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Text Box: HISU 112 Western Civilization II Syllabus 
 

 

 

Term C 2008, Modesto Campus

History 112, Western Civilizations: reformation to modernization                 3 units

 

Michelle ME Kehoe                                                  

Email Address: chapman@kehoes.net              

Web Address: http://www.kehoes.net

Phone number: leave message with Chapman University      545-1234

CUC COURSE CUSTODIAN

 

Dr. John Freed (interim)

Division Chair of Arts and Sciences

freed@chapman.edu

925-246-7120 in Concord Campus

PREREQUISITES:

None

 

RESTRICTIONS:

None

 

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

Building on the twin pillars of industrial revolution and technological innovation, Europeans in the 19th century greatly expanded their territorial control and cultural hegemony. In the 20th century, national rivalries and two world wars threatened this hegemony and undermined the power of the traditional European nation-state. This course traces the tumultuous history of Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the collapse of the Soviet Empire.

MY COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

Welcome to Western Civilization!  Through this course, one will learn how Western civilizations grew in the modern era and impacted other cultures.  This course will help students understand the impact of the Western Civilizations on the world’s history and does require reading and a paper to bring events into sharper focus.  History, geography, and the impact of feminist and minority theory on the study of Western Civilization will be discussed.  (1715 to present )

COURSE READINGS

 

There is one textbook for this class.  They are available through the Chapman bookstore.  You will also need to choose an extra reading book for your review.   The book must written during any year the course encompasses.  Use the Internet and/or the Chapman library for assistance in finding a book.

 

TEXT

The Western Heritage.  Vol. II,  any edition Donald Kagan. Most current is 8 ed.

 

GRADING

 

Your grade is based upon a weighted scale:

2 examinations-------------------------------------------0% (0% each)

One 5 page paper --------------------------------------0%

Observation activity-------------------------------------0%

 

The University policy recommends that students who are absent more than 20% of the course receive a failing grade.

 

 

Course Outline

week 1  Class introduction

Read

Introduction,  Western Heritage Chapter 16, 17                                

                           

Start choosing your book for the review.

 

week 2

Read              

Chapter Western Heritage 18, 19                   

  

Read book for review

Internet Project due

 

week 3

Read

Chapter Western Heritage 20, 21                  

Read book for review

 

week 4

Read

Chapter Western Heritage 22, 23 

Read book for review

 

week 5

Read

Chapter Western Heritage 24, 25                  

  

Read book for review

 

 

week 6

Read

Chapter  Western Heritage 26, 27

Start writing review

week 7

Read

Chapter Western Heritage 28, 29                 

 Start writing review

 

week 8

Read

Chapter Western Heritage 30, 31  

Keep writing review

 

 

week 9

Final

observation Project due

            Review paper due

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ACADEMIC WRITING POLICIES

 

Specific writing standards differ from discipline to discipline, and learning to write persuasively in any genre is a complex process, both individual and social, that takes place over time with continued practice and guidance.  Nonetheless, Chapman University has identified some common assumptions and practices that apply to most academic writing done at the university level.  These generally understood elements are articulated here to help students see how they can best express their ideas effectively, regardless of their discipline or any particular writing assignment.

 

Venues for writing include the widespread use of e-mail, electronic chat spaces and interactive blackboards.  Chapman University is committed to guaranteeing that students can expect all electronic communication to meet Federal and State regulations concerning harassment or other “hate” speech. Individual integrity and social decency require common courtesies and a mutual understanding that writing--in all its educational configurations--is an attempt to share information, knowledge, opinions and insights in fruitful ways.

 

Academic writing (as commonly understood in the university) always aims at correct Standard English grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

 

The following details are meant to give students accurate, useful, and practical assistance for writing across the curriculum of Chapman University College. 

 

Students can assume that successful collegiate writing will generally: 

 

·        Delineate the relationships among writer, purpose and audience by means of a clear focus (thesis statements, hypotheses or instructor-posed questions are examples of such focusing methods, but are by no means the only ones) and a topic that’s managed and developed appropriately for the specific task.

 

·        Display a familiarity with and understanding of the particular discourse styles of the discipline and/or particular assignment.

 

·        Demonstrate the analytical skills of the writer rather than just repeating what others have said by summarizing or paraphrasing

 

·        Substantiate abstractions, judgments, and assertions with evidence specifically applicable for the occasion whether illustrations, quotations, or relevant data.

 

·        Draw upon contextualized research whenever necessary, properly acknowledging the explicit work or intellectual property of others.

 

·        Require more than one carefully proofread and documented draft, typed or computer printed unless otherwise specified.

 

 

 DOCUMENTATION POLICIES

 

Any material not original to the student must be cited in a recognized documentation format (APA, ASA, MLA or Chicago-style) appropriate to the particular academic discipline.  For quick reference to documentation standards for various fields you may refer to: www.chapman.edu/library/reference/styles.

 Deliberate use of information or material from outside sources without proper citation is considered plagiarism and can be grounds for disciplinary action.  See the explanation of Academic Integrity below.

 

 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

 

As a learning community of scholars, Chapman University emphasizes the ethical responsibility of all its members to seek knowledge honestly and in good faith.  Students are responsible for doing their own work, and academic dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated. "Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, or misrepresentation of information in oral or written form.  Such violations will be dealt with severely by the instructor, the dean/center director, and the standards committee.  Plagiarism means presenting someone else's idea or writing as if it were your own.  If you use someone else's idea or writing, be sure the source is clearly documented." Other guidelines for acceptable student behavior are specified in the Chapman University College Catalog.

 

 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT

 

Any personal learning accommodations that may be needed by a student covered by the “Americans with Disabilities Act” must be made known to the instructor as soon as possible.  This is the student's responsibility. Information about services, academic modifications and documentation requirements can be obtained from the director of the Center for Academic Success at the Orange Campus at 714-997-6828 or from the director of a Chapman regional campus.

 

QUICK ACCESS TO THE ON-LINE CHAPMAN LIBRARY RESOURCES

 

            http://www.chapman.edu/library/

 

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

Ansprenger, Franz.  The Dissolution of the Colonial Empires.  London: Routledge, 1989.

Beales, Derek.  The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy.  London: Allen & Unwin, 1982.

Blanning, T. C. W.  The Nineteenth Century.  Oxford: Oxford, 2000.

Clarke, Peter.  Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990.  London: Penguin, 1997.

Cohen, Stephen E.  Rethinking the Soviet Experience: Politics and History Since 1917.  Oxford: Oxford, 1985.

Craig, Gordon A.  Germany, 1866-1945.  New York: Oxford, 1978.

Doyle, Michael W.  Empires.  Ithaca, NY: Cornell, 1986.

Everdell, William R.  The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twemtieth-Century Thought.  Chicago: Chicago, 1997.

Fitzpatrick, Sheila.  The Russian Revolution: 1917-1932.  Oxford: Oxford, 1982.

Fullbrook, Mary.  Europe Since 1945.  Oxford: Oxford, 2001.

Gildea, Robert.  Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford: Oxford, 1987.

Hardach, Gerd.  The First World War, 1914-1918.  Berkeley: California, 1977

Hobsbawn, Eric.  The Age of Empire: 1875-1914.  New York: Pantheon, 1987.

James, Lawrence.  The Rise of the British Empire.  New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1994.

Joll, James.  The Origins of the First World War.  New York: Longman, 1984.

Keegan, John.  The Second World War.  New York: Viking, 1990.

Kern, Stephen.  The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1918.  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard, 1983.

Kolb, Eberhard, The Weimar Republic.  London: Unwin Hyman, 1988.

Peukert, Detlev.  Inside Nazi Germany: Conformity, Opposition, and Racism in Everyday Life.  New Haven: Yale, 1987.

Maier, Charles S., ed.  The Origins of the Cold War and Contemporary Europe.  New York: Franklin Watts, 1978.

Mazower, Mark.  Dark Continent: Europe’s Twentieth Century.  New York: Vintage, 1998.

More, Charles.  The Industrial Age: Economy and Society in Britain, 1750-1995.  London: Longman, 1997.

Rowbotham, Sheila.  A Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century.  London: Penguin, 1997.

Sewell, William H.  Work and Revolution in France: The Language of Labour from the Old Regime to 1848.  Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge, 1980.

Schorske, Carl E., Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture.  New York: Knopf, 1980.

Thompson, E. P.  The Making of the English Working Classes.  New York: Pantheon, 1963.

Walker, Martin.  The Cold War: A History.  New York: Henry Holt, 1993.

Watson, H. Seton.  The Russian Empire, 1801-1917.  Oxford: Clarendon, 1967.

Sked, Alan.  The Decline and Fall of the Hapsburg Empire, 1815-1918.  London: Longman, 1989.

Stevenson, David.  The First World War and International Politics.  New York: Knopf, 1967.

Tucker, Robert.  Stalin as Revolutionary, 1879-1929: A Study in History and Personality.  New York: Norton, 1973

Watt, Donald Cameron.  How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War.  London: Heinemann, 1989.

Watson, Peter.  The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century.  New York: Perennial, 2001.

Wehler, Hans-Ulrich.  The German Empire, 1871-1918.  Leamington Spa, Eng.: Berg, 1985.

Wilkinson, James, et. al.  Contemporary Europe: A History.  9th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1998.