HISTORY 4B - Foothill College
Dr. Konnilyn Feig
Professor, History/Political Science



WINTER 2010

WELCOME TO THE FASCINATING STUDY

OF THE
THE MEDIEVAL WORLD, MIDDLE AGES, RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, EARLY MODERN TIMES THROUGH THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  ACT II

(From Byzantium to the French Revolution)

Fulfills UC/CSU Humanities/Social Science General Education Requirement
Fulfills Foothill Humanities or Social Science General Education Requirement
Fully Articulated and Transferrable

Soooooooooo glad to "see you."
Your registration is NOT complete - YET.  TO COMPLETE:  IMMEDIATELY return the COURSE IMPLEMENTATION FORM ON THIS PAGE.  Just scroll down or click here
Copy the Form off on your email and send it quickly to professor's email <kf02894@mercury.fhda.edu>
You will then receive the critical PRIVATE CORE SITE which contains your: Syllabus Extension, Schedule, Assignments, Exams, Help.  It means you will be up and ready, and early enough to get your textbook used on line!

This College INTERNET course is about history, culture, humans. It integrates thinking, pondering, questioning, imagining, analyzing, writing, reading. It encourages and enables many choices, experiments, discussion, student contributions. One of a few full Web courses on the Internet. PRINT OUT THIS PAGE.  IT IS YOUR SYLLABUS
What is this course's content?The introduction to the INTERNET BOOK, THE MEDIEVAL /RENAISSANCE/REFORMATION/EARLY MODERN WORLD THROUGH THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT (click here), on which this course is built gives the broader view. The formal course description follows:
History 4B : History of Western Civilization - Act II                                        
4 Quarter Units, 4 Hours. Part II of the Three-Quarter Western Civilization Survey: THE MEDIEVAL TIME THROUGH THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT:  Medieval, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Early Modern Europe, Age of Absolutism.
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GET USED YOUR REQUIRED TEXTBOOK Your textbook is: Spielvogel, Jackson: Western Civilization - Brief History - Vol. I to 1715And to make it easier, you can use any edition year as long as it is Spielvogel,Brief History,  Vol. I.  (I saw many copies on Amazon today for less than $20 !)<http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0534627218/ref=sr_1_olp_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260817934&sr=8-16&condition=used>

FH - If you are on-campus, you can get the new or high end used textbook at the FH Bookstore or you can order it online from FH.



INTERNET BOOKS and COURSES CENTER:

THE WEB BASIS FOR THE COURSES

THE WEB BOOKS(click on each to surf)

 
WHAT DO I NEED TO HAVE AND TO KNOW?  HOW MUCH EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY ?

WHAT IS THIS FULL WEB COURSE?



COURSE IMPLEMENTATION FORM

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COURSE IMPLEMENTATION FORM
COPY THIS FORM ONTO YOUR EMAIL or Word (and then copy it to Email), FILL IT IN, AND SEND IT!  PLEASE! ! - USE THE FOLLOWING HEADING: HISTORY 4B ONLINE INFOSHEET - WINTER 2010

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/medieval.html> :

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK?:

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?
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College You Are Currently Attending?:

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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"


                YOUR REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

Your textbook is:   Western Civilization:  A Brief History, Volume 1: To 1715 by: Spielvogel, Jackson J.  
The book page includes some other interesting books on this period.  Click here to Book Page: 

Special EMAIL Hints

Email can be  frustrating. Get familiar with yours. Here are some requirements for you for this course:

CLASS GUIDE  

SYLLABUS EXTENSION - THE PRIVATE CORE PAGE

Enrolled Students receive the URL to the CORE PAGE - which they receive after  returning the Information Form to the professor.

COURSE COMPONENTS

A. Basic Text: Required Reading

Spielvogel, Jackson J.:  Western Civilization:  A Brief History, Volume 1 - To 1715
(West Publishing) Read from Fall of Rome to end of Text.

B. The "Other Book": One Additional Reading Project - and Written Thought Paper

C.  3 Exams/Mini Papers:

  Exams  are essay and include  3 essay questions written as mini-papers.  They are "take home," and students have one week to complete.    Because we have learned in history that memorization is an undesireable way to teach concepts, you will always have at least 3 choices for every essay question from which to choose.  This principle is inviolable. 

D. 30 minute Quiz - beginning of 2nd week - for which you cannot "study" except to work intensely on Web Book and Think!

E.  At least 5 hours a week working online through the Web Book - the substitute for classroom lecturing.  
 

YOUR BASIC ASSIGNMENT:

As soon as possible, begin reading the Spielvogel textbook, Chapters 7-20.  Read as an exciting novel. Do not memorize it. Do not fill the pages with underlines. Just enjoy the exciting panorama. Then use the book as a reference for the quarter and for your exams.

HOW TO SUCCEED

College rules for cheating and plagiarism are in effect. If a student plagiarizes or does not do his/her own work, I immediately give student an F on the exam, an F in the course and send student's name forward with supporting material to be placed in his/her student file.  I also ask that the Dean of Students meet with student to determine if further action is necessary.
DO NOT PLAGIARIZE
What is Plagiarism?  Check here at this Web Site

A CIVIL SOCIETY: This class will be conducted as a civil society. I expect students and myself to treat each other with respect and dignity in class and/or online.

THE WEB WESTERN CIVILIZATION SERIES

Professor Konnilyn Feig

 



COURSE PROFESSOR


Dr. KF
Professor of History, Political Science, International Business
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/Economics, 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
Author:  several, including:
Hitler's Death Camps:  The Sanity of Madness (NY: Holmes & Meier)
Decade of experience in Web Instruction
Specialist in Eastern Europe

Recipient, President's Medal for Outstanding Faculty, 2001
Selected, Faculty Commencement Speaker, 2001
Selected, Foothill Campus Abroad Faculty, Florence, Italy, Spring 2002



   
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