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YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE COURSE REQUIREMENTS |
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COURSE NUMBER: |
HIS102 |
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COURSE NAME: |
Western Civilization Enlightenment to Present |
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INSTRUCTOR: |
Rick Whisonant - Office: A-203 E; (803) 981-7151 E-Mail: mailto:rwhisonant7783@d2l.yorktech.edu Web Page: http://www.rickwhisonant.com/HIS102.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. And 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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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
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Attendance policy: 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 20 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to the class, the instructor will withdraw the student from the course and will give him or her a grade of "W", if withdrawn before mid-term and a grade of "WF" if withdrawn after mid-term. |
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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: take your test on your own PC.
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GRADING: |
Grading is figured on a ten-point scale:
§ 90 or above is A § 80 or above is B § 70 or above is C § 60 or above is D
§ 20% = Test 1 Chapters 16-18 § 20% = Test 2 Chapters 19-21 § 20% = Test 3 Chapters 22-25 §
20%= Highest test score 20% = Essays (4) |
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LECTURE TOPIC: Part One |
TEXT ASSIGNMENT |
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The Age of Enlightenment |
Chapter 16 |
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Rebellion and Revolution |
Chapter 17 |
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Industry, Society, and Environment |
Chapter 18 |
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TEST ONE |
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Part Two |
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The Age of
Ideology |
Chapter 19 |
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The Consolidation of Nations-States |
Chapter 20 |
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Global Empire and European Culture |
Chapter 21 |
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TEST TWO |
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Part
Three World War I The
Troubled Interwar Years |
Chapter 22 Chapter 23 |
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World War II The Cold War |
Chapter 24 Chapter 25 |
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TEST THREE |
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