Professor Brophy                                                                                                                                                                        Fall 2010

210 Munroe Hall                                                                                                                                                                         jbrophy@udel.edu

http://www.udel.edu/History/jbrophy/Hist102/                                                                                                                              831-0795

Office Hours: M, W, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Teaching Assistant: Mr. Christopher Bouton

History 102

History of Western Civilization: 1648-Present

Smith 140

Required Texts (on sale at the bookstore):

Judith G. Coffin et al., Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture. Volume II, 16th ed. (Henceforth Western).

James M. Brophy et al., Perspectives from the Past. Primary Sources in Western Civilizations:From the Early Modern Era through Contemporary Times. Volume 2, 4th ed. (Henceforth Perspectives).

Voltaire, Candide.

Emile Zola, Germinal.

Requirements and Expectations

The final grade for this course will be based on five preliminary grades, each worth 20 percent: two one-hour exams; a 3-5 page essay on Germinal; your overall performance in weekly discussion sections; and a final examination. Students are expected to keep up with the reading, attend lectures, and participate in discussion sections.  Lecture attendance is strongly recommended; students who do not attend lectures will have difficulty passing the course. If you attend lectures, come on time and shut off all electronic devices before entering the lecture hall.  Attendance at the weekly discussions, which are based on primary-source readings from Perspectives from the Past as well as two novels, is mandatory.  Students who miss more than two discussions sections are at risk of receiving a failing grade for this component of the course. Students must fulfill all requirements (exams, papers, discussion sections) to receive a passing grade.  The professor reserves the right to fail any student who fails to submit all written work or attend discussion sections.

Please note that the essay must be word-processed and that late papers will be penalized a grade for each overdue day.  Papers faxed or e-mailed to the history department or the professor are not accepted. Note further that the date of the final exam has been fixed since the start of the semester and that there are no alternative times for the examination.

Academic dishonesty will be punished under the severest terms as stipulated by the Office of Judicial Affairs.  Ignorance of plagiarism and other forms of cheating is not an excuse.  Know the UD code of conduct; for further information see: http://www.udel.edu/judicialaffairs/ .

A final reminder.  Success in this course can be attained by consistent, sustained attention to weekly assignments.  Last-minute preparation for exams, writing assignments, and discussion sections rarely yields good grades. 

Course Schedule (subject to change throughout semester):

I.  Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Enlightenment

II. Europe at its Zenith, 1789-1914   

III. End of the European Era, 1914-1945