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| HISTORY 2302 - SUMMER II, 2008 CALL NO. 31520 CLASS MEETS: Monday thru Friday, 2:00 - 4:10 PM LOCATI0N: LArt 318
Instructor: Prof. R. P. Cross Office: LArt 324 Telephone: 747-5650 E-Mail: rcross@utep.edu
Office Hours: Monday thru Friday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Teaching Assistant: None this summer Office: LArt 223 Telephone: 747-7056 E-Mail: @utep.edu Office Hours: Contact TA by email for appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This intensive Summer course is designed to present a global approach to the history of the world from 1500 to the present. The course will present the history of an integrated, or at least interconnected, world. Students will study cultural, social, economic and political development in the societies of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Particular emphasis will be given to social history and the history of ideas. The course consists of formal lectures focused on the assigned readings. Particular emphasis is placed on the interaction of diverse civilizations and cultures. Video and/or other multimedia presentations covering salient subjects will augment the course. REQUIRED BOOKS Textbook: The Essential World History - Vol. II Since 1400, 2nd Edition Duiker, Speilvogel, Thomson Publ.
Students are required to acquire this textbook immediately. You will find it almost impossible to keep up with this course if you do not have the textbook in hand, because you will be required to read, thoroughly study, and be prepared to discuss one complete chapter daily starting on the first day of instruction.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Since this Summer session consists of just 19 classroom days, regular attendance is REQUIRED! Students who accumulate four unexcused absences will be automatically dropped from the course. Excused absences are limited to documented medical situations/emergencies and UTEP sponsored and required activities (a department head letter must be submitted).
Seats will be assigned and roll taken daily, so if you are absence prone I suggest you drop this course now. ATTENTION LATE-COMERS: If you are not in your seat when roll is completed and the morning's lecture/discussion has commenced, you will be counted ABSENT! Be on time or be dropped from the course. In the interest of fairness to all students, I make no exceptions to this attendance policy!
EXAMINATIONS
Examinations will consist of one mid-term and the final exam. There will be no scheduled quizzes or take-home essay papers.
1. The format for the mid-term and final exams will be multiple choice, identification and essay questions.
2. The mid-term will cover lectures and textbook chapters 13 through 19.
3. The final exam will cover lectures and textbook chapters 20 through 28 (You will not be responsible for Chapter 29).
4. A study guide will be posted on this website at least 5 days prior to the mid-term and the final exams. No review sessions will be offered.
A make-up exam will be available for the mid-term only under exceptional and verifiable circumstances. No make-up will be allowed for an unexcused absence.
A make-up exam will be available for the final under the same circumstances as a mid-term make-up, but will require a petition to the professor and the Chair of the History Department justifying the request.
Make-up exams will be cold exams, i.e., no study guides will be provided, and "cold" means the exam will be different from the regularly scheduled exam. Make ups for the mid-term must be taken no later than the second day following the student's return to class. The times for make-ups will be scheduled for the convenience of the professor, not the student.
I do not curve grades in this course and no extra credit assignments will be offered.
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Four pop-quizzes will be administered during the 4 week Summer II semester. They will be unannounced and will cover lecture and/or reading assignments of the previous class day. These pop-quizzes will be multiple choice and worth 20 points each for a total of 80 points over the course of the semester.
MID-TERM = 100 POINTS FINAL EXAM = 100 POINTS POP QUIZZES = 80 POINTS TOTAL = 280 POINTS
COURSE GRADING SCALE
280 - 252 = A 251 - 223 = B 221 - 193 = C 192 - 164 = D 163 ▼ = F
LEARN AND EARN A significant element of my teaching philosophy is what I call, Learn and earn. It's really quite simple. In this course, you will earn your final grade by demonstrating you have learned the material presented throughout the semester. This approach takes subjectivity out of the picture. In a nutshell, it means each of you is personally responsible for your grade. It is, therefore, up to YOU to a) maintain your GPA and, b) insure continuation of financial aid/scholarships. I do not take these or other non-performance scenarios into consideration in grading because they are things over which I have no control nor responsibility. SYLLABUS
Lectures will not necessarily coincide with the subject matter in your textbooks. It is the responsibility of students to take good notes since the examinations will cover textbook AND lecture material.
Date Lecture Reading Assignment
July 8 Course Intro - Renaissance Begin Reading Chapter 13 and Reformation
July 9 State Building - Emergence Finish Chapter 13 of Constitutional Monarchy
July 10 Age of Exploration Begin Chapter 14
July 11 Africa and S.E. Asia Finish Chapter 14 STUDY GUIDE FOR THE MID-TERM EXAM POSTED
July 14 The Muslim Empires Read Chapter 15
July 15 The East Asian World Read Chapter 16
July 16 The West on the Eve of a New Read Chapter 17 World Order
July 17 Industrialization and Read Chapter 18 Nationalism
July 18 The Emergence of Mass Society Read Chapter 19 in the Western World MID TERM EXAMINATION - Bring green Scantron
July 21 High Tide of Imperialism. Read Chapter 20
July 22 Shadows over the Pacific Read Chapter 21
July 23 War and Revolution Read Chapter 22
July 24 Nationalism, Revolution Read Chapter 23 and Dictatorship
July 25 WWII and the Holocaust Read Chapter 24 STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL EXAM POSTED
July 28 In the Grip of the Cold War Read Chapter 25
July 29 Brave New World - Disintegration Read Chapter 26 of the Soviet Empire
July 30 Europe & Western Hemishpere Read Chapter 27
July 31 Challenges of Nation Building Read Chapter 28
Aug 1 FRIDAY - FINAL EXAM - 2:00 PM - 4:10 PM - Bring green Scantron.
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