Contact Information: Katherine Fanning-Black Please call me: Kate or Professor Fanning please leave a message

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1 HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ONLINE COURSE SYLLABUS Instructor: Prof. Katherine Fanning-Black (Kate) SUBJ & NUM: HIST 201 Office Location: Virtual Course Title: Western Civilization I Office Hours(days/times): is checked at least once day. Term & Year: Summer I 2015 Office Phone #: Cell Phone CRN 4489 Credit Hours: 3 HACC Address: kmfannin@hacc.edu Secretary s Phone #: * Course-related s will receive responses within 24 hours. kmfannin@hacc.edu Contact Information: Katherine Fanning-Black Please call me: Kate or Professor Fanning kmfannin@hacc.edu please leave a message Please feel free to contact me immediately with any concerns or issues that come up. Communicating in advance of any problem will allow us to resolve it with as little trouble as possible. If an emergency occurs, contact me as soon as it is possible. I check my twice a day, and I have given my personal cell phone number. You may also utilize the internal for the class. Catalog Description: Survey of the development of civilization in the Middle East, Greece, Rome, and Europe from ancient times through the Reformation An examination of the political, economic, social and cultural themes is included. Important ideas, significant persons, and world views are described in the context of each civilization. (Core B) Prerequisite Course(s): None Text(s), required:

2 Duiker/Spielvogel, Western Civilization, Volume I: to 1715,. (Current Edition). New York, NY: Thompson-Wadsworth. (or current edition, available in school bookstore. Check which edition is located in the school store before you buy one anywhere else. Woods, Williams, "A History and Antiquities of Eyam, With a Minute Account of the Great Plague Which Desolated That Village in the Year 1666." Nabu Press, (an older version will suffice) Hardware/Software required: Internet access is necessary for this class. Please download the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat to be sure that your computer can run all of the documents and images in this class. Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles upon which history is founded Explain the foundations of Western Civilization as developed in Mesopotamia, Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire Demonstrate awareness concerning the contributions and tensions to Western society from the Islamic states and the Byzantine Empire Apply the historian's values of objectivity, accuracy, and truth to the study of Europe during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation Eras and the Era of Emerging States to 1715 Develop analytical skills in writing reports and learn the geographic principles associated with the historical development of these civilizations Grading System: The grading standards established for this course are: A = % B = 80-89% C = 70-79% D = 63-69% F = 62% or below Method(s) of Instruction: All instruction for this class will be conducted in the online format. ASSIGNMENTS:

3 Discussion Board for Each Unit: Participation is worth 20 points for each Unit, for a total of 300 points for the class. Unit Activity for Each Unit: You should check the Course Work for each unit to see the scheduled activity. Each Unit activity is worth 25 points, for a total of 375 points during the class. ONE Research Essay. These topics should be picked during the first week of class and your choice should be ed to me as soon as possible. Availability of topics will be on a first come first serve basis. The Research Topic Essay is worth 100 points. Essays will be placed in the Dropbox. There is a Dropbox for each Unit. Your topic choice will come from specific Unit and that will determine your due date. The due date is the last day of the Unit. One essay type quiz taken in during Unit 10, (completed across Units 10 & 11) worth 50 pts. End of Unit quizzes (point values vary) Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 12, 13 & 14 (175 pts.) The total points possible for the class is Learning Sequence: 1. Unit 1: The Building Blocks of Civilization. 2. Unit 2: Egypt and Mesopotamia 3. Unit 3: The Greeks 4. Unit 4: The Hellenistic World 5. Unit 5: Rome 6. Unit 6: The Irish and Early Christianity 7. Unit 7: The Rise of Islam 8. Unit 8: The Byzantine World 19. Unit 9: The Medieval World 10. Unit 10: The Renaissance in Europe 11. Unit 11: The Reformation - The Printed Revolution

4 12: Unit 12: The World of the Tudors 13. Unit 13: The Black Plague: The Town of Eyam 14. Unit 14: The Rush for Exploration of the New Worlds 15. Unit 15: The Age of Science - The Conflict with the Church Unit Schedule: Summer I 2015 May 26 - May 30: Units 1 & 2 May 31 - June 6: Units 3, 4, & 5 June 7 - June 13: Units 6, 7. & 8 June 14 - June 20: Units 9, 10, & 11 June 21 - June 27: Units 12 & 13 June 28 - July 2: Units 14 & 15 Reading: All Reading for this class can be accessed in the daily Course Work for each Unit. You should make a habit of reading ahead several units to be sure that you can keep up with the reading as it fits into your personal schedule. There will be reading in the required textbooks, in additional web sources, in the Discussion Boards, and of your classmates Research Essays. All of these sources are an important part of this class. History is always advanced through the exchange of ideas, and your ideas, and the ideas of your classmates are a vital part of our class. Extra Credit: There is one extra credit assignment available, worth 25 pts. This assignment is located in the Content area of the class and should be placed in the appropriate Dropbox. Participation and Student Workload: Due to online forum of this class, it is essential to build a learning community that supports and informs the individual learner. This learning community will serve as a forum for discussion and exchange of information, approaches, ideas, thoughts, observations, criticisms, and successes and failures, in the effort to achieve the course learning outcomes. Therefore, class attendance and participation are highly valued. Class participation should be thoughtful, constructive, and considered. Your participation and completion of assigned work is a requirement of the college for remaining enrolled in this class. Remember that participation in a discussion is part of an ongoing thought process. Attendance & Withdrawal Policy: FAILURE TO LOG IN, PARTICIPATE AND TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE BEGINNING OF CLASS WILL RESULT IN MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM THIS CLASS. Students are expected to log in regularly to this course in D2L, to participate fully in all required scheduled and unscheduled activities, and do all class-related work and assignments. (The

5 determination of the attendance policy for each course is the prerogative of the instructor, as stated in the instructor's course syllabus, subject to the approval of the Division Administrator, which will be distributed to students during the FIRST day of classes.) Circumstances may cause a student to be absent from a class on occasion, for example; illness, bad weather, accident, etc. The definitions of absence from the College attendance policy are as follows: Excused absence - An absence that occurred for reasons that were: a) beyond the student's control to prevent, and b) significant enough to prohibit attendance in class. Additionally, for the absence to be excused, the student also must also have contacted the instructor prior to or on the day of the absence. It s important to note that, depending on the number or pattern of prior absences, an absence explained as simply personal and family emergency may not be considered as excused unless sufficient detail is provided to the instructor. Unexcused absence - An absence that occurred for reasons that were: a) within the student's control to prevent, and b) not significant enough to prohibit attendance in class, even if uncontrollable. Additionally, an absence may be considered unexcused if the student does not contact the instructor about the absence within a reasonable period of time. Students shall not be penalized for absence, except as indicated below: 1. Students are subject to policies and procedures approved in Administrative Procedure 661. Instructors requiring physical presence and participation may reduce course grades after the student has unexcused absence of 10% of the total class hours (four unexcused class hours for a three-credit course). 2. The student is responsible for ALL class work and assignments. Instructors will provide students who have an excused absence the opportunity to make up missed reports and exams, and if feasible, participation, if an absence has been excused. It is the student s responsibility to contact the instructor regarding missed work and assignments. Instructors may require a student to furnish documentation substantiating that an absence should be considered "excused" if absences become excessive or occur at questionable times (for example, on the day of an exam). 3. The student is responsible for attendance on the day of examinations, unless otherwise excused. 4. Instructors have the right to recommend to the Division Administrator that a student be dropped for an excessive excused or unexcused absence that precludes the possibility of passing the class whereupon the student will be given a grade of "F" or "W". Excessive absence is more than 15% of the class term, as measured by presence and participation in the course. The College is required by law to make attendance reports to the relevant agencies of students who are funded by veterans' benefits, social security payments, and various other federal, state, or private scholarship programs. Students in programs that are accredited/approved by external agencies must observe these special attendance policies delineated by the external agencies and contained in the course syllabus. Revised 05/03/05.

6 Make-Up Policy: Make-up work will only be arranged when a student has an excused absence. Whenever possible, please make arrangements in advance of in the event of such an absence that may be documented from a credible source. Academic Dishonesty Policy: Academic dishonesty is defined as an intentional act of deception in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or effort of another person, or uses unauthorized material or fabricated information in any academic work. It includes, but is not limited to: A. Cheating - giving or receiving answers on assigned material, using materials or aids forbidden by the instructor... unauthorized possession of examinations... B. Plagiarism - offering someone else's work, words, or ideas as one's own or using material from another source without acknowledgment. C. Interference interfering without permission with the work of another student, either by obtaining, changing or destroying the work of another student. D. Buying or selling of term papers, homework, examinations, laboratory assignments, computer programs, etc. E. Falsifying of one's own or another's records F. Knowingly assisting someone who engages in A - E above. Penalties for students found to have committed academic dishonesty include, but may not be limited to, the following: A. Lowering of a grade or failure for a particular assignment, B. Lowering of a grade, failure, and/or dismissal from the course. C. Disciplinary probation-may include a limitation on credits, mandatory repeat of a course, etc. D. Suspension from a curriculum. E. Suspension from the College PHRC Syllabus Requirement 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. 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. Information about these laws may be obtained by visiting the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission website at www. phrc.state.pa.us. STUDENTS IN NEED OF ACCOMMODATIONS: Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations should contact the campus disability coordinator listed below. Coordinators for each campus are listed here: EEOC POLICY 005: It is the policy of Harrisburg Area Community College, in full accordance with the law, not to discriminate in employment, student admissions, and student services on the basis of race, color, religion, age, political affiliation or belief, gender, national origin, ancestry, disability, place of birth,

7 General Education Development Certification (GED), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic history/information, or any legally protected classification. HACC recognizes its responsibility to promote the principles of equal opportunity for employment, student admissions, and student services taking active steps to recruit minorities and women. 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. 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. Information about these laws may be obtained by visiting the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission website at

8 HACC Lebanon Campus and Virtual Learning Deborah Bybee Coordinator, Disability Services 104R 735 Cumberland Street Lebanon, PA Phone: