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HUM400 Lecture Schedule
  • Lectures will be held Wednesday (1140–1325h) and Friday (0950–1135h) in S1206.

Week

Date

Topic

1
Jan. 9th

Jan. 11th
1.1  The French Revolution  (Dave Phillips)

1.2  Napoleon  (Maria Vasilodimitrakis)

Readings: Jackson J. Spielvogel, Western Civilization: Comprehensive Volume.  6th ed. (Toronto: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning, 2006), Chapter 19.
2
Jan. 16th

Jan. 18th
2.1  Hegel  (Maria Vasilodimitrakis)

2.2  Nationalism  (Maria Vasilodimitrakis)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch.22, ss. 1–3.
3
Jan. 23rd

Jan. 25th
3.1 Test 1 (45 min.) / Antebellum U.S. Constitution  (Mark Bailey)

3.2  Liberalism  (Mark Bailey)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 21.
4
Jan. 30th

Feb. 1st
4.1  The Industrial Revolution  (Mark Bailey)

4.2  Social Reform in the 19th Century  (Allison McNaught)  [class cancelled]

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 20.
5
Feb. 6th

Feb. 8th
5.1  Marxism-Socialism  (Dave Phillips)

5.2  Test 2 / Nietzsche (Maria Vasilodimitrakis)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 22, ss. 4–5.
6
Feb. 13th

Feb. 15th
6.1  Darwin  (Shereen Hassanein)

6.2  The 2nd Industrial Revolution  (Mark Bailey)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 23.
7
Feb. 20th

Feb. 22nd
7.1  Test 3 / Freud  (Jonathan Singer)

7.2  Social Reform in the 19th Century  (Allison McNaught)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 24.  
8
Feb. 25th
   –Feb. 29th
Study Week: No classes scheduled
9
Mar. 5th

Mar. 7th
9.1  In-Class Mid-Term Examination

9.2  Origins and Effects of World War I  (Mark Bailey))

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 25.
10
Mar. 12th

Mar. 14th
10.1  Europe & America Between the Wars (Mark Moss)

10.2  The Great Depression  (Camille Soucie)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 26; Ch. 27, ss. 1, 5.
11
Mar. 19th

Mar. 21st
11.1  Test 4 / The Democratization of Culture  (Dave Phillips)

11.2  Good Friday / No classes scheduled

Readings: TBA
12
Mar. 26th

Mar. 28th
12.1  World War II and the Cold War  (Mark Bailey)

12.2  The Holocaust  (Maria Vasilodimitrakis)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 27, s. 3; Ch. 28.  
13
Apr. 2nd

Apr. 4th
13.1  American Culture in the 1950s  (Mark Moss)

13.2  Test 5 / Civil Rights in the U.S.  (Mark Bailey)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 28 cont'd.
14
Apr. 9th

Apr. 11th
14.1  Modern Feminism  (Maria Vasilodimitrakis)

14.2  Twentieth-Century Philosophy  (Maria Vasilodimitrakis)

Readings: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, 6th ed., Ch. 29.
15
Apr. 14th
   –Apr. 18th
Exam Week. No classes scheduled