HI 151 - WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1700 ce
CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU
SEPTEMBER INTERIM - 2008

Willis H A Moore, M Ed, Instructor
willis.moore@adjunct.chaminade.edu 
and also
profwillishamoore@gmail.com
808-521-7779

SYLLABUS:
Text is required:
WORLD CIVILIZATIONS: Volume I to 1700
Philip J Adler and Randall L pouwels

A world map, or, a HISTORIC ATLAS, is required
(Instructor will have some to offer in class.....)

A knowledge of the world’s people and civilizations is essential to any academic program.  Citizens of the 21st Century need to understand where human life, culture, and organization has come from in order to process the challenges presented.  This course begins “at the beginning with “Adam and Eve,” and proceeds through the centuries of cultures, empires, and approaches the era of nation-states which had begun to emerge at the end of the 17th Century.
YOUR GRADE:
Class attendance and participation                        Up to 10 points
Daily quizzes @ 5 points each - high six                           30 points
Map exercises @ 5 points each - high four                        20 points
Mid-Term Examination - essay type                                    20 points
final examination - inclusive - essay type                          20 points
extra credit possibilities - - (instructor will elaborate)

If you earn 90+ points, you will receive a grade of “A”,
if you earn 80+ points, you will receive a grade of “B”,
if you earn 70+ points, you will receive a grade of “C”,
if you earn 60+ points, you will receive a grade of “D”,
below 60 points is failure
CLASS ATTENDANCE / PARTICIPATION:

This class will meet 10 times; your attendance at EACH session is expected.  IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, CONTACT INSTRUCTOR BY TELEPHONE OR VIA E-MAIL a.s.a.p.

NOTE: Reading the text is your responsibility; Instructor will enlarge upon concepts, answer questions, guide discussions of the assigned material.  Quiz answers are found in the text; Essay questions require you to know the material then synthesize into your own words and arguments.

SCHEDULE:    19 SE - 04 OC 2008

Meeting 01 - Intro, background, requirements, and PART ONE:                               chapters 1-6;

meeting 02 - PART ONE: Ancient Civilizations - continued;

meeting 03 - turn in assignments for part one; PART TWO:                                    Classical Mediterranean Civilizations;

Meeting 04 - PART TWO: Chapters 7,8,9,10;

meeting 05 - turn in assignments for Part Two / MID TERM: will                             cover Parts ONE and TWO.  Start reading Part Three:                       Equilibrium among Polycentric Civilizations;

meeting 06 - PART THREE: Chapters 11 - 21- - read all

meeting 07 - PART THREE: Chapters 11 - 21- - concluding.

meeting 08 - turn in assignments for part three / PART FOUR:                              Disequilibrium: the Western encounter with the Non-                         Western World;

meeting 09 - PART FOUR assignments - - via e-mail, please.

meeting 10 - TURN IN ALL ASSIGNMENTS - final examination

NOTE: All work must be in the instructor’s hands NO later than Sunday evening, 05 October 2008....this means your work must be sent via e-mail to BOTH addresses.

FINAL GRADES ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE within 72 hours of the last meeting of class.

Willis H A Moore, Instructor