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 - sixth 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’s people.  

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 @ .5 pt / class                 up to 20 points
Map / essays exercises @ 5 – 10 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 40+ class meetings; 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.

NOTES:  
Professor Moore will generally be on campus Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 0900h - 1230h.
You can contact him anytime by telephone:  538-3952
Before 1030h, he will be in the Adjunct Faculty Office on the third floor of HENRY HALL, located in the History Center and Library, or, he will be in Sullivan Library LRC/Computer area.

Due to some prior commitments made before agreeing to teach on campus this term, Prof Moore may miss a class or two - - he will e-mail you to confirm such occasions if they occur.

CHAMINADE policy is to use CHAMINADE.EDU for e-mail correspondence.  You may arrange to have your STUDENT.CHAMINADE.EDU mail forwarded to another e-mail account it you like; but you must at least get into your CHAMINADE.EDU and set up this feature.

SCHEDULE: 

Week one:
 Intro, background, requirements, and “catch-up to 1500 CE”
 Assignment: Begin reading PART FOUR in text; Maps & Essay assignment,
Week two:  
 Chapters 23 & 22 - The European world reaches out
Week three:
 China, Japan;

Week four – Begin reading PART FIVE in text; Maps and Essay assignment,
 Chapters 29 & 30
Week five:
 Chapter 31 – USA and French Revolutions, Napoleon, Peace of 1815,
Week six:
 Chapters 32 & 33
Week seven:
 Chapter 35 & 36

MID TERM EXAMINATION – TEXT READINGS TO DATE

Week eight:
 Chapters 37 & 38
Week nine:
 Chapters 40 & 41

Week ten: - Begin reading PART SIX in text; Maps and Essay assignment,
 Chapters 42, 43 & 44
Week eleven:
 Chapters 45 & 46
Week twelve:
 Chapters 47 & 48
Week thirteen:
 Chapters 49 & 50
Week fourteen:
 Chapters 51 & 52
Week fifteen:
 Chapters 53 & 54 and FINAL EXAMINATION

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