WELCOME TO THE FASCINATING STUDY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

WESTERN CIVILIZATION: ACT I
From Prehistory to the Fall of Rome and Aftermath

Fulfills UC/CSU Humanities/Social Science General Education Requirement
Fulfills Foothill Humanities or Social Science General Education Requirement

HOW VERY NICE TO "SEE YOU!"

PRINT OUT THIS PAGE. IT IS YOUR BASIC SYLLABUS

  TWELVE WEEK WEB COLLEGE COURSE

 FULLY ARTICULATED, TRANSFERABLE

  BEGINS April 9

Your registration is NOT complete- YET ! !
TO COMPLETE:  IMMEDIATELY return the COURSE IMPLEMENTATION FORM ON THIS PAGE.  Just scroll down. Copy it off on your email and send it quickly to professor's email <kf02894@mercury.fhda.edu>
THEN! I will send you the Private Click Core Site URL.
PRIVATE CLICK SITE contains your:
Syllabus, Schedule, Assignments, Exams, Help  

TO SUCCEED AND DO WELL: Be Ready !


Be ready to start on DAY 1 OF COURSE.   Textbook in your hand, Private Core Site on your computer, AND you have gone through the several clicks on the Core Site so you know what you are doing and can RELAX, THINK, LEARN - and succeed.  
99% of Students who are ready to go on Day 1 succeed with As or Bs.  60% of those who waste Week 1 (1/4  of class) drop.


ALERT: THIS COURSE DOES NOT USE ETUDES. IT IS TOTALLY ONLINE
WHAT IS THIS FULL WEB COURSE?

* IT DOES NOT USE ETUDES. It never meets in the typical fashion.
* It is based on the on-line Web Book, ANCIENT WORLD and the YOUTUBE Portfolio (the latter you will receive on Private Core Page) by Dr. KF.
* It is traditional in the sense that students use a "regular textbook" as a resource, complete essay exams, do analysis, writing, and critical thinking.
* Students focus "in class" (intensive Web Book and YOUTUBE Portfolio work) on learning and thinking about the Ancient World of Western Civilization.
*Instead of listening to lectures in a classroom and thinking, students substitute the "inclass" experience of the Web Book. They use the time usually spent in regular classroom to explore and study the enormously rich on-line resources .

AMAZING ANCIENT WORLD - From Prehistory to Fall of Rome

   TO DO NOW:SO YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN THE QUARTER STARTS

A.  Textbook:   You may use any edition (new, old ) you wish as long as it is Spielvogel
Spielvogel, Jackson:  Western Civilization Vol. I, to 1715: A Brief History
(You may also use the longer version which seems to be floating around:   Spielvogel: Western Civilization — Volume A: To 1500 - any edition - through Chapter 7).

THREE GREAT WAYS TO GET IT "CHEAP" and save a bunch of money

1.  FH Bookstore "may" have used.

2.  Go Online to Amazon and get it used.  Do it now before they are gone.  I saw at least 15 for under $10. 

3.  And/OR Use the EBook - You only need the First 6 Chapters GO HERE
 < https://www.cengagebrain.com >  Then put in the author's name:  Jackson Spielvogel, and the edition you want is Here < https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9780495099741 >.
 The 6 chapters you need are $5.49 each or $38.   

READ IT AS A NOVEL.  DO NOT MEMORIZE BUT THINK.  Pay careful attention to each chapter's introduction and conclusion - Introduction, xxix-xxx - read twice! You will only use the first 6 chapters - to the end of Rome  

B.  Look  AT THE AMAZING ANCIENT WORLD  WEB BOOK- The Substitute for Classroom Lectures  HERE 
 C.   Send form and your email to professor quickly.    DON'T WAIT until class begins OR YOU MAY BE DROPPED.

COURSE IMPLEMENTATION FORM

COPY THIS FORM ONTO YOUR EMAIL or MS Word (and then copy it to Email), FILL IT IN, AND SEND IT!  PLEASE ! - USE THE FOLLOWING HEADING: HISTORY 4A ONLINE INFOSHEET - Fall

Name:

Have you registered?:

Have you been to the Foothill Global Access Page, then Course Page - and looked at it?:  

Have you taken a look at the Web Book? <http://www.omnibusol.com/ancient.html> :

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK? or have access to it?:

If not, what are you doing about it? !!!!

Are you aware this is NOT AN ETUDES course but a Web one :)) ?
Are you aware that this course is not Independent Study and has firm assignment deadlines regardless of work or vacation?:

CAN YOU DEDICATE THE TIME?:

___________________________________________________________________
(The following information is vital if I am to intercede in your behalf when problems occur.)
Email Address:

Mailing Address: (City, Town only)
__________________________________________________________________

College You Are Currently Attending?:

Occupation:

Major:

Have you taken other Online Courses? If yes, where and what

Have you taken any History courses?

Why are you taking this Online Course? (Brief)

City, State, Country in which you were born:

The 3 favorite things you enjoy doing:

Tell us in a short paragraph "a little about yourself"


STRUCTURE, PROCESS

KEY FOCUS:INTENSIVE, CONCENTRATED

  GRADING IN THIS COURSE REQUIREMENT:  YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL THREE ASSIGNMENTS - 3 MINI PAPER EXAMS AND 1 OTHER BOOK PROJECT.  IF YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN "F" IN THE COURSE.  

  GRADES: !!!  THERE ARE ONLY 4 "THINGS" YOU NEED TO DO DURING THE QUARTER
1.  Three  Essay Mini-Paper Exams with 3 major  essays each: 25% - These are substantive, analytical, thinking questions
2.  Other Book Analysis:  25%

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FOR THOSE NEW TO ONLINE COURSES:  THIS COURSE COMPARED TO A "REGULAR" College DAY COURSE?

In the Web Course, students have more time flexibility .   However, there is NO flexibility on the dates when exams and paper must be submitted.  This course is a "regular" course.  Assignments must be in on time or receive an very reduced  grade, even if a student is "on vacation."

STUDENTS SPEND THE 40+ HOURS "INCLASS" ON THE WEB BOOK AND WILL NEED TO SHOW THEY DID . The "in -class" is, of course, in addition to the time they spend "out-of-class" doing their papers and exams.

COURSE CORES

A .WEB/YOUTUBES BOOK  WRITTEN BY Professor - AND THE MOST EXTENSIVE FOCUS ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION ON THE WEB:KF: The Amazing Ancient World (San Francisco, copyright) < http://www.omnibusol.com/ancient.html > 

B. CLICK CORE  SITE:   When I receive  YOUR Info sheet, I will send you  the URL for the Click Site as soon as I can.  This  Click  Core Site is the materials and exam site.  Use it in conjunction with this Starting Site. READ THE MATERIAL ON CLICK SITE VERY CAREFULLY. SAVE. 

C.   REGULAR TEXTBOOK :   Spielvogel, Jackson:  Western Civilization, A Brief History to 1715, Vol. 1.

 FOR ACCESS TO THE CRITICAL CORE SITE, wait for my response to your email.    BUT YOU CAN REALLY START ANYTIME.  YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO ONLINE ON THE WEB BOOK AND YOU HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK.  YOU CAN BE MILES AHEAD BY THE TIME Fall Quarter starts 

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COURSE PROFESSOR

Dr. KF
Professor of History, Political Science, International Business (1989-today)
Foothill College
From 1989 to 1996,  Foothill College Dean, Business and Social Sciences and Professor

B.S., Business-Finance, University of Montana
B.A., History, University of Montana
M.A., History, University of Montana
PhD., History/International Relations, University of Washington
Post Doctoral MBA, International Business, Golden Gate University

Formerly:
Professor, San Francisco State University
 Vice President, San Francisco State University
Dean, Arts and Sciences, and Associate Professor of History, University of Southern Maine
Associate Dean, Special Programs, University of Pittsburgh
Special Assistant to the US Commissioner of Education and OE Fellow, US Office of Education, WDC
Dean and Instructor, Whitman College; Dean, University of Washington

Some Contributions:
Author:  several, including:  Hitler's Death Camps:  The Sanity of Madness (NY: Holmes & Meier)
Specialist in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the Caucasus, and Hitler's Final Solution 
Recipient, President's Medal for Outstanding Faculty Professor, 2001
Selected as Faculty Commencement Speaker, 2001
Selected as FH Campus Abroad Professor, Spring Quarter, 2002, Florence, Italy

 FH Teaching  Summary: 

# Western Civilization - The Ancient World, The Medieval World, The Modern World 
# 20th Century Europe - Thematic Focus on Europe's Great Game, Terrorism and Central Asia and the Caucasus - HONORS
# History 4C - Thematic Focus on 19th and 20 Century Developments and Directions Leading to WWI, WWII, Hitler, The Final and Partial Solutions - HONORS
# Ancient Rome - HONORS
# Special History 9 - Thematic Focus on Eastern Europe - Honors

Foothill Phi Kappa Theta Lectures and All-Campus Panels

"Hitler's Partial and Final Solutions and the Continuation of Human Abuse (PKT) 
"Afghanistan and Central Asia:  Challenges for the Future"  (PKT)
"The Attack on America: One Year After 9/11: Afghanistan, Iraq, Terror: Questions"  
"Realities in State Building and State Failure: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Phillipines
"Nation Building:  Challenges, Perspectives, Successes, Failures - and the Current Dilemmas in Iraq and Afghanistan"