HI 152 WORLD CIVILIZATION 1500 C.E. -PRESENT

CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU
Willis H A Moore, M Ed., Instructor
willis.moore@adjunct.chaminade.edu and also profwillishamoore@gmail.com, or
808-538-3952 - - - telephone anytime! “Office hours” are before class, or, by request.

SYLLABUS:
Text is required: WORLD CIVILIZATIONS/ Volume II,
by Adler and Pouwels - most recent edition
A world map or Historical Atlas is helpful

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 culture, political and cultural organization, and religious persuasions have come from in order to process contemporary challenges.  This course begins with a summary of the 16th Century and proceeds through the centuries to the present.

Students will demonstrate verbally in class participation, and in brief written essays, and on map/essay exercises, an understanding of the personalities, trends, issues, locations and developments in the modern history of Earth.  

On a midterm examination, and a final examination, written in essay format, students will demonstrate in writing an ability to synthesize facts, dates, personalities, and their situations.

Through “extra credit” efforts such as films, lectures, Art Museum visit, students will demonstrate through brief written synopses what these have done to enlarge upon, clarify, or enhance concepts of this course.

YOUR GRADE:
Class attendance and participation @ 1pt/class = up to 30 points
Map/essays exercises @ 5 points each                  up to 40 points
Midterm Essay examination                                       up to 20 points
Final Examination, inclusive, essay type                   up to 25 points
Extra credit (Instructor will elaborate)                                     No limit

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 AND PARTICIPATION:
There are 30 class meetings; your attendance is expected. If you cannot attend, contact instructor in advance by telephone, or after the fact by e-mail.  In general, work will not be made up; if you feel you have “unusual circumstances” for missing class and/or assignments, e-mail contact is required.

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

COURSE OUTCOMES:
Students will demonstrate geographical knowledge of the earth, its nations,regions, historical development, using map/geography exercises and quizzes; Students will demonstrate in writing general understandings of basic concepts
such as “civilization”, “empire,” “republican/monarchial/democratic government systems,” “geographic determinism, trends of developing systems of governance and economic activity, nation states. Students will demonstrate verbally in class, and in written work, comprehension of personalities involved in world civilizations, turning points in political change, the role of religious thought, writings, and action in world civilizations.

SCHEDULE: 
Meetings 01 - 03 Intro, background, requirements, and “catch-up to 1500 CE”
     Assignment: Begin reading PART FOUR in text;
Meetings 04-06  - The European world reaches out; Islamic responses;
Meetings 07-09  - China, Japan, S. E. Asia, and South Asia and imperialism;
     Read PART FIVE in text;
Meetings 10-12 - Native peoples, cultures, and civilization in Americas;
Meetings 13-15 - Mid Term Examination this week - do at home
     Revolutions: U.S.A., Scientific, French, and Napoleon; Spain falters;
Meetings 16-18 - Non-industrial, non-enlightenment worlds of Africa, Asia,
     (Japanese isolation), Chinese retrenchment, America destroyed;
Meetings 19-21 - Begin reading PART SIX in text;
     World War I = end of the age of exploration, imperialism, and more
Meetings 22-24 - Russia Revolts, Nazi/Fascist, Totalitarian states, Japan,
     Chinese revolution splits, fails.
Meetings 25-27 - Post World War II = independence in Africa, Asia, “Cold War”
     United Nations, space, super powers.
Meetings 28-30 - All work is due the last meeting of class - no work accepted after
       Final Exam 

GRADES WILL BE POSTED ON THE CHAMINADE.EDU WEBSITE NO MORE 
THAN ONE WEEK AFTER THE LAST CLASS MEETING.