SYLLABUS: FALL DUG 2015
HI 152  WORLD  CIVILIZATION  1500 C.E. - PRESENT

CHAMINADE  UNIVERSITY  OF  HONOLULU
Willis H A Moore, Instructor - - - - - willis.moore@adjunct.chaminade.edu 
808-782-3562 - - voice and text
Office hours - - MTWThF - 0930h - 1130h - Henry 208 C

Text is required:  CONNECTIONS: A World History - Judge

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 societal organization, and religious persuasions have come from in order to process contemporary challenges.  This course begins with a summary up to the 16th Century and proceeds to the present.

Students will demonstrate verbally in class participation, and in brief written exams, 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, participation and Pearson/Revel on-line quizzes      up to 15 points
Weekly Map / essays, exercises @ 5 points each                       up to 60 points
Midterm Essay examination                                             up to 20 points
Final Examination, inclusive, essay type                                 up to 20 points
Extra credit and/or Service Learning endeavor(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”, - note this is unsatisfactory mark
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 e-mail or text message.  
In general, work will not be made up; if 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.  Essay questions require you to know the material, then be able to synthesize into your own words and arguments.  A weekly quiz, based on readings, will be given.  There will be 13 such quizzes, each worth 5 points - - highest 12 will be counted.

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:  

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/as 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; but you must at least  open your CHAMINADE.EDU and set up this feature.  The University will contact you, send bulletins, news, and minders to your CHAMINADE.EDU address; final grades are posted on the web portal.
NOTE:  Those using mobile devices as primary internet access may find that attachments from the Instructor are “lost” or “hidden;” and if you attempt to write and send assignments from your mobile device it may not succeed.  ALWAYS TITLE YOUR MESSAGE and state what it is in first sentence.

PREFERRED FORMAT FOR ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS is that you write and send an e-mail message.  If you wish to create an attachment, it must be either a PDF or Rich Text Format (RTF)…..other formats can cause difficulty in downloading and displaying.

You may print (or hand write in ink) your assignments (single-spacing please) and bring to class, or you may send your work via e-mail for grading and posting.

SCHEDULE: 

Week beginning:
24AU - Intro, background, requirements, and “catch-up to 1500 CE”
 Assignment: Chapter 19 in text; essay assignment,
31 AU - Chapter 20 - essay assignment
07 SE - Chapter 21 - essay assignment
14 SE - Chapter 22 - essay assignment
21 SE - Chapter 23 - essay assignment
28 SE - Chapter 24 - essay assignment
05 OC - Chapter 25 - essay assignment                                              12 OC - MID TERM EXAMINATION – COVERING TEXT READINGS TO DATE
19 OC - Chapter 26 - essay assignment
26 OC - Chapter 27 - essay assignment
02 NO - Chapter 28 - essay assignment
09 NO - Chapter 29 - essay assignment
16 NO - Chapter 31 - essay assignment
23 NO - Chapter 32 - essay assignment
30 NO - Chapter 33 - FINAL EXAMINATION
Note:  Some chapters may be combined in a given week in order to progress more closely to the 21st Century….that is, more of the Text may well be included.

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

About SERVICE LEARNING - -
Chaminade University encourages you to think about “service to others and to the community” as you learn and earn your degree.  Although there is no specific “Service Learning” list of projects for this course, you may consider your volunteer time with your church, your community, at the University, in the community, etc. as “Service Learning”.  If you will communicate in writing (or via e-mail) where you are doing and what you are doing, the Instructor will consider adding up to 10 points to your total at the end of term.