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HISTORY 1618
WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500
SYLLABUS

Instructor: William Bakken	Home Phone: 288-8602
Office: Memorial Hall 213	Office Phone: 280-5009
Office hours: T-Th	9:00 to 9:50 AM - and by appointment
E-Mail Address:	bakken1@aol.com
Course Internet site:	http://www.acd.roch.edu/courses/hist1618/

Textbook:

Bentley & Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, Vol II

Course Description:

This course will provide a global overview of the modern period of World History. Beginning with a study of the major areas that existed in 1500 and the European renaissance and reformation, this course will include the influence of European expansion and colonialism on Europe itself and the rest of the world. Particular subjects to be investigated include changes in religious patterns, the French Revolution and Napoleon, the influence of the industrial revolution, nationalism, marxism and communism, and the political and economic rearrangements of the 20th century. The course will end with a brief review of contemporary conditions.

Attendance Policy:

Attendance is the prerogative of the student, however, you are expected to be present and participate in class quizzes and discussions. About ten per cent of your grade is based on attendance. You must arrange with the instructor if exceptional circumstances require make-up tests. My office and home phone have answering machines and I check e-mail on a regular basis, so you can always reach me one way or the other.

Tests and Quizzes:

There will be four unit tests in this course, approximately one every four chapters. We will discuss the nature of the tests the first week of class. Before each test, you will receive a list of map locations and study terms to help you prepare for that test. Make-up tests not arranged before the test was given can still be taken, but the test grade will be reduced by ten per cent in the first week after the test was scheduled and twenty-five per cent if the makeup is more than one week late.

There also will be other quizzes and essays assigned in the course of the semester. Some of these assignments will be in the form of short papers that will be done at home and then discussed in class. Like the tests, late essays will be reduced in grade. In-class quizes can not be made up unless you have an excused absence.

The tests will be worth sixty per cent of your final grade, the quizzes and other assignments cover the remainder. Any evidence of cheating on a test or quiz will result in a zero grade. Plagarism on an essay will result in a zero grade for the essay and a reduction of one grade point in your final grade. Student conduct action is also possible. (See 3.6.1 Student Code of Conduct in your 2005-2006 Student Policy and Advising Handbook.) A second incident of plagiarism by the same individual will result in a failing grade for the class.

Total Points Possible = 600. A = 540; B = 480; C = 420; D = 360.

Preliminary Schedule for Lectures, Discussions and Tests:
Aug 23	Introduction, Global Connections	Bentley: Chapt 23
Aug 25	The Transformation of Europe	Bentley: Chapt 24
Aug 30	Essay & Document Discussion
Sep 1	New Worlds: Americas and Oceana	Bentley: Chapt 25
Sep 6	Africa and the Atlantic World	Bentley: Chapt 26
Sep 8	Tradition and Change in East Asia	Bentley: Chapt 27
Sep 13	Test I
Sept 15	Islamic Empires	Bentley: Chapt 28
Sept 20,22	The Russian Empire	Bentley: Chapt 29
Sept 27	Revolutions and National States	Bentley: Chapt 30
Sep 29	Essay & Document Discussion
Oct 4	Making of Industrial Society	Bentley: Chapt 31
Oct 6	The Americas in the Age of Independence	Bentley: Chapt 32
Oct 11	Test II
Oct 13,18	Societies at Crossroads	Bentley: Chapt 33
Oct 20	MEA	No Class
Oct 25	The Building of Global Empires	Bentley: Chapt 34
Oct 27	The Great War	Bentley: Chapt 35
Nov 1	Essay & Document Discussion
Nov 3,8	The Age of Anxiety	Bentley: Chapt 36
Nov 10	Test III
Nov 15	New Conflagrations	Bentley: Chapt 37
Nov 17	WWII and the Cold War	Bentley: Chapt 37
Nov 22	Holocaust Discussion
Nov 24	Holiday	No Class
Nov 29	Retreat from Empire in a Bipolar World	Bentley: Chapt 38
Dec 1	Essay & Document Discussion
Dec 6	Transformations and Crisis	Bentley: Chapt 39
Dec 8	A World without Borders	Bentley: Chapt 40
Dec 13	Course Synopsis & Review
Dec 15	Test IV

The dates and topics above may vary depending on class discussion, etc.

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