[Advising] CLA 3513 The American Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War in U.S. Military and Foreign Policy

Please share with any students who might be interested in this course. The only prerequisite is completion of WRC 1013 & WRC 1023, so this would be a great upper division free elective for any students needing one. CLA 3513.002: "The American Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War in U.S. Military and Foreign Policy" Dr. MacLellan TR 1-2:15pm Thucydides is arguably the most influential political thinker from the Ancient Mediterranean World. His History of the Peloponnesian War, "a possession for all time" as he called it, documented the defeat of his native Athens and the political and social choices that informed and followed the collapse of its naval empire. This course will explore the rich history of Thucydidean readership, which includes influential leaders and political thinkers from Machiavelli to Abraham Lincoln, with a special focus on how Thucydides' theories and historiographical method was informed by his intellectual milieu and the influence of his ideas on American military and foreign policy in the 19th and 20th centuries. Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<http://www.utsa.edu/advise> [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Jessica Wright Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 4:28 PM To: Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain(a)utsa.edu&gt; Subject: Re: CLA 4973 Thank you, Miranda! Here is a short description: CLA 3513.002: "The American Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War in U.S. Military and Foreign Policy" Dr. MacLellan TR 1-2:15pm Thucydides is arguably the most influential political thinker from the Ancient Mediterranean World. His History of the Peloponnesian War, "a possession for all time" as he called it, documented the defeat of his native Athens and the political and social choices that informed and followed the collapse of its naval empire. This course will explore the rich history of Thucydidean readership, which includes influential leaders and political thinkers from Macchiavelli to Abraham Lincoln, with a special focus on how Thucydides' theories and historiographical method was informed by his intellectual milieu and the influence of his ideas on American military and foreign policy in the 19th and 20th centuries. All my best wishes, Jessica Jessica L. Wright, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics and Medical Humanities Department of Philosophy and Classics The University of Texas at San Antonio ________________________________ From: Miranda Swain Sent: 11 July 2019 15:33 To: Jessica Wright Subject: RE: CLA 4973 Hi Dr. Wright, That sounds good. Do you happen to have a short description of the class handy? I would love to send that out on the advising list-serve so that all UTSA advisors know about the class and can help us promote it. Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur... [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Jessica Wright Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 3:24 PM To: Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu<mailto:Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu>> Subject: Re: CLA 4973 Dear Miranda, The class is now cross-listed: CLA 4973 ("American Thucydides," 5 students enrolled, cap of 10) CLA 3513 ("American Thucydides," 0 students enrolled, cap of 15) We just have to hit 20. I will reach out to the other advisers to ask them to circulate information about the 3000-level class. I'll also email the undergrads to ask them to check whether they are still enrolled. All my best wishes, Jessica Jessica L. Wright, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics and Medical Humanities Department of Philosophy and Classics The University of Texas at San Antonio ________________________________ From: Miranda Swain Sent: 11 July 2019 13:03 To: Jessica Wright Subject: RE: CLA 4973 Hi Dr. Wright, I think there must have been a glitch because the students who were previously registered were not automatically added back. I only know this because my student, Leanna Gomez, was still not registered in CLA 4973 as of this morning (so I manually added her back in). Another student of mine, Kelsey Kistner, was enrolled in HUM 4973, but I added her to CLA 4973 as our CSHU students can use HUM 4973 or CLA 4973 to satisfy their Seminar requirement. I think cross-listed a few other courses with it will definitely help us out with the enrolment. This is the list of GLA advisors in Social Sciences Advising: * Sarai Zamora * Alicia Salinas * Georgette Sano * Paula Perilla-Duque Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur... [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Jessica Wright Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 12:53 PM To: Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu<mailto:Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu>> Subject: Re: CLA 4973 Dear Miranda, Thank you for your emails! Do you know why only 5 students are enrolled in the class now? Is it possible that somebody unenrolled, or do you think it might be a glitch in the system? The COLFA minimum is 20 students, so this is our target. This is quite confusing, given that the class cap is 10. We are working on cross-listing the course as CLA 3513, and maybe also as an honors course, which will de facto raise the cap. Do you happen to know the advisor for GLA? Stephen Cheney suggested that those students might be interested. All my best wishes, Jessica Jessica L. Wright, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics and Medical Humanities Department of Philosophy and Classics The University of Texas at San Antonio ________________________________ From: Miranda Swain Sent: 11 July 2019 09:13 To: Jessica Wright Subject: RE: CLA 4973 I'm sorry please disregard my last email! I was able to help some students back into the course and it now has five students (out of 10) enrolled in it. How many students need to be in the class (to avoid having it cancelled again)? Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur... [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Miranda Swain Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 9:04 AM To: Jessica Wright <jessicalouise.wright@utsa.edu<mailto:jessicalouise.wright@utsa.edu>> Subject: RE: CLA 4973 Hi Dr. Wright, Do you know when students will be added back into 4973 this fall? I think you had mentioned that they would repopulate the class with the students who were registered when the class was cancelled. I don't see that a few of my students have been added back though. Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur... [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Jessica Wright Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 4:04 PM To: Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu<mailto:Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu>> Subject: Re: CLA 4973 Thank you! Jessica Jessica L. Wright, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics and Medical Humanities Department of Philosophy and Classics The University of Texas at San Antonio ________________________________ From: Miranda Swain Sent: 10 July 2019 15:59 To: Jessica Wright Subject: RE: CLA 4973 Great! I look forward to that as well. Yes, Leanna will need Seminar to graduate this fall. Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur... [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Jessica Wright Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 3:59 PM To: Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu<mailto:Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu>> Subject: Re: CLA 4973 Thank you, Miranda! I really look forward to talking with you about cross-listing more strategically for future semesters. Can you tell if Leanna Gomez is in a position of having her graduation threatened if the class is pulled? All best wishes, Jessica Jessica L. Wright, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics and Medical Humanities Department of Philosophy and Classics The University of Texas at San Antonio ________________________________ From: Miranda Swain Sent: 10 July 2019 15:41 To: Jessica Wright Subject: RE: CLA 4973 Hi Dr. Wright, I had two emails right off the bat, but now that I'm looking I can see the second email was from the same student! She emailed me twice in a panic. So I really only have one panicked student at the moment (Leanna Gomez @01512238). Now that the class has been re-opened I can no longer pull the class roster as it is just showing totally blank now. I just saw your email about the course repopulating! That's great. I think cross-listing Seminar with CLA 3513 might be helpful. I saw that the HUM and PHI Seminars were cross-listed this fall so I thought if there are any other topics out there that would be appropriate to cross-list (like the Scientific Revolution Seminar in PHI/HUM), then that could be one section of Seminar that would have students from both majors which would help the enrollment numbers. As for the CLA Seminar, I think exactly what you said would be helpful. We could cross-list it with another CLA course, when appropriate. This is something I see done in English every single semester so I know this does work pretty well. If you'd like to meet in person I'd be happy to sit down with you to discuss it in greater detail. I could show you some examples of how other departments have done this over the years. Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur... [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Jessica Wright Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 3:17 PM To: Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu<mailto:Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu>> Subject: Re: CLA 4973 Dear Miranda, Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! I am so appreciative of your efforts in this. Could you please forward me the emails from the panicked students, or send me a list of names? We can use that in making a case to keep the class on the books. In addition, would it be possible for you to email them and ask them to re-enroll? Since the class was cancelled and re-instated, it looks like it has 0 enrollments, and I would like to retain the students who had signed up! I am trying to find out if we can cross-list the Senior Seminar as CLA 3513. Would that help encourage students who are not majors to enroll? In the future, I think it might be a good idea to offer the Senior Seminars as different sections of the same course. Could you tell me a little more about how you would envision this working? The subject matter is so very different. THANK YOU for all of your work in this. I know that there's a limit to what's possible here, but I do at least want to try. It is such an important course for thinking about the deep history of militarism and state violence. All my best wishes, Jessica Jessica L. Wright, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics and Medical Humanities Department of Philosophy and Classics The University of Texas at San Antonio ________________________________ From: Miranda Swain Sent: 10 July 2019 15:03 To: Jessica Wright Subject: RE: CLA 4973 Hi Dr. Wright, I think promoting Senior Seminar is very difficult for non-majors to buy into since the course is very rigorous and intensive. I really only see our CSHU majors take these Seminars, and since we have so few CSHU students it's hard for the enrollment numbers to go up. As a free elective option most students will lean more towards less intensive courses. The last list we ran had right around 45 CSHU majors (I think) and since not all of them are close to graduating the Seminar numbers are low. As for the UD CLA classes I have been selling these as much as possible to all my students. I have gotten several of my English majors into these classes, but I know the numbers would be higher ideally. One way to try and get higher numbers in Seminars would be to combine the CLA, HUM, and PHI Seminars into two sections. This way, either of the sections could satisfy this requirement for any of those majors listed. I know that's not ideal, but if these were the only two sections offered for all CLA, HUM, and PHI majors we might see some decent enrollment numbers. I am seeing that the PHI Seminars are extremely low as well (there are 4 students in one section and 6 in another). For those students needing 4973 to graduate this fall how should we go about handling this? I have already gotten very panicked students emailing me that their class has been cancelled and what does this mean for their graduation this fall. Kind regards, Miranda M. Swain, M.A. Academic Advisor II Arts & Humanities Advising Center | MS 4.01.50 The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas 78249 Phone: 210-458-6513 www.utsa.edu/advise<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur... [http://unknews.unk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Phi-Kappa-Phi-logo.png] **This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. From: Jessica Wright Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 2:19 PM To: Miranda Swain <Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu<mailto:Miranda.Swain@utsa.edu>> Subject: CLA 4973 Dear Miranda, I do hope your summer is going well! I'm writing to ask for some urgent help developing a strategy to increase enrollments in CLA 4973 (senior seminar: American Thucydides) in the fall. At present, this class has only 6 students enrolled, and it will be cancelled if we cannot get close to 20. We have a week to run an enrollment drive and see what we can do. Are there any strategies that you can suggest? If it's helpful, I can get the flier for the class to you ASAP. Also, do you know if there's another period coming up where more students will enroll? Or are we likely at max for the upper-division classes? All my best wishes, Jessica Jessica L. Wright, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics and Medical Humanities Department of Philosophy and Classics The University of Texas at San Antonio