Professor Ingrao
TuTh 4:30-5:45
KRAN G016
HISTORY 104
Fall 2015
I. COURSE READING:
- McKay, Hill & Buckler, A History of Western Society since 1300 (10th edition)
- New York Times articles posted on Blackboard
II. OFFICE HOURS:
Charles INGRAO
UNIV 325
(765) 889-2114
Ingrao@Purdue.edu
Amber Nickell
REC 410
Monday, 3:15-3:45
Thursday, 3:45-4:15
Tuesday, 10:30-12:00
Friday, 10:30-11:00
ANickell@Purdue.edu
Feel free to use email for course-related questions and comments. In addition, please consult
Blackboard for important announcements, assignments and other information.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: I am always interested in getting together with students over a meal,
whether it's a bag lunch in my office or a dinner at a fraternity, sorority or residence hall (such as
the Ford Dining Facility, which I visit regularly as a Cary Quad faculty fellow).
III. GUIDELINES:
A. CLASS ATTENDANCE is mandatory and will be taken regularly. Each student will be
permitted two absences, for which it will be automatically assumed that s/he has a valid excuse.
After these two absences, 2% will be deducted from the final course grade for each missed class
unless it is accompanied by a written excuse from a doctor, academic counselor, coach, etc.
Students who arrive late or leave early should use the back entrance or take a seat on the floor
near where they entered; they may also be marked absent unless they confer before/after class
with the teaching assistant, who will have the discretion of marking them present.
B. FINAL COURSE GRADES will be based almost exclusively on a level averaging of the three
60-minute exams, although they may be modified by spot quizzes (up to 5% of the course
credit), and adjusted upward by satisfactory completion of all three map assignments or by
extraordinary class participation. I do not offer or accept extra credit work.
C. A MAJOR CAMPUS EMERGENCY, might necessitate making changes in the syllabus, including
course requirements, deadlines, grading procedures and attendance policies, in which case
instructions will be provided in class and/or via email.
D. PLAGIARISM refers to the reproduction of another's words/ideas without proper attribution.
University Regulations contains further information on dishonesty. Plagiarism and other forms
of academic dishonesty are serious offenses, and will be treated as such. You are expected to
produce your own work and to accurately cite all necessary materials. Cheating, plagiarism, and
other dishonest practices (including copying assigned maps from other students) will be
punished as harshly as Purdue University policies allow. Any instances of academic dishonesty
will likely result in a grade of F for the course and referral to the Dean of Students Office.
IV. CLASS SCHEDULE
August 25 Medieval Mentality
27 Italian Renaissance
September 1 Art & Society
3 The Reformation
October
November
ASSIGNED READING:
1
372-387
387-397, 442-475
397-412
2
8 Wars of Religion
10 Spain: Golden Age & Decline
412-438
478-487, 492-493
3
15 France: Absolutism
17 Central Europe: Cameralism
487-492
494-505
4
22 England: Constitutionalism
506-515
23 EXAMINATION #1:* 6:30-7:30 PM – FRNY G140
24 Science & Enlightenment
518-543 + NYT 5
5
29 Enlightened Absolutism
1 French Revolution
543-550 + NYT 6
618-633
6
6 The Revolutionary Wars
8 Age of Metternich
633-651
684-690 + NYT 7
7
15 Revolutions of 1848
691-713
8
20 Industrial Revolution
22 German & Italian Unification
552-614, 654-681
748-759
9
27 Bourgeois Society
29 The New Imperialism
716-746, 759-778 + NYT 10
780-811+ NYT 11
2 EXAMINATION #2:* 8:00PM - 9:00PM – FRNY G140
3 Road to Sarajevo
814-821
5 World War I
821-833
10
11
10 Peacemaking 1919
12 Crisis of the Middle Class
833-849
852-883 + NYT 13 (2)
12
17 Fascism & Totalitarianism
19 Hitler's Germany
886-900
900-907
13
24 NO CLASS*
December
WEEK
1 World War II
3 The Cold War Begins
8 Nuclear Stalemate
10 The Post-Communist World
14
907-920
922-937 + NYT 15
15
937-991
994-1024 + NYT 16
16
19 EXAMINATION #3*
*We have reserved 120 minutes total for each of the two evening exams. The time is compensated by canceling the
November 24 class (= 75 minutes) and shortening the exam week meeting by 45 minutes.