Course Syllabus

Spring 2024 | HIS-1111-VO01 - World History to 1500

Online Class

Online courses take place 100% online via Canvas, without required in-person or Zoom meetings.

Faculty

James Blynt
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Gilberto Diaz Santos

General Education Requirements

VSCS Humanistic Perspectives

Note

Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.

Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

This survey course explores the economic, political, cultural, and social developments in world history from the rise of civilization to 1500 CE in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The course highlights geography, cultural and political movements, and human interactions that influenced the historical evolution of various world societies and their interrelationships within a global context.

Essential Objectives

1. Explain the relationship between the world’s physical and natural environments and the development of ancient world societies and cultures.
2. Explain the development and significance of distinctive forms of political, economic, and social organization in ancient world societies and analyze how they compare to modern world societies.
3. Assess significant characteristics of social identity found in ancient world societies and discuss resulting social, racial, and gender inequalities.
4. Analyze ways in which human groups have come into contact and interacted with one another, including patterns of migration, trade, conquest, and cultural diffusion, and critique the diverse impacts of those exchanges as experienced by advantaged and disadvantaged communities.
5. Investigate the diverse ideologies and religions found in ancient world societies, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and secular philosophies.
6. Identify the major shifts in philosophical, cultural, and scientific ideas and developments that occurred in this timeframe and evaluate their implications.
7. Analyze the theses, context, values, perspectives, and facts in historical primary and secondary sources.
8. Engage in and evaluate historical research using information literacy skills.

Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV IT Support page. https://support.ccv.edu/general/computer-recommendations/

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.

Required Textbooks and Resources

*** This is a low cost ($50 or less) textbook or resource class. ***

This course uses one or more textbooks/books/simulations.

Spring 2024 textbook details will be available on 2023-11-06. On that date a link will be available below that will take you to eCampus, CCV's bookstore. The information provided there will be specific to this class. Please see this page for more information regarding the purchase of textbooks/books.

HIS-1111-VO01 Link to Textbooks for this course in eCampus.

The last day to use a Financial Aid Advance to purchase textbooks/books is the 3rd Tuesday of the semester. See your financial aid counselor at your academic center if you have any questions.

Methods

This is an online class with no in-person or Zoom meetings. Students will work through each week's material at their own pace, completing quizzes, papers, and participating in online discussion boards according to posted deadlines. Each week students will have a variety of resources to explore, including readings, maps, pictures, and videos.

Evaluation Criteria

All grades are weighted equally. Your final grade will be calculated as an average of the following:

Quiz 1 - Intro, Prehistory, Egypt, Mesopotamia
Quiz 2 - Ancient India and China
Quiz 3 - Ancient Greece and Rome
Quiz 4 - Medieval period
Quiz 5 - Imperial China, Feudal Japan, West Africa
Quiz 6 - Renaissance and Reformation
Quiz A - Guns, Germs, and Steel (prologue-chapter 4)
Quiz B - Guns, Germs, and Steel (chapters 5-9)
Quiz C - Guns, Germs, and Steel (chapters 10-14)
Quiz D - Guns, Germs, and Steel (chapters 15-19)
Essay - Guns, Germs, and Steel (counts twice)
Discussion - First half of semester (not counting GGS)
Discussion - Second half of semester (not counting GGS)
Discussion - Guns, Germs, and Steel (first half of book)
Discussion - Guns, Germs, and Steel (second half of book)
General Class Participation

Note: assessments are subject to change. All quizzes are open-note/book

Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

	High	Low
A+	100	98
A	Less than 98	93
A-	Less than 93	90
B+	Less than 90	88
B	Less than 88	83
B-	Less than 83	80
C+	Less than 80	78
C	Less than 78	73
C-	Less than 73	70
D+	Less than 70	68
D	Less than 68	63
D-	Less than 63	60
F	Less than 60
P	100	60
NP	Less than 60	0

Weekly Schedule

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

• In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
• Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
• Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.

Participation Expectations

Students are expected to be active participants in all weekly discussion boards.

Missing & Late Work Policy

You will have plenty of time to complete and submit all assignments. Late work will not be accepted for any reason.

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:

1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.

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