The German Cultural Heritage
Suggested Timeline
As you know the course is self paced, but the course is to be finished by December 18. Thus the following timeline is suggested to allow completion of the course in comfortable fashion. As indicated in the syllabus, the Course files are not the only content of the course. In the timeline below it is assumed that students are considering the daily e-mail information and reading/learning additional materials as suggested in the sound files, in communication with the instructor or from personal interest.
| September 3 - 12 | Course Files 1 and 2: Introductions |
| September 13 - 19 | Course File 3: The Earliest Times |
| September 20 - 26 | Course file 4: The Age of Constantine |
| September 28 | First PLDI due (see syllabus) |
| September 27-October 3 | Course file 5: The End of the Roman Empire Course file 6: From the Roman Empire to the Holy Roman Empire |
| October 4 - 10 | Course file 7: The Holy Roman Empire through 1200 |
| October 11 - 17 | Course file 8: 1200-1500 |
| October 20 | Second PLDI due |
| October 18 - 24 | Course file 9: 1500 through the End of the Holy Roman Empire |
| October 25 - 31 | Course file 10: The End of the Holy Roman Empire through 1850 |
| November 1 - 7 | Course file 11: 1850-1899 |
| November 10 | Third PLDI due |
| November 8 - 14 | Course file 12: 1900-1929 |
| November 15 - 21 | Course file 13: 1930-1949 |
| November 22 - 28 | Course file 14: 1949-1979 |
| December 1 | Last PLDI due |
| Nov. 29 - Dec. 5 | Course file 15: 1980 through the present |
| December 6 - 12 | Review and Summary (To be posted: including ideas and comments from PLDIs) |
| Decemb er 12 - 19 | Students schedule Final Examination in agreement with instructor |