Classroom instruction will include both lectures and seminar discussions. Lectures will provide instruction on weekly topics with opportunities for student inquiry and discussion. Seminars will encourage active class participation in the analysis of assigned primary and secondary readings. Classroom instruction may also include student presentations on specific readings and/or topics, and other types of student-led activities. Classroom instruction may also include tutorials and workshops on transferrable skills, including research methods, academic citation practice, and presentation skills.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Students may conduct research with human participants as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans.
Students will have opportunities to build and refine their research capacity and historical thinking skills through assessments appropriate to the level of the course. There will be at least three separate assessments, which may include a combination of midterm and final exams; research essays; primary document analysis assignments and essays; quizzes; map tests; in-class and online written assignments; seminar presentations; student assignment portfolios; group projects; creative projects; class participation.
The value of each assessment and evaluation, expressed as a percentage of the final grade, will be listed in the course outline distributed to students at the beginning of the term. Specific evaluation criteria will vary according to the instructor’s assessment of appropriate evaluation methods.
An example of one evaluation scheme:
Class Participation 10%
Student Presentation Project 15%
Primary Document Analyses 15%
Research essay 25%
Midterm exam 15%
Final exam 20%
Textbooks and Course Readers may be chosen from the following list, to be updated periodically.
An instructor’s custom Course Reader may be required. Additional online resources may also be assigned. Additional reading lists and links to specific resources also may be provided online or in the instructor’s course outline.
Cameron, Euan, ed. Early Modern Europe. An Oxford History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, Frank M. Turner, and Alison Frank. The Western Heritage. Vol. 1, To 1740. 12th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2020.
Konnert, Mark. Medieval to Modern: Early Modern Europe. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Kumin, Bëat, The European World 1500–1800: An Introduction to Early Modern History. 3rd. ed. New York: Routledge, 2018.
Merriman, John. A History of Modern Europe. Vol. I, From the Renaissance to the Age of Napoleon. 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2019.
Slack, Paul. Plague: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Spielvogel, Jackson. Western Civilization: A Brief History. Vol. 1, To 1715. 10th ed. Boston: Cengage, 2020.
Terpstra, Nicolas, ed. Lives Uncovered: A Sourcebook of Early Modern Europe. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Early Modern Europe 1450-1789. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Winks, Robin W., and Lee Palmer Wandel. Europe in a Wider World, 1350-1650. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Winks, Robin W., and Thomas E. Kaiser. Europe, 1648-1815: From the Old Regime to the Age of Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
In addition, monographs or memoirs may be assigned.
Examples include:
Locke, John. Two Treatises of Government.
Montaigne, Michel de. Essays.
More, Thomas. Utopia.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Émile.
Voltaire. Candide.
One 1000-level History course, or permission of the instructor.
No corequisite courses.
No equivalent courses.
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| Institution | Transfer Details for HIST 2201 |
|---|---|
| Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX HIST 223 (3) |
| Athabasca University (AU) | AU HIST 3XX (3) |
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO HIST 120 (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU HIST 2102 (3) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG HIST 1114 (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU HIST 223 (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU HIST 2XXX (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU HIST 309 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO HIST_O 116 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV HIST_V 2nd (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | DOUG HIST 2201 (3) & DOUG HIST 2202 (3) = UBCV HIST_V 220 (6) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC HIST 2XX (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC HSTR 240A (1.5) |