Prerequisites
Course Description
Student Learning
Outcomes
Class days and time
Class location
Required textbook
Last Date of
Withdrawal
Make-up policy
Daily Quizzes
Mid-Term Exams
Final Examination
Students are required to complete prerequisites for this course. Students who enroll without completing prerequisites for this course may be withdrawn by the College and may not qualify for a refund of tuition.
It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that all course prerequisites are completed and documented at the College.
This course is a survey of social, intellectual, economic, and political developments, which have molded the modern Western world. It covers the ancient world through the era of the Renaissance and
Reformation.
For the time period covered by this course, students will:
1.
Demonstrate knowledge of the basic institutions found in western civilization, including how those institutions developed at various times and locations.
2.
Understand the chronological and geopolitical relationships among cultures and societies during the time covered by this course.
3. Develop an awareness of the extent to which current events are influenced by the developments in Western Civilization.
Tuesday and Thursday
11:30 am--12:45 pm
Martin Campus, Room 2905
Jackson J. Spielvogel, Western Civilization (Shelton State Community College Edit, Seventh Edition) or
Jackson J. Spielvogel, Western Civilization (Seventh Edition)
A student must withdraw from class on, or before, April 27, 2012. There will be no withdrawals after
December 9th. A student who withdraws on, or before, April 27, 2012, will receive a grade of “W”. A student who remains in class after April 27th will receive the grade earned for the course.
Students will be allowed to make-up a mid-term or final exam missed because of an excused absence.
Students who miss a daily quiz because of an excused absence will not be allowed to make-up the quiz but the calculation of the chapter quiz grade will be adjusted so that the missed grade will not be counted. For the definition of an excused absence, see the Standard College Policies, which contain the stipulation that an absence will be considered excused only if extenuating circumstances are documented. A student must be able to verify such extenuating circumstances as sickness, death in the immediate family, military, or certain legal obligations. Work-related excuses, child-care, and travel will not excuse an absence. The student must submit appropriate documentation of extenuating circumstances to the instructor within one week of returning to class. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with the instructor to make up missed work.
NOTE: Effective January 1, 2005, the manner in which make up work, test(s), or assignments will be given for excused absences, as allowed by the Standard College Policies, shall be left solely to the discretion of the instructor.
This is just what it appears to be. Every day you will have a brief (no more than 10/15 minutes) quiz. The questions will be multiple-guess maybe even a brief essay or identification. A schedule of the material from the textbook to be covered on each quiz is in the course outlines included with this syllabus. Daily quizzes also may include questions from lectures given in class on previous days . The daily quizzes will count for twenty per cent (20%) of your grade in the course.
You will have two mid-term exams. The tentative dates provided in the course outline included with this syllabus. Tentatively, the first mid-term will cover chapters 1-5 from the textbook and material given in lecture for those chapters. The second mid-term will cover chapters 6-10 of the textbook and material given in lecture on those chapters. Questions on the mid-term exams multiple-choice, essay, and identifications. Each mid-term examination will count for twenty-five per cent (25%) of your grade in the course.
The final examination will include two sections. The first section will address the material covered in the textbook and lecture since the last mid-term exam. The second section will be “comprehensive” and address all the material covered in lecture and in the textbook throughout the course. The final examination will count for thirty per cent (30%) of your grade in the course. The final exam is scheduled for May 1, 2012, 10:30 am—12:30 pm.

Instructor
Instructor
Contact
Information
Web site
Arthur Howington ahowington@sheltonstate.edu
Home: 759.4009 Mobile: 792.7102 http://www.sheltonstate.edu/Faculty08.aspx?PageID=1003
Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday: 9:30—11:00 a.m. Office: #2517, Martin Campus
Division
Chair
Information
Dr. Chuck Boening cboening@sheltonstate.edu
Office: 391.2977
Academic
Misconduct
Attendance Policy
Standard College
Policies
Student Email
(Bucs Mail)
Quality
Enhancement Plan
Students are expected to be honorable in all college assignments. Suspected cases of academic misconduct are reported to the Dean of Instructional Services. [Instructor’s note: Instructors may not include any other information regarding academic misconduct on the syllabus. Refer to the SSCC Catalog and Student
Handbook for specific policies and procedures regarding academic misconduct.]
SSCC Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend all classes for which they are registered, to be prompt and to remain in class/lab for the entire time. Attendance will be recorded at every class/lab meeting.
On the final grade report, instructors are required to identify the last day of attendance for all students who receive a grade of “F” or “U.” Students who are unable to attend class regularly, regardless of the reason or circumstance, should withdraw from the class. Withdrawal from class can affect eligibility for federal financial aid.
The Standard College Policies apply to all classes at the college and are a part of every official course syllabus; each student receives a copy when he or she completes the vehicle registration/waiver procedure. It is also available from the College website, www.sheltonstate.edu
. It is the responsibility of the student to have a copy of these policies and to abide by them. This class syllabus is intended to give further detail about the policies and expectations in this class. College policies are also published in the Schedule of Classes and the
SSCC College Catalog/Student Handbook. Students are expected to be aware of and abide by College policies in every class.
All students who are or have been registered for classes at Shelton State Community College are provided an email account. Students who are currently registered must have an email account. Electronic mail is the official method of communication for delivery of information. Shelton State designated communicators may use this email account to send official communications to the student body. Student email addresses will be recorded in the college’s electronic directories and records. To activate/sign in to your Bucs Mail account, visit the Bucs Mail icon at www.sheltonstate.edu
.
Shelton State’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Improving Student Success in Online Classes
Grading: Grade in the Course
Activity
Daily Quizzes
Mid-Term One
Mid-Term Two
Final Examination
Letter grades will be assigned according to the following:
Percentage of Course Grade
20
25
25
30
Percentage Grade Letter grade
90-100 A
80-89
70-79
B
C
60-69
59 and below
D
F