![]() ![]() “You need more fiber and to drink more water.” Over the next hour, he digs this stick into different areas of my foot the louder I yelp, the more it indicates a specific part of my body needs help. ![]() “This means your stomach is bad,” he says solemnly. “Four,” I respond, voice muffled because I’m lying face down and my face is in a pillow. Please see the syllabus for more information on the grade breakdown and course expectations.“On a scale from 1 to 10, tell me how much this hurts.” A healer, dressed in head-to-toe white linen, is poking different parts of my foot with a sharp, pointed stick. Participation makes up the remaining portion of the final grade (30%) this includes watching TA videos, weekly Discussion Forum posts (answering TA questions and responding to fellow classmates’ posts), and peer reviews. These writing assignments constitute a significant portion of the grade breakdown (70%), therefore it is important for students to be diligent about meeting deadlines. Each week, students will work on their project through smaller writing assignments that help them to engage in the writing process. This course contains one major writing assignment that culminates into a final research project. Students will also be required to answer weekly discussion questions, which are available on their TA’s website. Students will also be assigned to a Teaching Assistant who will help them approach the readings and weekly lecture videos, as well as provide instructional videos on the writing process. ![]() Lectures are accompanied by readings, articles, and supplemental video assignments. It is conducted completely online, and lectures are pre-recorded to be watched on the students’ own time. This course is open to all UC students who have completed English Composition 3 or have satisfied the entry-level writing requirement. By synthesizing and debating the work presented by various scholars as well as formulating their own opinions, students will be able to understand the obstacles that femininity alone presented to attainment of political and social power. Students will learn to evaluate similarities and differences in the ways women were able to achieve power and evaluate how their given social systems influenced their mobility. Women and Power in the Ancient World examines how and why women’s power was compromised from the onset and inspires analysis into complex ideas and theories on the perpetuation of gender inequality. Introducing Ancient Near East 15w: Women and Power in the Ancient World this is an online course offered by UC Online designed to answer these questions and address the root causes of this social inequality that still affect us today. This social reality in ancient societies depicts a long history of gender inequality, which leads many to question how women negotiated their limited leadership roles, and how we are able to find a woman’s power when it was so habitually cloaked by a man’s dominance. While some women were able gain power temporarily, their leadership status was merely a placeholder until circumstances permitted a male to rule again. There exists little evidence of long-term female leaders in the ancient world historical civilizations were inherently patriarchal and bound to male dominance, forcing females into a subservient role. ![]() All across the globe, women have historically been underrepresented in positions of power. ![]()
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