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WORLD HISTORY: 7000 BCE-1000 CEHISTORY 2A WINTER 2014
Room and Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-4:45 in CHEM
1179
Instructor: Professor John W.I. Leeoffice hours: Wednesdays
1:15-2:15pm in HSSB 4210 and by appointmentemail:
[email protected] telephone: 805.893.2993
Teaching Assistants : Munther Al-Sabagh
[email protected] Boghosian [email protected] Ma
[email protected] Minor [email protected]
Rocha [email protected] White
[email protected]
Teaching Assistants will provide you with more information,
including their office hours, at your first section meeting.Due to
budget cuts we can no longer offer Honors sections.
Required TextsHarold Mattingly and J.B. Rives. Tacitus: Agricola
and Germania . ISBN 978-0-140-45540-3.William Storey. Writing
History: A Guide for Students [fourth edition]. ISBN
978-0-19-533755-6.Valerie Hansen and Kenneth Curtis. Voyages in
World History . ISBN 978-1-285-11838-3.Burton Watson. The Analects
of Confucius . ISBN 978-0-231-14165-9.
There is a required reader for this class. The reader is on sale
at IV Bookstore. For questions about the reader,contact
[email protected].
Some texts will be on reserve at Davidson Library. Check the
Course Reserves web site for details.
Additional documents will be posted on the History 2A
Gauchospace page. You must download, print, and readthese documents
for section. Check the web page regularly for new postings .
Recommended TextJohn Haywood. The Penguin Historical Atlas of
Ancient Civilizations. ISBN 978-0-141-01448-7.
Course Requirements and Grading Attendance and Participation:
20%
Discussion section is an essential element of this class.
Prepare, attend, and participate. If you miss morethan one (1)
section during the quarter, you will receive a failing grade (zero
points) for section. Your TeachingAssistant will provide more
information on his/her section requirements. Activities in lecture
(e.g. quizzes) mayalso count toward your attendance and
participation grade.
Three short papers: 50% (first paper: 10%; second paper: 15%;
third paper: 25%)For these essays you will read and analyze
historical evidence. I ! ll post the paper prompts on
GauchoSpace.You must submit each paper both electronically and in
paper form before lecture begins on the day it is due(more details
later in the quarter). Papers must use a 12-point font with double
spacing. Put your name, yourTA ! s name, and your section day and
time in the upper right corner of the first page. Printed papers
must bestapled in the upper lefthand corner. LATE PAPERS WILL NOT
BE ACCEPTED. In accordance with UCSB ! sGeneral Education Program
requirement, you cannot pass this course without completing these
writingassignments .
Final Examination: 30%The final exam ( Thursday, 20 March from
4:00-7:00pm ) will cover material from the entire course. The
finalwill contain short identification questions, long essays, and
a map section.
