COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will survey the history of World Civilizations from 1650 to the present

REQUIREMENTS:

Students are required to attend and to participate in class and to complete all reading and writing assignments, and exams. All students are required to activate their Loyola e-mail accounts by the second day of the semester unless they have their own account through an ISP.

REQUIRED READINGS

Stavrianos,  The World Since 1500

Additional internet readings may be assigned.  If you do not have a PC, you may use the facilities available on campus, especially the Humanities Lab BO 448.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students are required to attend all classes.  I will allow two absences.  Upon the third absence ten points (one letter grade) will be deducted from the student’s final grade with an additional ten point deduction for each further absence.  Tardiness will not be tolerated. Students who are habitually late will be informed by me as such after which time their late arrivals will be counted as absences. If you have an extraordinary reason for missing class, you must notify me in advance of the absence (or after in cases of emergency) and have supporting material, e. g., doctor's notes, etc.

SPECIAL NEEDS:

If you have special needs related to physical or learning disabilities, please make arrangements through the Office of Academic Enrichment.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Students will be required to read approximately one to two chapters of the Stavrianos text for each class. Daily assignments will be based on these readings. Additional internet readings and e-mail assignments will be required. Students will also be required to write one short position paper on a reading of their choice (more to follow on this). Of course, students are required to take all tests, and complete all assignments on time.

MAKE-UP TESTS AND EXTENSIONS:

Make-up tests and/or extensions will be allowed only in extraordinary circumstances.  To receive permission for a make-up test or paper extension, the student must contact me BEFORE the scheduled test or assignment deadline except in cases of emergency. There will be no make ups for daily quizzes.

GRADING:

Grades will be assessed on a standard ten point scale (90-100=A, 87-89=B+, 80 86.9=B, etc.,  59 or below = F).  The short position paper will be worth 10%  of your final grade; the daily assignments will be worth 25%, and class participation will be worth 5%, the exams will be worth 60% (20% each) of your final grade.

INTEGRITY OF SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADES:

Please read the “Integrity of Scholarship and Grades” statement on pp. 45-46 of the Undergraduate Bulletin.  Any student caught plagiarizing or cheating will receive an “F” for the entire course and the incident will be reported in writing to the Dean.

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT:

I do not allow tape recording or video taping of class sessions without a request from the Office of Academic Enrichment. If you have beepers or cellular telephones, please be sure to turn them off before coming to class. If your beeper or cell phone goes off once in class you will receive a warning. If it goes off again, you will be assessed a grade of "F" for the course.

REVISION OF SYLLABUS:

 I reserve the right to revise this syllabus at any time during the semester.

ASSIGNMENTS AND DEADLINES:

Specific reading assignments, deadlines, and test schedules will be posted on the web site shortly.

N. B. Students may submit a rough draft of the short paper to me at any time in the semester with the exception of the week before the deadline.

HOME

Each day in class (with the exception of chapter 22) you will turn in a list of ten terms and their definitions drawn from on the chapter being covered for the day(20 terms will be required on July 20 when we cover chapters 34 and 35). These daily assignments will receive a grade of 10 points if completed in good fashion, 7.5 points if I deem them less than adequate, and 5 points if they are turned in late. At the end of the semester the percentage of possible points earned (210) will determine your grade for the daily assignments.

On July 31 you will be required to turn in a 1-3pp. abstract of a JSTOR article relevant to the class material as your short paper for the course.

Readings:

Week One

July 2 -- Stavrianos, ch. 22: Western European Expansion: Iberian Phase.
July 3 -- Stavrianos ch. 23: Western European Expansion: Dutch, French, British Phase
July 5 -- Stavrianos ch. 24: Russian Expansion in Asia; e-mail assignment: assess the role of Portugal in European expansion in 1-3 paragraphs.
July 6 -- Stavrianos ch. 25: Beginning of Global Unity; "What it Means for Us Today."

Week Two:

July 9 -- Stavrianos, ch. 26: European Scientific and Industrial Revolutions
July 10 -- Stavrianos, ch. 27: Europe's Political Revolutions
July 11 -- Stavrianos, ch. 28: Russia
July 12 -- Stavrianos, ch. 29: The Middle East
July 13 -- Stavrianos, ch. 30 India; e-mail assignment: analyze the colliding civilizations in the Sepoy Mutiny in 1-3 paragraphs.

Week Three:

July 16 -- Stavrianos, ch. 31: China and Japan
July 17-- Stavrianos, ch. 32: Africa; e-mail assignment: write a 1-3 paragraph analysis on some aspect of African and European interaction chronicled in this link.
July 18 -- Stavrianos, ch. 33: The American and British Dominions
July 19 -- Stavrianos, ch. 34: Polynesia; ch. 35: Consolidation of Global Unity; "What it Means for Us Today."
July 20 -- Mid Term Exam

Week Four:

July 23 -- Stavrianos, ch. 36: WWI: Global Repurcussions. E-mail assignment: write a 1-3 paragraph of this WWI website  click here.
July 24 -- Stavrianos, ch. 37: Nationalist Uprisings in the Colonial World
July 25 -- Stavrianos, ch. 38: Revolutionary Settlement in Europe to 1929
July 26 -- Stavrianos, ch. 39: The Five Year Plans and the Great Depression
July 27 -- Stavrianos, ch. 40. Drift to War, 1929-1939

Week Five:

July 30 -- Stavrianos, ch. 41: WWII: Global Repurcussions; JSTOR abstract due.
July 31 -- Stavrianos, ch. 42: End of Empires
August 1 -- Stavrianos, ch. 43: Grand Alliance
August 2 -- Stavrianos, ch. 44: Second Industrial Revolution
August 3 -- Final Exam

Abstract Assignment:

Choose an article on a relevant topic for this course from JSTOR. Read the article carefully, then write a 1-3 page double-spaced essay that does the following:

1. Provides a concise summary of the article, including identification of the thesis, in your own words.
2. Assesses the contribution of the article to the prevailing views on the subject.
3. Identifies the major primary and secondary sources the author uses. Be sure to note any innovative methodologies.
4. Assesses his/her effectiveness in crafting the argument.
5. Include your own conclusion about the contribution of the essay.
6. Consult the history department guidelines to writing papers.