UGC 112G World Civilization II Professor McGuire 112 Norton MW 12 00 12 50 Reg recitation section Using the Ottoman Turks as a point of departure this course will trace some of the ways in which human history has progressed and regressed in the past 500 years drawing on a number of nations and regions individuals and groups technologies and movements to shape our exploration Along the way we will return frequently to the places where political artistic structural and spiritual issues intersect from Topkapi Palace to Versailles to the Forbidden City to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas While UGC 111 World Civ I is not a prerequisite the stuff of earlier history will never be far from reach as I enjoy looking at many of the ways in which we constantly reinvent the past as a way of shaping the present and the future didn t Orwell have a good line about this in 1984 We will also look at and think about the ways in which personal and popular histories sometimes conflict with and sometimes complement national and imperial histories and how the ever increasing array of private and individual voices enhances our understanding of the more recent past Two tests frequent easy quizzes and a final paper project along with the expectation that you show up on a steady basis Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 T 10 00 10 50 T 11 00 11 50 F 10 00 10 50 M 2 00 2 50 R 11 00 11 50 R 12 00 12 50 M 10 00 10 50 Reg 10581 Reg 10491 Reg 10492 Reg 10493 Reg 10494 Reg 10495 Reg 10496 106 Clemens 148 Park 113 Baldy 206 Clemens 250 Park 215 Clemens 102 Clemens G8 W 1 00 1 50 Reg 10497 105 Baldy G9 W 11 00 11 50 Reg 10498 19 Clemens G10 F 1 00 1 50 Reg 10100 111 Baldy G11 T 1 00 1 50 Reg 10101 152 Park G12 R 9 30 10 20 Reg 10102 113 Baldy G13 F 11 00 11 50 Reg 10103 123 Clemens UGC 112N World Civilization II Professor Vardi 112 Norton TR 1 30 2 20 Reg recitation section The course will follow the trail of European trade and exploration from the fifteenth century onward focusing on the changing nature of European relations with and perceptions of the rest of the world Class lectures will describe shifts in the world balance of power the role of science and technology the rise of revolutionary and nationalist ideologies consumerism work and gender relations Assignments will require reading and commenting on Paul Freedman s Out of the East Spices and the Medieval Imagination and the Spanish film Even the Rain 2010 for the nineteenth century She by H Rider Haggard and the film The Man Who Would be King based on Rudyard Kipling stories Finally we will look at oppression through Maxim Gorky s autobiographical novel My Childhood Russia in the 1870s and Maus on the Holocaust and the aftermath of genocide The textbook for the course Felipe Fernandez Armesto The World A History Penguin Academic Edition volume 2 Besides the recitation assignments worth 50 there will also be two class tests based on lectures and readings Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 R 9 00 9 50 Reg 10403 W 2 00 2 50 Reg 10404 W 3 00 3 50 Reg 10405 T 4 00 4 50 Reg 10406 M 12 00 12 50 Reg 10407 R 3 00 3 50 Reg 10408 F 1 00 1 50 Reg 10409 107 206 106 102 107 106 212 Clemens Clemons Clemens Clemens Clemens Clemens O Brian N8 N9 N10 N11 N12 N13 F F M M R W 3 00 3 50 10 00 10 50 1 00 1 50 2 00 2 50 10 00 10 50 11 00 11 50 Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg 10410 10411 10138 10139 10140 10141 111 209 250 250 123 102 Baldy O Brian Park Park Clemens Clemens 1 UGC 112 World Civilization II Professor Wise MW 2 00 2 50 Reg recitation section Course Description The UB Undergraduate Catalog states that this course concerns the peoples forces and ideas that have shaped the way individuals have experienced and still do experience the world The course s perspective is global and focuses on the origins and development geographical context and interactions of world cultures All sections of the course share common goals Different sections emphasize different themes and perspectives After completion of this course students will be able to 1 Identify key events and developments in modern world history 2 Explain how events in history are the result of multiple and integrated causes 3 Analyze and synthesize data from a variety of written and visual sources 4 Evaluate the meaning of secondary and primary sources 5 Display proficiency in written skills in paper assignments and essay exam questions 6 Display proficiency in oral communication skills through recitation discussions Required Reading 1 Robert Tignor et al Worlds Together Worlds Apart Vol 2 3rd edition and 2 Kevin Reilly Worlds of History A Comparative Reader Vol 2 4th edition Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg HIS 162 U S History II Professor Radford MW 20 Knox 1 00 1 50 Reg recitation section This course is a survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present The focus will be on national politics the economy race relations and foreign policy USH Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 F F F F F 2 00 2 50 12 00 12 50 3 00 3 50 8 00 8 50 8 00 8 50 Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg 10513 10517 10518 10519 10520 440 Park 14 Knox 146 Park 214 O Brian 146 Park C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 F 9 00 9 50 Reg 10521 F 9 00 9 50 Reg 10522 F 10 00 10 50 Reg 10523 F 11 00 11 50 Reg 10524 F 12 00 12 50 Reg 10086 112 214 213 209 101 O Brian O Brian O Brian O Brian Baldy HIS 162 U S History II History of the U S since the Civil War Instructor Pritchard 218 NSC MW 7 00 8 20 Reg 24330 This course will consider economic political social and cultural changes unleashed by the Civil War that continue to affect the lives of Americans today The course will follow three themes which continue to matter in today s world First we will reflect on the events which increased the size scope and reach of the federal government since the Civil War Second lectures and discussions will trace America s ascendancy as a world economic and political …