Course Description
This course will study the political, economic, social, and cultural development
of the World from the outbreak of the First World War to the Present. It
will investigate such problems as the effects of World War I, the Russian
Revolution, the Rise of Totalitarianism, the Great Depression, the swan
song of Imperialism, World War II, de-colonization, the Cold War, national
liberation wars and super-power rivalry, the demise of Communism, and the
realignment of the post-cold-war world. It will also attempt to assess the
impact of these and other subjects upon today's world.
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Class Schedule and Procedure
- 1. The class schedule will consist of two eighty
minute sessions each week. Each session is allotted to lectures by the
instructor, while a portion of each session occasionally will be devoted
to questions and discussion.
- 2. Lectures will both supplement and complement
reading assignments.
- 3. Lecture
Outlines , lecture notes and other supplementary
readings will be
distributed to students on the web.
- 4. Students are expected to regularly attend
lectures and participate actively in classroom discussions. Attendance
will be taken regularly and each student is responsible fro keeping up
with the class through attendance and blackboard announcements. Good attendance
will be weighed as a factor in borderline grades. Since there is no penalty
for absences and there are no makeups on assignments, there will be no
excused absences.
- 5. Reading
Assignments : Readings from the text and the
web sources are given on a weekly basis. .
- 6. Lecture notes for the class are on the web
as well:
- Selected Lecture Notes
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Student Requirements
- Movie Review Essays : Four movie
review essays will be assigned during the session. These essays will be
based upon viewing films and reading web sources related to them. Students
are expected to give their impressions iof the film and answer each question
on the movie review form in at least one FULL paragraph per question. The
lowest of the four movie review essay scores will be dropped. Each review
will be worth 50 points for a total of 150 points toward the course grade.
Each review will be due by E-MAIL to his_ncp@shsu.edu
by 12:00 PM on the day stated in the syllabus. Only those who can show
that they have no possible access to a computer will be allowed to turn
in a hard copies of the essay. Since the lowest of the five essay scores
will be dropped, no essays will be accepted after this deadline, nor makeup
papers accepted.
- Film Series : Four films dealing with the
history of the Twentieth Century will be presented during the semester.
Attendance or proof of viewing (rental receipt) and a one-paragraph review
and rating will be worth 10 points per movie. Students are required to
view and review three of the four films. Since one of the four film
viewings will be dropped from regular credit, no late film review/ratings
are accepted.
- Examinations
: Four exams will be presented during the semester. Each examination will
include:
- a) an objective section consisting of multiple choice based mostly
upon quotations taken from the web readings. Questions will be worth
2 point each.
- b) An identification essay section in which students are called upon
to indentify and analyze the historical significance five out of ten
items in at least one FULL paragraph each.
- c) The lowest of the four exam scores will be dropped. Each examination
will count 100 points toward the course grade (50 points for the objective
section, 50 points for the essay section). In total the three examinations
will count 300 points toward the course grade. Since the lowest of the
four exams will be dropped, no makeup exams will be given. No dropping
of the fourth and final exam will be accep
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