Term: Summer, 2006 (053) (June 12 - July 29)

Course Number: HST 111A World Civilization I

Instructor: Dr. Edward C. Stibili

Office: 523

Office Phone: 219-473-4284

E-mail: estibili@ccsj.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Course Time: MW 1:00-4:00p, Room 264

Course description: This introductory course surveys the history of human civilization to 1500 with emphasis on basic social and cultural institutions in worldwide context.

Prerequisites: none

Learning Outcomes/Competencies: The objectives of this course will address the following general education goal: Develop an appreciation of the global dimension of humanity in our diverse and interdependent world and be able to examine global issues.

Students in this course will:

1.Review the basic chronology of human civilization to 1500.

2.Focus on major events and problems of human civilization to 1500.

3.Become familiar with some interpretive issues regarding events and problems in human civilization during this period.

Textbook: Albert M. Craig and others, The Heritage of World Civilizations. Combined Volume, Brief Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2005.

Learning Strategies: This course will be based on classroom lectures and discussions. The textbook will reinforce lecture presentations and provide additional information. Visual aids will be used as appropriate.

Assessment:

1. Class attendance and participation: 20% of grade

2. 4 unit examinations: 20% each for a total of 80% of grade

Extra points: Optional questions will be built into the four unit examinations. Optional questions can be used only by students who take the unit examinations at the scheduled times.

Class Policy for Assignments: Students should stay current with the textbook readings assigned in the course outline. Students who do not take the unit examinations at the scheduled times must make them up within one week of the scheduled times.

Grading Scale:

A: 96-100; A-: 91-95; B+: 87-90; 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 below.

Class Policy on Attendance: Students will lose two points for each missed class, unless absent for appropriate personal and documented medical reasons. Excused absences will be limited to three class hours during the semester.

Class Policy on Electronic Devices: Students should be considerate of others in the classroom.

Course Outline: Class Dates, Topics, and Assignments:

Part 1: The Coming of Civilization, textbook, pp. 1-45

Monday June 12: Introduction

Ch. 1, The Birth of Civilization, textbook, pp. 3-23

Wednesday " 14:Ch. 2, The Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion, textbook, pp. 25-45

Part 2: Empires and Cultures of the Ancient World, textbook, pp. 46-153

Monday " 19:Ch. 3, Greek and Hellenistic Civilization, textbook, pp. 49-73

Wednesday " 21:Unit examination

Ch. 4, Iran, India, and Inner Asia to 200 C.E., textbook, pp. 75-89

Monday " 26:Ch. 5, Republican and Imperial Rome, textbook, pp. 93-117

Wednesday " 28:Ch. 6, Africa: Early History to 1000 C.E., textbook, pp. 119-135

Ch. 7, China's First Empire, 221 B.C.E.-220 C.E., textbook, pp. 137-153

Part 3: Consolidation and Interaction of World Civilizations, textbook, pp. 154- 327

Monday July 3:Unit examination

Ch. 8, Imperial China, 589-1368, textbook, pp. 157-185

Wednesday " 5:Ch. 9, Japan: Early History to 1467, textbook, pp. 187-205

Ch. 10, Iran and India Before Islam, textbook, pp. 207-219

Monday " 10:Ch. 11, The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 622-945, textbook, pp. 221-237

Ch. 12, The Early Middle Ages in the West to 1000: The Birth of Europe, textbook, pp. 239-257

Wednesday " 12:Unit examination

Ch. 13, The Islamic Heartlands and India, ca. 1000-1500, textbook, pp. 259-273

Monday " 17:Ch. 14, Ancient Civilizations of the Americas, textbook, pp. 275-293

Wednesday " 19:Ch. 15, Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance, textbook, pp. 297-327

Monday " 24: " " "

Wednesday " 26: Unit examination

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