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Survey of World History I - HIST 1111

Description

A survey of world history to early modern times.


HIST 1111 - Spring 2024

Course Instructor
HIST 1111 1AGLaura Mullins
laura.mullins@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1BGTracie Provost
tracie.provost@mga.edu
HIST 1111 1CGChristian Griggs
cagriggs@daltonstate.edu
HIST 1111 1DGErik Love
erik.love@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1EGErik Love
erik.love@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1FGLarry Israel
larry.israel@mga.edu
HIST 1111 1GGMelissa Franklin
mtfranklin@valdosta.edu
HIST 1111 1HGErik Love
erik.love@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1IGChristian Griggs
cagriggs@daltonstate.edu
HIST 1111 1JGAndrew Reeves
andrew.reeves1@mga.edu
HIST 1111 1KGPhilip Powe
philip.powe@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1LGFranklin Williamson
fwilliamson@gordonstate.edu
HIST 1111 1MGTed Butler
edward.butler@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1NGMichael Proulx
michael.proulx@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1OGLashonda Slaughter-Wilson
lashonda.slaughterwilson@asurams.edu
HIST 1111 1PGRenee Bricker
renee.bricker@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1QGRachel Mittelman
rmittelman@gordonstate.edu
HIST 1111 1RGJonathan Henderson
jonathan.henderson@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1SGPhilip Powe
philip.powe@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1TGBronson Long
blong@highlands.edu
HIST 1111 1UGJohn Payne
john.payne@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1VGRachel Mittelman
rmittelman@gordonstate.edu
HIST 1111 1WGErik Love
erik.love@ung.edu
HIST 1111 1XGSally Crouse
sally.crouse@ung.edu
HIST 1111 5AGSteven Shirley
steven.shirley@ung.edu
HIST 1111 5BGCharlotte Miller
charlotte.miller@mga.edu
HIST 1111 5CGSteve Blankenship
sblanken@highlands.edu
HIST 1111 5DGSteven Shirley
steven.shirley@ung.edu
HIST 1111 5EGTully Hunter
tully.hunter@ung.edu
HIST 1111 5FGEmilie Brinkman
emilie.brinkman@ung.edu
HIST 1111 5GGPatrick Coleman
patrickcoleman@clayton.edu
HIST 1111 8AGSteve Blankenship
sblanken@highlands.edu
HIST 1111 8BGTully Hunter
tully.hunter@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8CGSteven Shirley
steven.shirley@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8DGSteven Shirley
steven.shirley@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8EGSally Crouse
sally.crouse@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8FGKristin Bouldin
kristin.bouldin@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8GGPatrick Coleman
patrickcoleman@clayton.edu
HIST 1111 8HGChris McGraw
chris.mcgraw@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8IGTaryn Hearn
taryn.hearn@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8JGEmilie Brinkman
emilie.brinkman@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8KGShelby Robert
shelby.robert@ung.edu
HIST 1111 8LGMatthew Hill
mathill@augusta.edu
3

Credit Hours


Prerequisites

  • See your home institution's prerequisite requirement.

Free Textbook

  • Open educational resources (OER)

Course Equivalency

After completing this course, you will be able to

  • Explain the importance of geography and how geography can impact historical events, issues, and processes.
  • Read, interpret and effectively use maps, including the interactive maps in this course, to answer historical questions.
  • Identify and evaluate the important historical political, cultural, social and economic movements, historical figures, and events that characterize the development of the great world civilizations from antiquity through the 1500 C.E.
  • Explain the ways in which history is both an art and a science.
  • Analyze various interpretations of world historical events, figures, and issues and explain the ways and the reasons why these interpretations have changed over time.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship of events across cultures, and chronologically order historical events both in the context of the culture in which they occurred as well as in the context of global civilizations.
  • Write well-developed and logically organized analytical essays.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking skills in reading and writing assignments, including the ability to analyze, synthesize, and interpret primary and secondary sources.
  • Distinguish between primary and secondary sources, and analyze at least five major issues using appropriate sources and historical methodology.
  • Identify at least three other types of resources besides written records that historians may use to study the past and explain their use to enlighten historical questions using at least three different issues.
  • Identify the major historiographical issues associated with the significant time periods, cultures, figures, and events from antiquity through 1500 C.E.
  • Identify the major centers of world civilization and their most important characteristics in Europe, the Near and Far East, Africa and the Americas from antiquity through 1500 C.E.
  • Identify, using at least three examples, the ways in which world civilizations and cultures interacted with and influenced one and another from antiquity through 1500 C.E.
  • Unit 1: Prehistory & Early Civilizations
  • Unit 2: South Asia
  • Unit 3: East Asia
  • Unit 4: The Greek World
  • Unit 5: The Roman World
  • Unit 6: Western Europe, Byzantium, and Islam
  • Unit 7: Africa & The Americas
  • Unit 8: Central Asia, Western Europe, and Byzantium

Your final grade will be based on the following breakdown. Please note that each instructor may choose to make modifications.

  • Attendance Verification - 1%
  • Discussions - 29%
  • Quizzes - 30%
  • Writing Assignment - 10%
  • Proctored Midterm Exam - 15%
  • Final Exam - 15%

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