Washburn
History Department
Modern World History
10:00-10:50 MWF
Office:
HC
311B
Office
Hours:
1:45-3:00MW or by appointment
Office
phone:
670-2059
e-mail: kim.morse@washburn.edu
This
course is designated as a WU General Education course and fulfills the
following requirements:
Identified
Knowledge Area: World of human ideas,
aspirations, values, and institutions
General
Education Distribution Grouping: Social Sciences
General
Education Skills Addressed:
1. Read
intelligently
2.
Write effectively
3.
Process information both in terms of synthesis and analysis
General
Education Skills Evaluation:
1. Students' ability to
read intelligently will be assessed through quizzes, exams, and class exercises
based on assigned textbook and primary-source readings. Departmentally
developed rubrics will be used to evaluate the attainment of this skill.
2. Students' ability to
write effectively will be assessed through quizzes, exams, and class exercises
based on assigned textbook and primary-source readings. Departmentally
developed rubrics will be used to evaluate the attainment of this skill.
3. Students' ability to
process information will be assessed through quizzes, exams, and class
exercises based on assigned textbook and primary-source readings.
Departmentally developed rubrics will be used to evaluate the attainment of
this skill.
Course
Description: HI
102 is a basic survey of world developments c. 1750 to the present. It begins with industrialization and
political change in the West, producing technologically advanced Western
economic, social, and political world dominance. The course traces power, processes of decolonialization, emerging late twentieth century world
economies, states, and societies.
Course
Objectives: Train
students to think historically, cover the departmentally agreed objectives of
content knowledge for HI 102, and develop students’ abilities to read
intelligently, write effectively, and process information. For a complete list
of the departmental objectives for this course see the department website at http://www.washburn.edu/cas/history/academics.html.
Course
Evaluation: Defined
by each instructor of the course, as specified below.
Select
Mission of the University:
Washburn University shall prepare qualified
individuals for careers, further study and lifelong learning through excellence
in teaching and scholarly work. Washburn
University shall make a special effort to help individuals reach their full
academic potential. (Washburn
University Board of Regents, 1999)
Required
textbook:
Bulliet, et. al. The
Earth and its Peoples: A Global History, Part C. New York: Houghton
Mifflin, 2008, Fourth Edition.
Online Reserves
Several
times throughout the semester you will be required to access materials on
reserve at the library. You have two
options. You may go to the library and
request the material at the circulation desk.
This is a very good option because it requires you to actually go to the
library and converse with librarians.
This is always a good plan.
The
second option is to access the materials through online reserves at http://washburn.docutek.com/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=55. The password is
“hi102student.” From the next page you
may access all materials on reserve at the library for the course.
Refer
to the syllabus to make sure to complete all assigned readings before class,
and pay attention to announcements in class.
I reserve the right to change reading assignments at any time during the
semester.
This
course is organized around six big questions, at least at first. These questions bring up themes that a
recurrent throughout the time period of study and also relevant in the world we
live in today. Each class period will
touch on one or more of the big questions in one way or another. Discussion and class activities will come
back to them repeatedly. They become the
basis of your take home final.
Final Exam
One
of the most important objectives in this course is to help you see the
connections between past, present, and future.
In order to help you do that, your final exam will be a take home exam
drawn directly from the Big Questions and an article of substantial length from
the New York Times. Choose an article of at least 900 words long
that somehow addresses the final Big Question you choose. Analyze the Big Question as it is addressed
in the article within the appropriate historical context, using at least two
other primary sources and two other examples from two different world regions,
prior to 1989. You will compose your
analysis in a three to four page essay, typed, double-spaced, one inch margins,
with a clearly defined thesis. The essay
must also obey all of the writing rules applicable for critical essays.
Your
essay will be due at 5:00pm in the department office on the day of the final
exam. There is no exam at the scheduled
final exam time.
Critical Essays
Twice
in the course you will have the opportunity to build critical reading, writing,
and thinking skills in Critical Essay assignments. Critical Essays are three to
four page papers based on primary source documents to answer a question that I
provide. In these essays, writing counts. You will need to write a clear thesis
statement that gives your essay direction, use the evidence (primary documents)
to support the thesis statement, and write an effective conclusion that is more
than “I'm done now.” I provide extensive instructions and writing rules to help
you complete the essays successfully. I take these instructions and writing
rules seriously. They are what I will look for in your essays. So that we avoid
future confusion, the writing rules are grading criteria. I encourage you
to give me drafts of all or part of your essays to review. I promise if you
take the time to do the drafts, your writing, and hence your grade, will
improve.
Participation
You
will notice that participation constitutes a large portion of the course
grade. It is difficult to participate if
you are not in class, and I do take attendance.
That said, participation is more than simply occupying space in
class. If you are not prepared or if you
are asleep, you cannot effectively participate.
Trust me. I notice.
Grading:
Participation
………………………………………. .100 points
Exams
(2) …………………………………………...200 points
Critical
Essays (2) ……………………………….. 450 points (225 each)
Academic Misconduct
Policy:
All students are expected to conduct themselves appropriately and ethically in their academic work. Inappropriate and unethical behavior includes (but is not limited to) giving or receiving unauthorized aid on examinations or in the preparation of papers or other assignments, or knowingly misrepresenting the source of academic work. Washburn University www.washburn.edu/copyright/students. For a complete copy of the Academic Impropriety Policy, contact the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Morgan 262, or go on-line to:
www.washburn.edu/admin/fac-handbook/FHSEC7.htm#VIII
Plagiarism
Cheating
is not just looking over someone’s shoulder on an exam. Another word for cheating is plagiarism,
defined as “steal[ing] and pass[ing]
off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own use (another's production) without crediting
the source” (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=plagiarizing
). This includes turning in a paper
copied off the internet or a paper with portions copied off the internet
without citation, having your roommate write your paper, or using any materials
in papers without citing your sources.
Incorrectly
paraphrasing a source is also considered plagiarism. Say for example that your source said this
about the colonial Spanish practice of coartación:
“This required the court to
determine the slave’s “just price” as evaluated by two assessors, one selected
by the slave and one selected by the owner.”
If you said instead:
“Coartación required the court to determine a slave’s “just price” evaluated by two
assessors selected by the slave and the owner.”
You would commit plagiarism. You could avoid plagiarism through paraphrasing
by rewriting the quote more substantially and citing the source.
“If a slave wanted to
ascertain his or her “just price,” the slave could ask the court for a coartación. Through that process two assessors, one
chosen by the slave and one chosen by the owner, would determine the “just
price” of the slave.” (Landers, 249)
The above quote is substantially different from the
original and includes the author and page number of the quote. In other words, the phrase is cited
correctly.
It is easy to avoid plagiarism. Whenever you use the exact words of a source,
those exact words must be in quotation marks and cited as above, author and
page number. You can use the title of the book, chapter, or article if there is
no author available. You MUST include
the page number or URL (that’s the Web address) if the source is from the
Internet. If you paraphrase a source you
do not have to put the phrase in quotation marks, but you must include the
citation. If you have any questions
about whether or not you should cite something or how to cite it, ASK!!! I want you to learn how to do things the
correct way. I do not want to see you
get yourself in trouble.
Speaking of trouble, minimum penalty for plagiarism is
a 0 on the assignment. Maximum penalty
is an F in the course. I will also refer
the case to the Dean of Students office for further consequences at the College
level.
For Further information on identifying and avoiding
plagiarism, see “Plagiarism:
What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It” at http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html. You may also go to “History Matters:
Reference Desk” at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/refdesk/.
Disability Services:
The
Student Services Office is responsible for assisting in arranging
accommodations and for identifying resources on campus for persons with
disabilities. Qualified students with
disabilities must register with the office to be eligible for services. The office MUST have appropriate
documentation on file in order to provide services. Accommodations may include in-class note takers,
test readers and/or scribes, adaptive computer technology, brailled
materials. Requests for accommodations
should be submitted at least two months before services should begin; however,
if you need an accommodation this semester, please contact the Student Services
Office immediately.
Location: Student Services, Morgan Hall Room 150
Phone: 785-670-1629 or TDD 785-670-1025
E-Mail: student-services@washburn.edu
Students
may voluntarily identify themselves to the instructor for a referral to the
Student Services Office.
Center for Undergraduate Studies and Programs (CUSP):
As
a Washburn student, you may experience difficulty with issues such as studying,
personal problems, time management, or choice of major, classes, or
employment. The Center for Undergraduate
Studies and Programs (Office of Academic Advising , Educational Opportunity
Program, and Office of Career Counseling, Testing and Assessment) is available
to help students either directly through academic advising, mentoring, career
counseling, testing and developing learning strategies or by identifying the
appropriate University resource. If you
feel you need someone with whom to discuss an issue confidentially and free of
charge, contact CUSP in Morgan 122, 785-670-1299, advising@washburn.edu.
Withdrawal Policy:
During
fall and spring semesters, students may withdraw from full semester courses
through the second week of class with no recorded grade. From the third through the eleventh week a
“W” is recorded for any dropped course.
Beginning with the start of the twelfth week, there are NO withdrawals,
and a grade will be assigned for the course.
For short-term or summer course deadlines, please check the appropriate
Semester/Session Course Bulletin Web Site (www.washburn.edu/schedule)
Schedule
August
17: Introduction
August
19: Industrial Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 23
August
21: Industrial Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 23
August
24: Industrial Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 23
August
26: Age of Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 22
August
28: Age of Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 22
August
31: Age of Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 22
September
2: Independent Latin America
Bulliet, Chapter 24
September
4: Independent Latin America
Bulliet,
Chapter 24
September
7: Labor Day (no class)
September
9: Independent Latin America
Bulliet,
Chapter 24
September
11: Latin American Nation Building
Bulliet,
Chapter 24
September 14: The
Model for Empire Building: British India and British Expansion in Africa and
Asia, Bulliet, Chapter 25
September 16: The
Model for Empire Building: British India and British Expansion in Africa and
Asia, Bulliet, Chapter 25
September 18: The
Model for Empire Building: British India and British Expansion in Africa and
Asia, Bulliet, Chapter 25
September 21: Modernization
and the Middle East
Bulliet,
Chapter 26
CRITICAL ESSAY ONE DUE
September 23:
Modernization and the Middle East
Bulliet,
Chapter 26
September 25: Modernization
and the Middle East
Bulliet,
Chapter 26
September 28:
Modernization and the Opening of Asia
Bulliet,
Chapter 26
September 30:
Modernization and the Opening of Asia
Bulliet,
Chapter 26
October 2: Europe in
the Nineteenth Century
Bulliet,
Chapter 7
October 5: Europe in
the Nineteenth Century/Review
Bulliet,
Chapter 7
October 7: EXAM ONE
October
9: Fall Break
October 12: New Imperialism
Bulliet,
Chapter 28, from Conrad, Heart of
Darkness, online reserves
October 14: New
Imperialism
Bulliet,
Chapter 28
October 16: World War
I
Bulliet,
Chapter 29
October
19: World War I
Bulliet,
Chapter 29
October
21: Russian Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 29
October
23: Russian Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 29
October
26: Mexican Revolution
Bulliet,
Chapter 31, Plans associated with the Mexican Revolution, online reserves
October
28: Interwar Anxieties
Bulliet,
Chapter 30
October
30: Interwar Anxieties
Bulliet,
Chapter 30
November
2: Interwar Anxieties
Bulliet,
Chapter 30
November
4: Review
November
6: EXAM TWO
November 9: World War II
Bulliet, Chapter 30
November 11: World
War II
Bulliet, Chapter 30
November
13: The Cold War
Bulliet,
Chapters 31 and 32, various documents, online reserves
CRITICAL ESSAY TWO DUE
November
16: The Cold War
Bulliet,
Chapters 31 and 32, various documents, online reserves
November
18: China post WWI and Beyond
Bulliet,
Chapter 32, various documents, online reserves
November
20: Israel and Palestine
Bulliet,
Chapter 32, various documents, online reserves
November
23: Islamic Fundamentalism and Middle Eastern Politics
Bulliet,
Chapters 32, 33, and 34
November
25 and 27: Thanksgiving Break
November
30: Islamic Fundamentalism and Middle Eastern Politics
Bulliet,
Chapters 32, 33, and 34
December
2: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beyond
Bulliet,
Chapters 33 and 34
December
4: New World Orders?
Tuesday,
December 8: FINAL EXAM DUE. Turning your
exam in early to me in the History Department would, of course, be appreciated
but not required.