Course Title: History of Western Civilization II
Course Number: H114
Section Number: C404
Semester: Fall 2003
Meeting times & Place: Tuesdays
& Thursdays, 9:30-10:45am, in CA 221
Instructor: TammyJo Eckhart
Office Hours: 1:30-3pm Tuesdays,
CA-201
Email: teckhart@indiana.edu
Phone number: 278-9023
Pre-requisites: None
V.
Textbooks: Readings are best done before the day they
are assigned. Available at the
bookstore.
“A History of
Western Society: From Antiquity to 1500” by McKay, Hill & Buckler. Labeled MHB
for readings.
Penguin Custom
Editions: The Western World listed for H114 and under Ms. TammyJo Eckhart; it
has a whole lot of guys in togas on it.
Labeled Penguin for readings.
I. Course
Description:
This course will introduce you to the major historical issues, events, and
people in Western Civilization from the early modern period until the twentieth
century. We will very briefly touch upon
the Renaissance then spend considerable time on the developments of the modern
state, religious questions, intellectual struggles, changing political and
human rights issues, as well as increasing interconnectedness of all of the
earth’s peoples. Because we are covering
500 years of very dense history, there is a great deal of reading to be done
outside of the lectures. There are no
exams in this course, only a series of papers and in-class room exercises.
II. Course
Objectives:
No course that covers such a long period of time can possibly be detailed;
instead we will focus on several of the “Principles of Undergraduate Learning”
(see www.jaguars.iupui.edu/gened/gnedprin.htm). This course has several objectives. First, you will get a basic understanding of
the major developments in Western Civilization.
Secondly, you will see how history is studied and written. Third, you will then apply what you see to
your own research and writing. Fourth,
you will help others become better at communicating their own research and
ideas via editorial meetings. Finally,
this course will hopefully make you eager to study specific historical periods,
events, or issues in greater detail.
III. Basic
Course Format:
Class meetings are twice weekly for seventy-five (75) minutes per
meeting. Within these sixty minutes,
there will be traditional lecture and discussion. You need to read the assigned readings before
our class meeting so that you are best prepared to understand lecture and
participate in discussion. Since the
classroom we are in does not have a great deal of technology available for us,
I will be using Oncourse to add visual and textual examples – check Oncourse
regularly. On three occasions we will
spend time assisting each other with the paper assignments; the day a paper is
due, we will not have lecture.
V. Course
Policies:
Read this syllabus and keep it where you can easily find it. This is my contract with you – if you stay in
this class, you are accepting my policies, the course design, and agree to help
all of us achieve the course objectives.
Quizzes must be taken at the time they are given unless you have a
documented emergency; quizzes given for such emergencies will not be the same
as those given in class. Papers are due
the day listed in the schedule. Only
under extreme and documented circumstances will a late paper be accepted. Paper Help Days cannot be made up – if you
miss for whatever reason, you receive a 0 for that grade. Please be on time to class and plan to stay
for the entire class; entering late or leaving early will be distraction for
all of us and hinder the achievement of the course objectives; be quiet if you
cannot avoid being late or leaving early.
IV. Course
Work and Student Evaluation:
Grading Scale:
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100-97
= A+
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96-94
= A
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93-90
= A-
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89-87
= B+
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86-84
= B
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83-80
= B-
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79-77
= C+
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76-74
= C
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73-70
= C-
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69-67
= D+
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66-64
= D
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63-60
= D-
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59
and below = F
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Short Chapter Quizzes: Each
assigned chapter of reading in the MHB
will have one (1) short quiz that is taken the day the chapter is listed on the
schedule – there are 10 chapters and 10 quizzes. This will be given right at the beginning of
that class meeting. Answers to the
quizzes will be listed on the Oncourse site for this course at the end of the
week it was given. Make-up quizzes will
completely different from those given in class.
Each one is worth 3% or a total of 30% of the course grade.
Short Papers: Three (3) short
(3-5 pages long) papers will be assigned that require students to apply the
lecture and textbook information to the interpretation of the primary sources
in the course’s Penguin custom edition book.
Details about each paper will be handed out the week before they are
do. Each day late will result in the
final paper grade being reduced by one full letter grade (10 points). Each is worth 10% or a total of 30% of the
course grade
Paper Help Days: On three (3) occasions, students will need to
bring in one copy of the rough draft of that week’s assigned short paper plus
an ink pen (not black or blue ink). This
will allow you to share your drafts with other students and work out any
problems or confusions before it is due the class meeting. Grades for this work will be based on the
seriousness of the rough draft and the quality of editing on another’s
work. Worth 5% each or a total 15% of
the final course grade.
Final Paper: This is a take-home final exam that is
not cumulative in nature. This must be
typed and written as per instructions (given in class on December 4, 2003). It
is due during our scheduled final exam time.
No late papers will be accepted. Worth 25% of the course’s grade.
Attendance: Acceptable excuses to miss assignments or
make-up work must be documented and presented for approval. Acceptable excuses may include doctor’s visits,
legal responsibilities, death of a relative, care for illness of a child or
spouse – each must be documented.
Plagiarism: When you are
assigned the first paper, you will also receive guidelines on how to avoid
plagiarism; keep that information for the duration of this course. This course will follow the standards of
Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis for plagiarism. See www.jaguars.iupui.edu/studcode/stucode.htm
for details.
Break Down
of Graded Work:
Chapter
Quizzes = 30%
Paper
Help Days = 15%
Short
Papers = 60%
Final
Paper = 25%
VI. Course
Schedule:
Week 1:
Welcome
August 21:
Introduction to the course
Week 2:
The Renaissance
August 26:
Read MHB chapter 13
August 28:
Read Penguin pp. 57-62, 67-75, 79-82
Week 3:
Religious Changes
September
2: Read MHB chapters 14 & 15
September
4: Read Penguin pp. 36-56, 63-66, 99-103
Week 4:
First Short Paper Week
September
9: Paper Help Day
September
11: 1st Short Paper Due.
Week 5:
Evolutions of Governments and Minds
September
16: Read MHB chapters 16 & 18
September
18: Read Penguin pp. 1-35, 76-78, 89-98,104-140, 155-163, 170-176
Week 6:
Claiming the Rest of the World
September
23: Read MHB chapters 19 & 20
September
25: Read Penguin pp. 83-88, 148-154, 206-213, 247-252, 281-292
Week 7:
Revolutions of a Political Nature
September
30: Read MHB chapters 21 & 23
October 2:
Read Penguin pp. 141-147, 181-185, 188-199, 214-227, 235-240, 271-276, 330-335,
356-369, 375-378
Week 8: Second
Short Paper Week
October 7:
Paper Help Day
October 9:
2nd Short Paper Due.
Week 9:
Revolutions of the Personal Nature
October 14:
Read MHB chapters 22 & 24
October 16:
Read Penguin pp. 164-169, 177-180, 186-187, 200-205, 241-246,
252-270,293-299, 313-315 Midterm of
course
Week 10:
Eyes on Others
October 21:
Read MHB chapters 25 &26
October 23:
Read Penguin pp. 228-234, 277-280, 300-308, 343-347, 398-403
Week 11:
World War I
October 28:
Read MHB Chapter 27
October 30:
Read Penguin pp. 370-374, 383-390
Week 12: 3rd
Short Paper Week
November 4:
Paper Help Day
November 6:
3rd Short Paper Due.
Week 13:
The Interwar Years
November
11: Read MHB chapter 28
November
13: Read Penguin pp. 316-329, 336-342, 348-355,
Week 14:
World War II
November
18: Read MHB chapter 29
November
20: Read Penguin pp. 379-382, 411-422
Week 15:
Our Modern Western World
November
25: Read MHB chapter 30 & Penguin pp. 391-397, 404-410
November
27: No Class – Thanksgiving Break
Week 16:
What is the West Like Today?
December 2:
Read MHB chapter 31
December 4:
Final Paper Assignment Handed out
Final Paper Due: Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 1:00pm in this room.