HIST152+Spring+2015+Syllabus

=**Hist 152: World History Since 1500**=

**Spring 2015 Semester**
[|Dr. Patterson's History Website] [|Helpful Links]
 * Instructor:** Dr. Patrick Patterson
 * Office:** Building 7, Room 617
 * Office Hours:** M-Th 11:30-1:00
 * Virtual Office Hours:** Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-12:00
 * Phone:** [[image:resource://skype_ff_extension-at-jetpack/skype_ff_extension/data/call_skype_logo.png]](808) 845-9417
 * e-mail:**ppatters@hawaii.edu
 * CRN:** 20148

**Course Description**
__HIST 152: World History Since 1500__ A global and historical survey focusing on human societies and cross-cultural interactions since 1500 CE.

**Transfer of Credit**
This course transfers to all UH System campuses. At those campuses participating in the System Foundations Agreement, this course transfers with a Foundations/Global B designation.

**Student Learning Outcomes**
In this course, you will learn, and be able to demonstrate the ability to:
 * Demonstrate cause/effect relationships in history.
 * Summarize key ideas in history, including major world philosophies, religions, and political theories and systems.
 * Demonstrate an ability to compare and contrast historical experiences across cultures and time.
 * Describe and define major historical events, ideas, places, people, and other items.
 * Demonstrate understanding of the historical roots of current events.
 * Write an effective historical argument.

**Textbooks Required**
McKay, et al: //Understanding World Societies//, Vol II

**Assignments and Examinations**

 * Assignments and Examinations ||
 * **Assignment** || **Grade weights** ||
 * Attendance || 10% ||
 * Quizzes/Exercises || 10% (2 lowest scores dropped) ||
 * Class Discussions || 10% (2 lowest scores dropped) ||
 * Midterm #1 || 15% ||
 * Paper || 20% ||
 * Midterm #2 || 15% ||
 * Final Exam || 20% ||
 * **Total Possible** || **100%** ||

**[[image:https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/user/ppatters/history%20page/images/Daisy_grows_fast.gif width="126" height="102" caption="video"]]Assignment and Exam Specifics**

 * Attendance (10%):** Attendance is taken weekly. Your final grade will be reduced one grade level for every 3 unexcused absences. You are considered absent if you have not logged onto the Laulima course website and completed at least one task between Monday and Sunday of a given week.
 * Class Discussions (10%):** Participation in class discussions and activities, individually and in groups, including debates and case studies, is required. Your two lowest scores will be dropped.
 * Quizzes/Exercises (10%):** Quizzes and exercises will be given in and outside of class. These are required. Your two lowest scores will be dropped.
 * Paper (20%):** You will be required to write a term paper. The grade will be based on fulfilling all parts of the assignment, including thesis statement, drafts, final draft, and footnotes.
 * Midterm Exams (15% each):** There will be two midterm exams. Both are required in order to receive a passing grade.
 * Final Exam (20%):** The final exam is required in order to receive a passing grade.

**Class, Reading & Homework Schedule**
Class reading and homework schedule || **Date** || **Read** || **Subject** || **To be done by the beginning of class on the first class day of the week** || [|Test Proctoring Centers] (A List from the University of Hawaii System) [|Students with Disabilities Statement] Students in this class who need accommodations for a disability should submit documentation and requests to the Services for Students with Disabilities Office (SSD) in Bldg. 2, Room 108A. Phone 845-9282 voice/text or 845-9272 voice/text for more information. If you have already registered your requests with SSD this semester, please contact the instructor and be prepared to provide a current verification letter from SSD. (rev. 3-29-2004) Students in this class will be expected to follow the HCC and UH student conduct code (http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/policies/scc.pdf)  This virtual classroom is a Safe Zone. You may disagree with other students or the instructor, but you are required to listen/read with respect and to address others' ideas seriously and respectfully. We can have a debate without intimidation or anger. Disruption, intimidation, or other forms of physical, verbal, or digital abuse or harassment will result in expulsion from the class temporarily or permanently and will have a negative impact on grades up to and including a failing grade for assignments and/or the course as a whole.  Late assignments will not be accepted. Discussions and knowledge surveys may not be turned in late for any reason. Personal injury or illness, the illness, injury, or even loss of loved ones is tragic, and I sympathize and have experienced those things myself. These are not reasons to delay coursework. You may turn any assignment in early for one of these reasons. You may choose to miss an assignment for these or other reasons, and those choices are yours to make. However, turning them in late is not an option in this course.
 * Week 1: 1/12 || Ch. 16 || The Acceleration of Global Contact ||  ||
 * Week 2: 1/19 || Ch. 17 || European Power and Expansion || online exercises and quizzes; **Paper topic** ||
 * Week 3: 1/26 || Ch. 18 & 19 || New Worldviews and Ways of Life/ Africa and the World || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 4: 2/2 || Ch. 20 || The Islamic World Powers || online exercises and quizzes; **Paper thesis** ||
 * Week 5: 2/9 || Ch. 21 || Continuity & Change in East Asia || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 6: 2/16 || Ch. 22 || Revolutions in the Atlantic World/ **Midterm Exam** #1 || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 7: 2/23 || Ch. 23 || The Revolution in Energy & Industry || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 8: 3/2 || Ch. 24 || Ideologies of Change in Europe || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 9: 3/9 || Ch. 25 || Africa, SW Asia, and the New Imperialism || online exercises and quizzes; **Paper Draft** ||
 * Week 10: 3/16 || Ch. 26 || Asia in the Era of Imperialism/**Midterm Exam** #2 || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * 3/23 ||  || Spring Recess - No class this week || Don't forget to come back to class after Spring Break! ||
 * Week 11: 3/30 || Ch. 27 || Nation Building in the Americas || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 12: 4/6 || Ch. 28 || World War & Revolution || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 13: 4/13 || Ch. 29 || Nationalism in Asia || online exercises and quizzes; **Paper due** ||
 * Week 14: 4/20 || Ch. 30 || The Great Depression & World War II || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 15: 4/27 || Ch. 31 || Global Recovery & Division || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * Week 16: 5/4 || Ch. 32 || Independence, Progress, & Conflict/Final Exam Review || online exercises and quizzes ||
 * __Final Exam Monday, 5/11 – Friday, 5/15__** (no exams given after Thursday 5/14)
 * Student Conduct Code**

Exams may be made up, according to the policy noted above in the section on assignments and exams. Make-ups may only occur with a valid medical excuse. Make-up exams will be different from exams taken by the rest of the class during the exam week. For each week an exam is late, one grade level will be taken from the score (the first week, and first grade level drop, begins on the day after the exam is due) regardless of the reason for taking the exam late.  Plagiarism will not be tolerated in this class. If you do not know what plagiarism is, be sure to learn. I will be checking every paper and every discussion post for plagiarism. Any use of the words, //or the ideas// of another person without giving credit to them is plagiarism. Further, any re-use of your own or another student's work, turned in for another class or another assignment, is also plagiarism. According to the UH Student Conduct Code, any instance of plagiarism is grounds for expulsion. My policy is very simple. If you plagiarize once, you fail the assignment on which plagiarism was found. There is no appeal and no credit. If you plagiarize twice, you fail the course, and the Administration will be notified.  [|Citing Sources] (at HCC Library site) Any student who is found to be cheating will fail the course, and the administration will be notified. According to the UH Code of Student Conduct: "Cheating includes, but is not limited to, giving or receiving unauthorized assistance during an examination; obtaining or distributing unauthorized information about an examination before it is given; using inappropriate or unallowable sources of information during an examination; falsifying data in experiments or other research; altering the record of any grade; altering answers after an examination has been submitted; falsifying any official University record; or misrepresenting the facts in order to obtain exemptions from course requirements."  Keep all assignments you turn in for class. If the instructor requires copies in order to verify grades, you must be able to provide them. This is the responsibility of the student, and helps to avoid the problems that can occur in the event of unintentional loss of data.  Grades in this course will be assigned based on performance only. The instructor has no way to measure how long you studied, or how hard you may have tried. If you wish to dispute a grade, you may do so. Understand that disputes will be adjudicated based on the grading rubric for the assignment, and references to effort and time spent will have no effect. Appeals to need of a grade for GPA reasons, or need to pass in order to graduate also will have no merit in adjudicating grading disputes. Hist 152: World History Since 1500
 * Cheating on Exams and Quizzes**

Spring 2015 Semester

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Patterson Office: Building 7, Room 617 Office Hours: M-Th 11:30-1:00 Virtual Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-12:00 Phone: (808) 845-9417 e-mail:ppatters@hawaii.edu CRN: 20148

Dr. Patterson's History Website

Helpful Links

Course Description

HIST 152: World History Since 1500 A global and historical survey focusing on human societies and cross-cultural interactions since 1500 CE.

Transfer of Credit

This course transfers to all UH System campuses. At those campuses participating in the System Foundations Agreement, this course transfers with a Foundations/Global B designation.

Student Learning Outcomes

In this course, you will learn, and be able to demonstrate the ability to:

Demonstrate cause/effect relationships in history.

Summarize key ideas in history, including major world philosophies, religions, and political theories and systems.

Demonstrate an ability to compare and contrast historical experiences across cultures and time.

Describe and define major historical events, ideas, places, people, and other items.

Demonstrate understanding of the historical roots of current events.

Write an effective historical argument.

Textbooks Required

McKay, et al: Understanding World Societies, Vol II

Assignments and Examinations

Assignments and Examinations

Assignment

Grade weights

Attendance

10%

Quizzes/Exercises

10% (2 lowest scores dropped)

Class Discussions

10% (2 lowest scores dropped)

Midterm #1

15%

Paper

20%

Midterm #2

15%

Final Exam

20%

Total Possible

100%

Assignment and Exam Specifics

Attendance (10%): Attendance is taken weekly. Your final grade will be reduced one grade level for every 3 unexcused absences. You are considered absent if you have not logged onto the Laulima course website and completed at least one task between Monday and Sunday of a given week.

Class Discussions (10%): Participation in class discussions and activities, individually and in groups, including debates and case studies, is required. Your two lowest scores will be dropped.

Quizzes/Exercises (10%): Quizzes and exercises will be given in and outside of class. These are required. Your two lowest scores will be dropped.

Paper (20%): You will be required to write a term paper. The grade will be based on fulfilling all parts of the assignment, including thesis statement, drafts, final draft, and footnotes.

Midterm Exams (15% each): There will be two midterm exams. Both are required in order to receive a passing grade.

Final Exam (20%): The final exam is required in order to receive a passing grade.

Class, Reading & Homework Schedule

Class reading and homework schedule

Date

Read

Subject

To be done by the beginning of class on the first class day of the week

Week 1: 1/12

Ch. 16

The Acceleration of Global Contact

Week 2: 1/19

Ch. 17

European Power and Expansion

online exercises and quizzes; Paper topic

Week 3: 1/26

Ch. 18 & 19

New Worldviews and Ways of Life/ Africa and the World

online exercises and quizzes

Week 4: 2/2

Ch. 20

The Islamic World Powers

online exercises and quizzes; Paper thesis

Week 5: 2/9

Ch. 21

Continuity & Change in East Asia

online exercises and quizzes

Week 6: 2/16

Ch. 22

Revolutions in the Atlantic World/ Midterm Exam #1

online exercises and quizzes

Week 7: 2/23

Ch. 23

The Revolution in Energy & Industry

online exercises and quizzes

Week 8: 3/2

Ch. 24

Ideologies of Change in Europe

online exercises and quizzes

Week 9: 3/9

Ch. 25

Africa, SW Asia, and the New Imperialism

online exercises and quizzes; Paper Draft

Week 10: 3/16

Ch. 26

Asia in the Era of Imperialism/Midterm Exam #2

online exercises and quizzes

3/23

Spring Recess - No class this week

Don't forget to come back to class after Spring Break!

Week 11: 3/30

Ch. 27

Nation Building in the Americas

online exercises and quizzes

Week 12: 4/6

Ch. 28

World War & Revolution

online exercises and quizzes

Week 13: 4/13

Ch. 29

Nationalism in Asia

online exercises and quizzes; Paper due

Week 14: 4/20

Ch. 30

The Great Depression & World War II

online exercises and quizzes

Week 15: 4/27

Ch. 31

Global Recovery & Division

online exercises and quizzes

Week 16: 5/4

Ch. 32

Independence, Progress, & Conflict/Final Exam Review

online exercises and quizzes

Final Exam Monday, 5/11 – Friday, 5/15 (no exams given after Thursday 5/14)

Test Proctoring Centers (A List from the University of Hawaii System)

Students with Disabilities Statement

Students in this class who need accommodations for a disability should submit documentation and requests to the Services for Students with Disabilities Office (SSD) in Bldg. 2, Room 108A. Phone 845-9282 voice/text or 845-9272 voice/text for more information. If you have already registered your requests with SSD this semester, please contact the instructor and be prepared to provide a current verification letter from SSD. (rev. 3-29-2004)

Student Conduct Code

Students in this class will be expected to follow the HCC and UH student conduct code (http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/policies/scc.pdf)

SAFE Zone

This virtual classroom is a Safe Zone. You may disagree with other students or the instructor, but you are required to listen/read with respect and to address others' ideas seriously and respectfully. We can have a debate without intimidation or anger. Disruption, intimidation, or other forms of physical, verbal, or digital abuse or harassment will result in expulsion from the class temporarily or permanently and will have a negative impact on grades up to and including a failing grade for assignments and/or the course as a whole.

Late Assignments and exams

Late assignments will not be accepted. Discussions and knowledge surveys may not be turned in late for any reason. Personal injury or illness, the illness, injury, or even loss of loved ones is tragic, and I sympathize and have experienced those things myself. These are not reasons to delay coursework. You may turn any assignment in early for one of these reasons. You may choose to miss an assignment for these or other reasons, and those choices are yours to make. However, turning them in late is not an option in this course.

Exams may be made up, according to the policy noted above in the section on assignments and exams. Make-ups may only occur with a valid medical excuse. Make-up exams will be different from exams taken by the rest of the class during the exam week. For each week an exam is late, one grade level will be taken from the score (the first week, and first grade level drop, begins on the day after the exam is due) regardless of the reason for taking the exam late.

Plagiarism (Copying)

Plagiarism will not be tolerated in this class. If you do not know what plagiarism is, be sure to learn. I will be checking every paper and every discussion post for plagiarism. Any use of the words, or the ideas of another person without giving credit to them is plagiarism. Further, any re-use of your own or another student's work, turned in for another class or another assignment, is also plagiarism. According to the UH Student Conduct Code, any instance of plagiarism is grounds for expulsion. My policy is very simple. If you plagiarize once, you fail the assignment on which plagiarism was found. There is no appeal and no credit. If you plagiarize twice, you fail the course, and the Administration will be notified.

Citing Sources (at HCC Library site)

Cheating on Exams and Quizzes

Any student who is found to be cheating will fail the course, and the administration will be notified. According to the UH Code of Student Conduct: "Cheating includes, but is not limited to, giving or receiving unauthorized assistance during an examination; obtaining or distributing unauthorized information about an examination before it is given; using inappropriate or unallowable sources of information during an examination; falsifying data in experiments or other research; altering the record of any grade; altering answers after an examination has been submitted; falsifying any official University record; or misrepresenting the facts in order to obtain exemptions from course requirements."

Keeping Records of Your Work Keep all assignments you turn in for class. If the instructor requires copies in order to verify grades, you must be able to provide them. This is the responsibility of the student, and helps to avoid the problems that can occur in the event of unintentional loss of data.

Effort and Assigning Grades Grades in this course will be assigned based on performance only. The instructor has no way to measure how long you studied, or how hard you may have tried. If you wish to dispute a grade, you may do so. Understand that disputes will be adjudicated based on the grading rubric for the assignment, and references to effort and time spent will have no effect. Appeals to need of a grade for GPA reasons, or need to pass in order to graduate also will have no merit in adjudicating grading disputes.