Syllabus

 **Harrisburg Area Community College **   **Spring Grove Area High School **   **College in the High School (CHS) **   **WESTERN CIVILIZATION I SYLLABUS **   **2010-2011 **  <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Instructor: **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Kathleen Krall **Phone:** 225-4731 ext. 7347  <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Room: **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> SGHS room 347 **Email:** <span style="color: #0022e4; font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Krallk@sgasd.org  <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Classes **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: HIST 201 Sections 33599, 33600 **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Required Materials: ** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Perry, //Western Civilization 1: A Brief History// (6th Edition) **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Additional Materials: ** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Article Handouts given by the instructor ** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Class Site: **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">http://krallwesterncivilizationi.wikispaces.com/ <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Course/Catalog Description **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Survey of the development of Civilization in the Middle East, Greece, Rome, and Europe from ancient times through the Reformation. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Prerequisite: **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> A good command of reading and writing of the English language. **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Learning Outcomes: **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to: <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Demonstrate student understanding of the principles upon which history is founded. <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Explain the foundations of Western Civilization as developed in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Apply the Historian’s values of objectivity, accuracy, and truth, to the study of Europe during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Emerging nation states to 1715. <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. Develop analytical skills in writing reports and learn the geographic principles associated with the historical development of these civilizations. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">POLICIES ** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Attendance/Absence ** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> HACC Administrative Policy 661 will be followed regarding attendance and absence. See your Student Handbook for the full Procedure. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 1. Students are expected “to attend all scheduled classes/laboratories and are responsible for all class work and assignments.” <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 2. Excused absence is one that is “beyond the student’s control to prevent,” or “significant enough to reasonably prohibit attendance in class even if controllable.” <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 3. Unexcused absence is one that is “within the student’s control to prevent,” or “not significant enough to reasonably prohibit attendance in class, even if controllable.” <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 4. Ultimately it’s up to the instructor to decide what constitutes an excused versus an unexcused absence. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **The Instructor’s Attendance Philosophy** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 1. If you know that you will be absent from class, it is your responsibility to inform me in advance in person, email, or voicemail. ** Assignments due during that absence are expected to me in advance. **  <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 2. Upon returning to class, it is your responsibility to be prepared for class that day. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 3. **A high school class or high school activity shall not supersede this class**. This is a college class after all. When you decided to take this class, you became a student of HACC. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Other policies ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This is a college-level class, therefore I expect each of you to treat it as such. Attendance and attentiveness are both mandatory for success.. You must be willing to put in the extra effort needed to be successful

1. Electronic devices of any kind are not permitted. 2. I expect students to accept responsibility for their choices regarding behavior and priorities. 4. I expect students to develop and maintain a work ethic that will enable them to be successful. 5. Students are expected to participate and contribute in classroom discussion, and note taking. 6. Students will afford the teacher and their peers respect and dignity - anything less is unacceptable. 7. Cheating in any form is not tolerated! You WILL exercise academic integrity - if you fail in this endeavor you will be disciplined accordingly. You will not receive any credit for the assignment, test, essay, etc. 8. Class time is scheduled for the study of European History; **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif';">completing work for other courses during our class time is UNACCEPTABLE. **

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **HACC Academic Honesty** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“Academic honesty is one of the fundamental principles upon which the College was founded and upon which it must operated to continue to perform its most important function. Students are expected to be honest in all of their academic endeavors. The College views academic dishonesty as a serious breach of conduct. Depending upon the nature and severity of the dishonest act, the faculty and the College may discipline a student for verifiable acts of dishonesty occurring in or out of the classroom. Specific procedures for handling incidents of academic dishonesty are contained in Regulation 584.” **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Stated Plagiarism will get you a zero for that assignment. **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **Grading Scale** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> A=90-100 B=80-89 C=70-79 D=60-69 F=0-59 <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **Course Outline** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> *Specific readings will be assigned throughout the course* <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Chapter 1 The Possibility of Civilization; History Begins at Sumer <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Chapter 2 Ancient Egypt: The Ancient near East in the Ages of Confusion. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 3 The Greeks and the Hellenistic World <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 4 The Rise and fall of Rome and Julius Caesar <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 5 The Rise of Christianity <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 6 The Medieval East, making of Europe and the Age of the Crusades <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 7 Christian Europe <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 8 The Renaissance and Reformation <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 9 The Age of Discovery, Wars of Religion in England and France <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chapter 10 The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Course requirements **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Exams: **<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Four exams will be given in class and are composed of essay, multiple choice, and short answer questions. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **Classroom discussions:** Each week students will be leading a classroom discussion on a particular topic based on assigned primary resources. These discussions will be graded. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **Quizzes:** Quizzes will be based on your supplemental readings and are used as an additional way to boost your grade. These will be announces and unannounced. Quizzes cannot be made up. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **Research Paper:** You are required to write a 10-15 page research paper for this course. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 2in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">PHRC Syllabus Requirement ** <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (“PHRAct’) prohibits discrimination against prospective and current students because of race, color, sex, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, handicap or disability, record of a handicap or disability, perceived handicap or disability, relationship or association with an individual with a handicap or disability, use of a guide or support animal, and/or handling or training of support or guide animals. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> The Pennsylvania Fair Educational Opportunities Act (“PFEOAct”) prohibits discrimination against prospective and current students because of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, handicap or disability, record of a handicap or disability, perceived handicap or disability, and a relationship or association with an individual with a handicap or disability. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Information about these laws may be obtained by visiting the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission website at www.phrc.state.pa.us. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> If an accommodation is needed, please contact: <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **Gettysburg Campus** Leslie Boon, Room 130 (717) 337-3855 x3021 <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'AvantGarde','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">