Calumet College of St.
Joseph
SYLLABUS FOR WORLD CIVILIZATION II
Term: Spring,
2000-2001 (002) (January 10 - April 19, 2000)
Course Number: HST
112A
Instructor: Dr. Edward C. Stibili
Office Phone: 219-473-4284
E-mail:
Home Phone: (optional)
Office Hours: MF 12:00
1:00 PM : TR 10:00 10:30 AM : W 5:00 7:00 PM , and by appointment
Course Time: Wednesdays 7:00 10:00 p.m. , Room 264
Textbooks:
John P. McKay, et. al. A History of World Societies. Vol. II: Since 1500. 5th Ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. A Study Guide is available with the textbook.
Statement of Plagiarism:
If an instructor or other Calumet College of St. Joseph personnel find that a student has plagiarized or been involved in another form of academic dishonesty, the instructor or other personnel may elect to bring the matter up for judicial review. The maximum penalty for any form of academic dishonesty is dismissal from the College. The procedures for judicial review are listed under the section of CCSJ handbook that addresses student grievances.
Calumet
College of St. Joseph adheres to citation guidelines as prescribed by the
particular discipline (i.e., MLA, APA, Chicago Manual of Style or
Turabian.). All of these guidelines are
available in the Calumet College of St. Joseph library or bookstore. These texts outline how to cite references
from a variety of sources, including electronic media.
Withdrawal from Classes
Policy:
Please
see the Degree Completion Programs Student Handbook for withdrawal
policy. All withdrawals are completed
through the Degree Completion Academic Advisors office.
Class Policy on Attendance:
Students
will lose two points for each missed class, unless absent for appropriate
medical reasons. Such absences will
require he doctors signed note.
Learning Outcomes / Student
Competencies:
1. Students will review the basic chronology of world civilization from 1500 to the present.
2. Students will focus on the major events and problems of world civilization from 1500 to the present.
3. Students
will be exposed to some interpretive issues regarding events and problems in
world civilization during this period.
Assessment:
Exams
(4 Unit Examinations at 20% each) ___80__%
of grade
Class
participation/collaboration/attendance/assignments ___20__% of grade
Grading Scale:
A: 96-100
A-: 91-95 B+: 97-90
B: 84-86 B-:81-83 C+: 77-80
C: 74-76
C-: 71-73 D+:
67-70 D: 64-66 D-:61-63 F: 60 and under
Format for Class:
This
course will be based on classroom lectures and discussions based on the outline
in the textbook. Visual aids will be
used as appropriate.
Class Participation:
This
will account for 20% of your grade.
Tuesday,
January 9: Introduction
Friday,
January 12: Ch.
16, The Acceleration of Global Contact.
pp. 490 - 525
Tuesday,
January 16: Ch.
17, Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe, ca
1589
1725, pp. 526 560
Friday,
January 19:
Tuesday,
January 23: Ch.
23, the Revolution in Western Politics, 1775 1815,
pp.
714 744
Friday,
January 26:
Tuesday,
January 30: UNIT
EXAMINATION
Friday,
February 2: Ch.
24, The Industrial Revolution in Europe,
pp. 746 775
Tuesday,
February 6:
Friday,
February 9: Ch.
25, Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815 1871,
pp. 776 807
Tuesday,
February 13:
Friday,
February 16: Ch.
26, European Life in the Age of Nationalism,
pp.
808 839
Tuesday,
February 20:
Friday,
February 23: UNIT
EXAMINATION
Tuesday,
February 27: Ch.
27, Africa and Asia in the Era of Western Industrialization, 1800
1914, pp. 840 875
Friday,
March 2:
Tuesday,
March 6: Ch.
29, The Great Break: War and Revolution,
pp.
920 951
Friday,
March 9:
Tuesday,
March 13: Ch.
31, The Age of Anxiety in the West, pp. 984-1007
Tuesday,
March 16:
Friday,
March 20: UNIT
EXAMINATION
Friday,
March 23: Ch.
32, Dictatorship and the Second World War,
1008
1041
Tuesday, March 27
Friday, March 30: Ch. 33,
Recovery and Crisis in Europe and the
Americas,
pp. 1042 1081
Tuesday, April 3:
Friday, April 6: Ch. 35,
Changing Lives in the Developing Countries,
pp. 1118
1143
Tuesday, April 10: UNIT
EXAMINATION