1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
The World History course aims to provide undegradute students of any background with basic, fundamental and comprehensive understanding of the world development from the first appereance of the humankind until today. The course covers some main topics such as the first civilizations of humankind (to 500 B.C.E); the classical era (500 B.C.E. – 500 C.E); the age of accelerating connections (500-1500); the early modern world (1450-1750); the European moment in world history (1750-1914) and the most recent century (1914-today). The students would like to take this course because it equipes them with very concrete and practical understanding the world they are living in.
2. COURSE CONTENT
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No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments… |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar… |
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1 |
First Things First: Beginning in History (to 500 B.C.E) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,6,7 |
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2. |
First Things First: Beginning in History (to 500 B.C.E) (continuing) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,4,7 |
|
3 |
The Classical Era in World History (500 B.C.E – 500 C.E.) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5.5 |
2,3,6 |
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4 |
The Classical Era in World History (500 B.C.E – 500 C.E.) (Continuing) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
2,3,4,6 |
|
5 |
An Age of Accelerating Connections (500-1500) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
1,4,7 |
|
6 |
An Age of Accelerating Connections (500-1500) (Continuing) |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5.5 |
1,4,7 |
|
7 |
Early Modern World (1450-1750) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
2,3,7 |
|
8 |
Early Modern World (1450-1750) (Continuing) The Most Recent Century (1914- today) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
2,3,4,7 |
|
9 |
The European Moment in World History (1750-1914) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,7 |
|
10 |
The European Moment in World History (1750-1914) (Continuing) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,4,7 |
|
11 |
The Most Recent Century (1914- today) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5.5 |
2,7 |
|
12 |
The Most Recent Century (1914- today) (Continuing) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
2,4,7 |
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13 |
Group Presentation |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
1,4,5,6,7 |
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14 |
Group Presentation |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
2,4,5,6,7 |
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15 |
Group Presentation |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
3,4,5,6,7 |
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Total |
30 |
15 |
22.5 |
82.5 |
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3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score ladder: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
Students have to attend all the lectures, complete all the assignments and express their opinions in the lectures
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The number of attendances and participation in lesson |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5;6 |
10% |
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Midterm test |
Subjects covered in this course |
Essay/ assignments/ presentation/ group work |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5;6 |
30% |
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Summative |
Final test |
Subjects covered in this course |
Writing exam (60 mins) |
1; 2; 6 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |
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