This is the HIS 112 course website. On this page, you will find important information about the course and the links to the course assignment schedules (see below).
Before You Start Your Work in
the Course, You Must:
- Check your specific Critical Course Deadlines. These dates can be found on the ELI home page, and they are also indicated on your course schedule (See the links below). Please make a note of these dates.
- You must withdraw before the Last Refund Date to receive a refund.
- You must submit your introduction paragraph or complete the Course Introduction Check quiz (see unit 1) by
your First Assignment Due Date to avoid being
administratively deleted from the course without a refund.
- You must complete your Midterm Exam by your Midterm Exam Due Date or you will be withdrawn from the course. (No Exceptions; No excuses accepted.) For your exact midterm exam due date, see your course assignment schedule linked below on this page.
- Your Last Withdrawal Date is the last date on which
you can withdraw yourself from the course using Novaconnect, without grade
penalty.
- Finally, remember, you must complete all course assignments by your official
course End Date.
- Check Novaconnect to verify
your instructor's name.
- Please note that your
enrollment in this course is subject
to the general ELI
rules and regulations. Please be sure to review these
procedural matters now. For an Incomplete grade
in the course, a
student must earn 500 points, pass the midterm exam and explain the extenuating
circumstances for the incomplete request.
- Take appropriate action now if you will
need proctored examinations.
- Any student with a documented
disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations is encouraged to
contact a counselor for disability services. Contact information can be found
online on the college web page. For
additional information, please contact an ELI counselor at
elicounselors@nvcc.edu or
703.323.2425. All information is kept confidential.
- You must submit all of
your assignments and extra credit through Blackboard according to the Submitting Assignments and Using Email in Your ELI History Course instructions. (No more than one submission
per calendar day will be accepted.) Feedback on your work will be returned via e-mail, usually within 24-72 hours.
- Please review the information on Using Blackboard for instructions on how to
submit assignments, access the online discussions and view your gradebook.
- To begin the course, review this page, click on your course assignment schedule (below), check out the information on all of the
course
assignments and exams and begin with unit 1 of the course.
- Finally, please remember that you must
pass the final exam with a grade of "C" (175/250) or better to earn a
passing grade of "C" or better in this course.
Required books
- Edward Judge and John Langdon, Connections: A World History, 2nd ed., combined volume, Pearson, 2011, isbn 978-0-205-83550-8. Please
note that you can use this same textbook for HIS
111. Recently, we have been using Edgar/Jewsbury, et al., Civilizations: Past & Present
(volume 2), and it is ok if you want to use that book. If you are wondering whether you must buy the textbook, then please watch this short video. If you are really adventurous (and want to save money), the Judge/Langdon book is available online as an etext (9780205095759). I do not believe that the etext is compatible with a Kindle or a Nook. You can purchase the book at www.coursesmart.com (use the isbn to find the book). If you do use the etext, please let me know your feedback.
- John Chardin, Travels in Persia, 1673-1677 (isbn 9780486256368)
You must also read one of
these (and you can read the others for extra credit)--you might want to do a quick web search for more information on these books before you choose:
- Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (isbn 9780385474542) Please note that if you do not want to read Achebe, then you can read Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Child of All Nations (isbn 9780140256338). If you do not want to read Achebe or Toer, then you can read Amadou Hampaté Bâ, The Fortunes of Wangrin (isbn 9780253212269).
- Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (isbn 9780449213940)
- Mohandas Gandhi, Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth (isbn 9780486245935)
Please check the distance learning bookstore website for information on where and how you can purchase your textbooks. You may also be able to
buy your books at another retail outlet or on the web. Also,
the publisher maintains a companion web site for the textbook with some
resources that may help you in your work in this course.
Course overview
HIS
112 reviews the general history of the world from about 1600 ce to the
present and allows students to reach a basic understanding of the
characteristic
features of the world's historical development. The course also
helps
students to develop an understanding of the academic discipline of
history
and supports the general educational goals of historians and the
college.
Grading in the course is based on written assignments and on class work
that demonstrates critical thinking.
Course objectives
If you successfully complete this course, you will be able to:
- Define and describe the importance of key individuals and events in world history.
- Understand the general chronology and geography of world history.
- Understand the main forces at work in the historical development of the world.
- Develop an ability to analyze historical sources and reach conclusions based on that analysis.
- Compose critical essays that explain the importance of certain historical events in the world.
- Understand the role and work of the historian.
Course prerequisites
Although there are no formal prerequisites for this course, please consider:
- It is expected that students
possess college-level reading and writing skills.
You should also have relatively good technology and web-use skills. Please check ELI's Smartmeasure to see if you are ready for distance learning. You can also check out our short quiz, Is A Web Course for Me?- I would recommend that you allot at least three hours a week of study time for this course.
Course grading
Course grades are based on the
following point scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F
Please be sure to check the very, very IMPORTANT Explanation of Assignments and Grading. You may also wish to have a look at the course aids.
Course assignment schedule and deadlines
For fall 2012, there are different schedule versions available:
For summer 2012, there are different schedule versions available:
For spring 2012, there are different schedule versions available:
Please make sure that you double-check your registration so that you know which one you signed up for. You can always finish faster than your course schedule, if you wish.
There are specific assignment deadlines in this course, and these are listed on the course schedule. You may not submit late extra credit work from a course unit. You may submit any of the course assignments, or optional course assignments late, but the maximum point value will then be reduced by one-half.
You are expected to make regular and steady progress in
completing your assignments and examinations. Please check your Blackboard online gradebook for
your grades. Once
you begin this course, it is your responsibility to withdraw if you do not
intend to finish it. If you do not
withdraw and if do not finish your course assignments, then you will receive a
grade based upon the work that you have
submitted. Usually, this grade is an "F."
You can earn extra credit in the course by
finding typos or broken links on the course web pages. You can also suggest additional websites that would be useful in the course.
Writing in the Course
Note that proper grammar, spelling and style are an
inherent part of each assignment in this course. Please check Charlie's History Writing Center for
more information. (You can also watch the short YouTube video about the center.) Any student caught cheating in this course will be
subject to disciplinary action.
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