Claflin University
Spring 2004
History 300: Survey of World History
WEB-BASED INSTRUCTION
Dr. Jackie R. Booker
Associate Professor of History
And
Chair, Department of History and
Sociology
Office Phone: (803) 535-5742
Office:
Trustee Hall #11
e-mail:
jrbooker@claflin.edu
Class Meetings:
Days
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Sunday
Class
Meets
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA TBA
TBA
Class meets anytime, anywhere on the Internet at:
Division of Humanities
and Social
Sciences - Department of History and Sociology
on-line course
Spring Semester 2004
Instructor: Dr. Booker, Chair, Department of History
and Sociology
Office Phone: (803)
535-5742
Office: Trustee Hall, #11
e-mail: jrbooker@claflin.edu
Course Description: This is a survey of world history from
the earliest times until
1550. You will cover the
most important social, economic,
technological, political, and cultural developments in
Africa,
Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.
Required Text:
Richard W. Bulliet, et. al. The Earth and Its Peoples: A
Global History. 2nd edition, Volume I, (New York: Houghton
Mifflin, 2001).
Evaluation
Criteria:
2 regular exams @ 15%
Mid-term exam @ 25%
Final Exam @25%
Modules 4 @5%
Grading Scale: For all exams and the final
grade
90
-100 =A
85
- 89 =B+
80
- 84 =B
75
- 79 =C+
70
- 74 =C
65
-
69 =D+
60
-
65 =D
Below 60 =F
Attendance:
Not required. You are
expected to spend 2-3 hours weekly
on this course independently.
Incompletes:
Incompletes are not given in this course.
Tentative Outline:
January:
Week
4:
Chapter 1, Nature, Humanity, and History, read pp.
5-25
Review Incremental Learning Objectives A101-A106; do
Interactive Learning Modules A101-A106
February:
Week 1:
Read chapter 2, The First
River Civilizations, pp. 31-61;
Read chapter 3, The Late Bronze Age in the Eastern
Hemisphere, pp. 64-72; review ILOs B101-B121; do ILMs
B101-B106
Week
2:
Submit ILMs. A101-106 and B101-B106; take exam (IAM)
(on ILOs A101-A106 and B101-B121)
Week 3:
Read chapter 3, The Late Bronze Age in the Eastern
Hemisphere, pp. 78-89; review ILOs C101-C106; do ILMS
C101-C106
Week
4:
Read chapter 5, Greece and Iran, pp. 135-158; review
ILOs
D101-D110
March:
Week 1:
Submit ILMs C101-106 and D101-D106; take IAM (on ILOs
C101-C106 and D101-D110
Week 2:
Spring Break
Week 3:
Read chapter 6, The Age of Empires:
Rome and Han China,
pp. 162-172; review ILOs D111-D118; do ILMs D111-D118
Week 4:
Read chapter 6, pp. 172-174; review ILOs E106-E109; do
ILMs E106-E109
April:
Week 1:
Submit ILMs D111-D118 and E106-109; take IAM (review
ILOs D111-D118 and E106-E109)
Week 2:
Read chapter 10, The Sasanid Enpire and the Rise of
Islam,
pp. 279-286; review ILOs
E101-E105
Week 3:
Read chapter 4, The Early Iron Age in Western Eurasia,
pp. 108-113; review ILOs E110-E110; do ILMs E101-E105
and E110-E113
Week
4:
Read chapter 9, Christian Europe Emerges, pp. 263-276;
review ILOs F101-F107; do ILMs F101-F107
May:
Week 1:
Submit ILMs E101-E103; E110-E113; and F101-F103;
take IAM (review ILOs E101-E105; E110-E113; F101-107