COURSE
REQUIREMENTS
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COURSE NUMBER: |
HIS101 |
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COURSE NAME: |
WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1689 |
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INSTRUCTOR: |
E-Mail: mailto:rwhisonant7783@d2l.yorktech.edu On-Line students please use D2L Mail Web Page: http://www.rickwhisonant.com/HIS101.htm |
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COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
We are often reminded how important
it is to understand today’s world if we are to deal with our growing number of challenges. Yet, that understanding will be incomplete if we in the Western world do not comprehend
the meaning of Western Civilization and the role Western
Civilization has played in the world. For all of our modern progress, we still
greatly reflect our religious traditions, our
political systems and theories, our economic and social structures, and our cultural heritage.
I will teach this history of Western
Civilization to assist a new generation of students in learning
more about the past that has helped create them and the world in which they
live. I will attempt to teach a well-balanced
work in which the political, economic, social, religious,
intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of Western Civilization are presented. Another
purpose in teaching this history of Western
Civilization has been to put the
story back in history. That
story is an exciting one; yet many textbooks, often the product of several
authors with different writing styles, fail to capture the imagination of their
readers. At the same time, I have not overlooked
the need for the kind of historical analysis that makes
students aware that historians often disagree in their interpretations of the past. |
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TEXTBOOK: |
Frankforter and Spellman, The West : A Narrative
History, Second Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2009. |
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS: |
Attendance policy: Lecture Students
are responsible for attending all Scheduled class
meetings. Students are responsible for all Material covered
and for all assignments made in all classes.
If a student is absent 10 percent of
the hours assigned to the class, the instructor will withdraw
the student from the course and will give him or her a grade of
"W", if withdrawn before mid- term and
a grade of "WF" if withdrawn after mid-term. http://etc.yorktech.com/DistanceLearning/Attendance.htm On-Line students must log on in the first week of
the start of classes, also please log on every 5-7 days. If you cannot
please let me know. |
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TEST: |
Will be
announced approximately one week in advance.
If a student has a valid excuse to miss a test, the make-up of the
test will be on the very next class period the student attends (make-up test
will only be given at the discretion of the instructor). All on-line students will take their test on their own pc. |
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GRADING: |
Grading is figured on a ten-point scale:
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20% = Highest Test Score · 20% = Essays (4) |
R.
WHISONANT, INSTRUCTOR
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LECTURE TOPIC-Module One- TEST ONE |
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The Birth of
Civilization |
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The Rise of
Empires and the Beginning of the Iron Age |
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Aegean Civilizations The Hellenic Era The Hellenistic Era |
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LECTURE TOPIC-Module Two-
TEST TWO |
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The Rise of
Rome |
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Rome’s Empire and the Unification of the Western World The West’s Medieval Civilizations The Emergence of Europe Europe Turns Outward Europe’s High Middle Ages
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LECTURE TOPIC-Module Three- TEST
THREE |
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Challenges to the Medieval Order Renaissance and Exploration Reformation, Religious Wars,
and National Conflicts |
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