HST 102G: MODERN EUROPE
TR 10:20-11:35 FALL 2007
MR. VERSER
Email: gpverser@nmsu.edu
Classroom number: Chemistry Building 111
Office Hours: T&Th 8:00-10:00 & 11:45-12:45 Office Number: Breland 231
Description: HST 102: Modern Europe
We will examine Western culture beginning with the Age of Religious Wars progressing through the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Age of Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, & the major events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Humanism, secularism, the rights of man, the doctrine of progress, liberalism, conservatism, totalitarianism, socialism, Darwinism, & many other ideological concepts are examined.
Text(s): Spielvogel, Western Civilization. 6th edition. Wadsworth, 2005.
Purpose of Course: Modern Europe offers students insight into the history & development of what we commonly refer to as Western Civilization in the modern era. Our religious traditions, forms of state, cultural values, & ways of thought and behavior, derive from the Western historical experience & interactions between Western and non-Western societies. Moreover you will develop analytical thinking, reading, & writing skills & explore the links between developments of the past and present ways of living in the Western world.
Tests: There will be 4 tests worth a total of 1000 points. There will be a short review for each test. Extra credit is also available. Tests are MC, matching, & short answer & partial credit is awarded for reasonable answers. Tests also contain a map/geography component. It is important that you accompany class lecture with the supplied maps. You must also bring a photo id to each test.
Attendance: I will drop any student missing 2 full weeks of class (4 consecutive meetings). Otherwise attendance works on a positive/negative point system. At the beginning of the semester you are allotted 30 free bonus points. Each absence will deduct 15 bonus points from this total. Once you reach your third absence 15 points will be deducted from your overall semester grade. So, each time you miss class, beginning with your third absence, 15 additional points will be subtracted from your final course point total.
Grading Scale: Points Grade
900 – 1000 = A
800 – 894 = B
700 – 794 = C
600 – 694 = D
0 – 594 = F
Tardiness: If you arrive later than 20 minutes to class, or leave 20 minutes or earlier, you will be counted absent. If you arrive to class after another individual completes their test, you will not be able to take the test and a make-up will not be provided.
Make-up and late work: Make-ups are allowed in the event of sickness, death in the family, or absence owing to a university sanctioned event. A doctor’s notice or program will be due the first day of your return. All make-up tests will be essay exam only. It would be in your best interest not to miss a scheduled test.
Extra-credit work: There will be an extra credit opportunity on each test based upon movies viewed in class, optional readings, or outside assignments to be determined as the semester progresses.
Academic Honesty: These activities will not be tolerated: Use of any aids during a test, submitting work completed by another individual (plagiarism), or cheating during an exam. Violation of the NMSU’s academic honesty policy is not limited to this list. Please refer to the student conduct section of the Student Handbook as a guideline. The first violation of the academic honesty policy will result on a 0 F grade on that test or paper. The second violation will result in an F in the course and possible disciplinary action by the university.
Discrimination/Disabilities: Feel free to call Jerry Nevarez, Director of Institutional Equity, at 505-646-3635 with any questions you may have about NMSU's Non-Discrimination Policy and complaints of discrimination, including sexual harassment.
Please call Michael Armendariz, Coordinator of Services for Studentswith Disabilities, at 505-646-6840 with any questions you may have on student issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and/or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. All medical information will be treated confidentially.
Schedule of Readings and Tests
TH August 23rd - Introduction & State Building in 17th Century (410-446)
TU August 28th - State Building in the 17th Century continued …
TH August 30th - Scientific Revolution (448-471)
TU September 4th - Scientific Revolution continued….
TH September 6th - Age of Enlightenment (473-500)
- Movie (Tentative)
TU September 11th - Movie (Tentative)
TH September 13th - European States & Society 18th Cent. (502-531)
- Test Review
TU September 18th - TEST I & MAP (260 points)
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TH September 20th - French Revolution (532-561)
TU September 25th - French Revolution continued….
TH September 27th - Industrial Revolution (562-588)
TU October 2nd - Industrial Revolution continued….
TH October 4th - Romanticism & the Early 19th Century (589-618)
TU October 9th - Nationalism & Realism (620-650)
TH October 11th - Nationalism & Realism continued….
- Test Review
TU October 16th - TEST II & MAP (260 points)
(OCTOBER 16TH IS THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITH A “W”)
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TH October 18th - Age of Progress (652-679)
TU October 23rd - Age of Progress continued….
TH October 25th - Modern World (681-715)
TU October 30th - Beginning of 20th Century (717-748)
TH November 1st - Beginning of 20th Century continued….
- Movie (Tentative)
TU November 6th - Movie (Tentative)
TH November 8th - Between the Wars (750-781)
TU November 13th - Between the Wars continued….
- Test Review
TH November 15th - TEST III & MAP (260 points)
(Thanksgiving Holiday – No Class Nov. 19-23)
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TU November 27th - WWII (782-813)
TH November 29th - WWII Continued
TU December 4th - Cold War & the West (814-849)
TH December 6th - Western World since 1973 (850-882)
- Test Review
TH December 13th - TEST IV & MAP (220 points)
(10:30am-12:30pm)]
