GENERAL
DESCRIPTION
This course will cover World History from the 17th
century to the present. I may provide additional material in the form of
handouts. These handouts will be supplemental material in Western intellectual
or cultural history, material on some aspect of a selected non-Western culture,
or excerpts from historians on some major topic or event. The primary goal of
this course is for you to engage in history as a matter of interpretation
rather than as a body of information and facts, although the issues of
interpretation are within a body of information that has to be mastered.
REQUIRED BOOKS:
A HISTORY OF WORLD SOCIETIES, VOL. II SINCE
1500
SIXTH EDITION
By: John P. McKay
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
ISBN: 0-618-30197-6
In addition to the above text
there will be additional readings that will be posted on the course web site.
The weekly reading schedule
will be posted on the course web site.
MEETING TIMES:
NO ORIENTATION MEETING is scheduled for this course.
NO CLASS MEETINGS. ALL COURSE WORK WILL BE DONE OVER THE WEBSTUDY SITE.
WebStudy begins on Week of Jan. 17
MIDTERM: Fri., March 4.
The midterm will be e-mailed to you about a week ahead of time
You will e-mail your answers over the WebStudy e-mail function
to me by the above date
FINAL: Wed., May 4.
The final will be e-mailed to you about a week ahead of time
You will e-mail your answers over the WebStudy e-mail function
to me by the above date
Do not assume that this course will be easy simply because there are no class sessions. There will be more reading assigned than in a regular course. To do well in this WebSudy course you must be a good, critical reader and a good writer.
WEB SITE ACCESS:
Access to the web site is through the web page http://www.ccp.whyy.org.
Click on the blue log in area. Go to the log in box. Your Login Name
will be the first letter of you first name+your last name+the last 4 digits of
your SSC No., with no spaces. Your Password will be exactly the same.
For example:
LOGIN
NAME PASSWORD
Hswezey1234 hswezey1234
After the login you will arrive at a title page. Notice that
it is structured like a binder with tabs on the right. The “About” tab leads to
a page that provides basic information about the course. The “Timeline” tab
opens a page that contains a weekly breakdown of the course. The Timeline is
where all of the readings, assignments and guide and exam questions will be
posted. You should check the timeline
frequently.
Notice that at the top there is a small icon that looks like
on envelope. A click on that will open up the e-mail function within the course
web site. The opening page will notify you if you have mail. Occasionally I
will e-mail you information and explanations pertaining to the course. Use this
e-mail function for any questions or comments for me. ATTEMPT TO GET ON TO THE
COURSE WEB SITE WITHIN A WEEK AFTER THE CLASS IS SCHEDULED TO START. CONTACT ME
THROUGH MY COLLEGE E-MAIL ADDRESS IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS.
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:
There will be a
FORUMS:
You will be expected to participate in a FORUM exchange in
the History 122WebStudy site as part of the course. The topics of the Form will
relate to the assigned readings and will constitute part of the preparation for
the writing assignment. Each student will participate in the student forums by
reading and creating a critical response to two of the other students.
Questions
will be posted to the forum by the instructor. Each student is required to post
a formal response to the question in the forum. The suggested length of such
response is a substantial paragraph or two; somewhere perhaps between 100-200
words. Please remember that these responses are formal submissions and hence
must be presented with all the appropriate care such things require. At the end
of the week, the instructor will post a general response to the various
submissions, calling attention to various features of those submissions. The
point of this process is for students to try out strategies of interpretation,
understanding, and presentation, appreciate the alternative strategies used by
other students, and learn how such strategies are interpreted by a history
professor.
Forum
submissions will be given letter grades
EXAMS
The Midterm will cover the first half of the course, and the Final the second half. Each exam will contain two parts. The first part will be general essay questions, which I will give to you at the review session. The second part will consist of short response questions. There will be more questions listed than you will have to answer, consequently you will have a choice of questions for response.