HISTORY 102
Van Hall/Sect. 801/Fall 2008

I.  OBJECTIVE:    To give students enough information to be able to discuss the recent
                              past intelligently and in such a way that they might wish to do so.

II.  METHOD:    The instructor has selected 26 topics, arranged them chronologically, and will make
                           each the subject of a lecture.  The course begins in 1660 and ends around 1920.

III. TEXTBOOK:    The Western Experience (9th edition), by Mortimer Chambers, et al. is required
                               for both History 102 and History 101.

IV. OUTSIDE READING:    Each student must select and read one book (other than the textbook)
                                             which is relevant to western civilization between c.1660 and 1939.
                                             The book must be approved by the instructor.

V.  BOOK REVIEW:    Each student must submit a three to five page, typewritten, double-spaced
                                      book review (c.800 - 1300 words).  Two copies must be made, one for
                                      the instructor and one to be retained by the student. For more, click:
                                    BookReview

VI.  EXAMINATIONS:    There will be two exams during the semester plus a final exam.All
                                     exams will be of the short answer variety and will include a section requiring
                                     students to locate important places on a map.

VII.   GRADES:    Grades will be computed on the following basis:

                                  Each semester exam will count:   20% of the course grade.
                                  The book review will count:        20%
                                  The final exam will count:            40%

VIII.  GRADE SCALE:    90 - 100    A
                                         87 -   89    B+
                                         80 -   86    B
                                         77 -   79    C+
                                         70 -   76    C
                                         67 -   69    D+
                                         60 -   66    D
                                              -   59    F

IX.  MISSED EXAMS:    There is no penalty for missing one or both of the semester exams.  If you
                                        miss one exam, then the final exam will count 60% of your course grade.  If
                                        you miss both, then the final will count 80%.
                                             THERE ARE NO MAKE UP EXAMS.

 X. REQUIRED OUTCOMES: Successful completion of this course will require that the student is able to identify the major persons, trends and events of western history from the time of Louis XIV to World War II and possess sufficient understanding to discuss those things cogently both on paper and in conversation.

25 August

Syllabus, Resources, and the Age of Louis XIV
The World at War, 1688 - 1714

27 August

The Major Powers: A Cook’s Tour of Europe
Everyday Life as the 18th Century Begins

3 September

Sir Robert Walpole and the Augustan Age in England
The World at War (again): Warfare in the mid-century

8 September

The Enlightenment
Why France?:  The Prelude to the French Revolution

10 September

The French Revolution, Bastille to Buonaparte, 1789 - 1795
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1793 - 1802. Click for Military Maps

15 September

Hubris: Napoleonic France, 1802 - 1815
A World Restored: The Congress of Vienna, 1814 - 1815

17 September

First Exam
The First Industrial Revolution: Textiles and Iron

22 September

“Isms,” 1815 - 1848: Nationalism, Liberalism and Conservatism         
Romanticism: 1798 -

24 September

The Revolutions of 1848
The Unification of Italy, 1848 - 1871

29 September

Bismarck and the Unification of Germany
The Road to War: Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, 1890 - 1914                    BOOK REVIEW DUE          

1 October

The Lights Go Out in Europe: World War I  Begins, August 1914
World War I,  1914

6 October

         SECOND EXAM
World War I, 1915 - 1918

8 October

Armistice and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919
Russia Under the Tsars,  1856 - 1916

13 October

Russia Under the Communists, 1917 – 1924
Hitler

 

Office Hours:       MW  1:00–2:30,  5:00–5:20
             TTH  10:00–12:10
            FRI  12:00–1:30

FINAL EXAM: 5:30–7:30, Wednesday 15 October

Last Day to Drop Without a WF is 12 September

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Last update, 5 September 2008
You can reach me by email at: DVanHall@mailbox.sc.edu.
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