.
a. Worksheet One will cover the materials associated with the first five days of Maymester lectures include the viewing of assigned videos and their accompanying questions (Overview of Church History through the Imperial Church).
b. Worksheet Two will cover the materials associated with the second five days of Maymester lectures include the viewing of assigned videos and their accompanying questions (Early Medieval Church through Reformation Movements)
c. Worksheet Three will be completed in Europe and will be included in the students notebook
5. Students will complete a Church History Notebook to be turned in no later than June 30, 2005. Notebook is to include:
a. Legible class notes from each day of Maymester (legible).
b. Graded and returned 1½ - 2 page summaries of assigned readings referred to in 3.b. above.
c. A completed timeline of Church History (students are encouraged to use the computer program of their choice for this project)
d. Map of Paul’s Missionary Journeys (and his journey to Rome recorded in Acts)
e. Map of at least two of the Crusades (routes taken, areas of battle, any lands won or lost)
f. Maps of Europe and the Roman Empire(s) around: 1 A.D., 300 A.D., 800 A.D., 1400 A.D. and 1650 A.D.
6. Students are to perform adequately on three tests.
a. Test One to be given at the end of the 1st week of Maymester.
b. Test Two to be given at the end of the 2nd week of Maymester.
c. Test Three is a “take home” test to be completed while in Europe, graded by the instructor and then included in student’s Church History Notebook
7. Students are to make an oral presentation on-site in Europe on an assigned topic of interest to them relating to Church History.
a. Presentation topics are to be approved by the instructor (see below for list of possible topics).
b. A hardcopy of the presentation’s outline or manuscript (no less than one complete page) is to be presented to the instructor at least one day prior to its delivery.\
c. Outline/manuscript is to include at least five sources with a preference given to primary sources (and no more than 40% being from web based sources, except for electronic books accessed through the OVC Library’s site [ACA project], on-line full-text copies of the Church Fathers’ works and reputable journals articles).
d. Presentations are to be from 10 – 20 minutes in length.
e. Students are to be prepared to address questions raised by others.
f. No group presentations.
