Calumet College of St.
Joseph
SYLLABUS FOR WORLD CIVILIZATION II
Term: Spring,
2000-2001 (002) (January 10 - April 19, 2000)
Course Number: HST
112X
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 Program’s Student Handbook for withdrawal
policy. All withdrawals are completed
through the Degree Completion Academic Advisor’s 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 doctor’s 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.
Wednesday,
January 10: Introduction
Videotapes:
The Renaissance
Wednesday,
January 17: Ch.
16, The Acceleration of Global Contact.
pp. 490 - 525
Wednesday,
January 24: Ch.
17, Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe, ca
1589
– 1725, pp. 526 – 560
Wednesday,
January 31: Ch.
33, the Revolution in Western Politics, 1775 – 1815,
pp.
714 – 744
Wednesday,
February 7: UNIT
EXAMINATION
Ch.
24, The Industrial Revolution in Europe,
pp. 746 – 775
Wednesday,
February 14: Ch. 25,
Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815 – 1871,
pp. 776-807
Wednesday,
February 21: Ch. 26,
European Life in the Age of Nationalism,
pp.
808 - 839
Wednesday,
February 28: UNIT
EXAMINATION
Ch. 27, Africa and Asia in the Era of Western
Industrialization, 1800 – 1914, pp. 840 – 875
Wednesday,
March 7: Ch.
29, The Great Break: War and Revolution,
pp.
920 – 951
Wednesday,
March 14: Ch. 31,
The Age of Anxiety in the West, pp. 984-1007
Wednesday,
March 21: UNIT
EXAMINATION
Ch.
32, Dictatorship and the Second World War,
1008
– 1041
Wednesday, March 28: Ch. 33, Recovery and
Crisis in Europe and the
Americas,
pp. 1042 – 1081
Wednesday, April 4: Ch. 35, Changing
Lives in the Developing Countries,
pp. 1118
– 1143
Tuesday, April 11: UNIT
EXAMINATION