INTRODUCTION

Modern World Civilization is designed to increase of the world from the sixteenth century to the present. This includes examining such topics as the division of the West and the Middle East, as well as the ensuing conflict that has recently emerged between those two regions, Reformation, the Age of Discovery, biological exchange systems, the Age of Revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, and the Age of Total War. The course is opened to all and is an opportunity for students to gain insights into the social and political developments of other nations that can influence their lives. If a student has a special need, the student is encouraged to meet with the professor during his office hours in order to make those arrangements.

EXAMINATIONS

There will be three (3) essay examinations during the course. All examinations will follow essay for and will be composed of three parts: a general essay, a short essay, and identification. All tests are worth 125 points. At least one (1) week before each scheduled examination, each student is expected to provide the professor with a test booklet (often called a blue book because of its color). The test booklet will be returned to the student on the day of the examination. Before each lecture, students will receive a lecture outline. All potential examination questions will derive from those reviews so students should keep them handy and review them each evening. The only exception to this rule is the post-test, the same exam that students took during the first week. The results of the post-test will be factored into the final tally for each student.

REVIEW SESSIONS

Before each examination, the professor will arrange to hold a review session in the evening to help students to prepare for the coming test.

EXTRA CREDIT

Students can write additional reaction papers (up to three) over some of the videos that will be shown during the course of the semester. Each of those papers will be announced beforehand and students will have a week to finish those extra assignments. At the start of each semester the professor will administer a diagnostic examination in order to evaluate a student�s competency in World history. The score will not count for a student�s grade.

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Students are advised that cheating or plagiarism, the deliberate copying of the work of others without the proper citation of that work, will not be tolerated. If a student is caught cheating or plagiarizing the work of others, he/she could face immediate failure of the test or assignment as well as other sanctions deemed permissible by the university. As a consequence, all test books will be turned into the professor one week prior to each scheduled examination.

UNIVERSITY ADA STATEMENT

Emporia State University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students need to contact the Director of Disability Services and the professor as early in the semester as possible to ensure that classroom and academic accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. All communication between students, the Office of Disability Services, and the professor will be strictly confidential.

ATTENDANCE

Students are expected to attend class and are notified that attendance will be taken. Each student will begin the semester with fifty attendance points; however, after five absences, a student will lose them. Those points will be included in a student's final grade for the course.

STATE OF KANSAS HISTORY STANDARDS

Students enrolled in WH 102 will be exposed for materials found in the HISTORY COMPREHENSIVE: Late Childhood through Early Adolescence Grades 5-8 including: Standard 1, Knowledge Indicator 4: The teacher understands the political, social, and economic institutions and their interactions with the Islamic world; Knowledge Indicator 5: The teacher understands the key events and individuals of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Catholic Reformation; Knowledge Indicator 6: The teacher understands past events have affected contemporary and current historical issues and events.

Students enrolled in WH 102 will be exposed for materials found in the U.S. HISTORY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND WORLD HISTORY: Early Adolescence through Late Adolescence Grades 6-12 including: Standard 2, Knowledge Indicator 6 (same as Standard 1, Knowledge Indicator 5 above); Knowledge Indicator 7: The teacher knows and understands the major events, movements, and individuals of the Age of Absolutism and the Enlightenment; Knowledge Indicator 9: The teacher understands the Age of Revolutions and their impact from 1763 through 1848 including the American Revolution, French Revolution, and the Revolutions of 1820, 1830, and 1848; Knowledge Indicator 11: The teacher understands the rise of nationalism in the world community; Knowledge Indicator 12: The teacher understands the origins, course, and consequence of World War I, World War II, and the Cold War and the consequence of the post-Cold War era and the struggle for human rights; and Knowledge Indicator 13: The teacher understands comparative history, including but not limited to the formation, development, and evolution of civilizations, and the interaction with each other.