Course Descriptions Fall 2008 UGC 111B World Civilization 1 Professor Dewald 109 Knox TR 2 00 2 50 Reg recitation section This course explores a handful of societies spread across the globe as they developed in the two millennia before 1500 As such the course is necessarily selective describing a series of moments in these societies development rather than attempting a full overview of them Two themes stand at the center of the course On the one hand the societies that we will examine differed profoundly from our own Some practiced human sacrifice and most had one form or another of slavery None of them understood the natural world very well and none had more than a limited hesitantly developing awareness of other cultures existence One task of the course then is to understand the nature of these differences from ourselves to become aware of our distance from the past This means understanding the specific logic according to which these other peoples thought and lived On the other hand these same peoples produced ideas and images that continue to shape modern life Texts and rituals from this period govern the world s major religions Though often in indirect ways art and literature from the period still affect modern sensibilities Even modern science owes surprising debts to the discoveries and reasoning of these earlier societies Alongside the theme of difference then we need to consider the theme of continuity and influence We need to ask how cultural forms remained powerful even as conditions of life changed in other words we need to ask how culture and social life intersected in different contexts Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 M T T T F 9 00 9 50 11 00 11 50 12 00 12 50 3 00 3 50 12 00 12 50 Reg 350730 106 Baldy 310550 219 Clemens 178729 219 Clemens 044637 107 Baldy 469027 219 Clemens B6 B7 B8 B9 M W F F 3 00 3 50 4 00 4 50 10 00 10 50 2 00 2 50 Reg 074677 118 Baldy 082542 204 Clemens 175055 115 Talbert 424046 215 Clemens UGC 111R World Civilization I Professor Sreenivasan 110 Knox MW 1 00 1 50 Reg recitation section This course introduces students to the development of world civilizations from prehistory to about 1500 and concerns the peoples forces and ideas that have shaped the way individuals have experienced and still do experience the world In this course we will focus on the origins and development of societies states economies and cultures in different parts of the world and their interactions with each other The course will emphasize the common threads in the emergence of early human societies and then explore how and why their paths diverged Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 M 4 00 4 50 T 3 00 3 50 T 1 00 1 50 F 9 00 9 50 W 12 00 12 50 Reg 031438 217 Clemens R6 M 341660 105 Baldy R7 M 000748 217 Clemens R8 F 021129 106 Baldy R9 T 487347 139 Bell R10 F 9 00 9 50 Reg 239438 219 Clemens 11 00 11 50 052079 250 Park 10 00 10 50 341671 102 Clemens 9 00 9 50 428084 113 Baldy 11 00 11 50 373964 102 Clemens 1 UCG 112A World Civilization I Professor Wise 104 Knox TR 9 30 10 20 Reg recitation section 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 historical events and developments are the result of multiple and integrated causes 3 Evaluate and prioritize the causes of historical events and developments 4 Analyze and synthesize data from a variety of written and visual sources 5 Evaluate the meaning of secondary and primary sources 6 Display proficiency in written skills in paper assignments and essay exam questions 7 Display proficiency in oral communication skills through recitation discussions Required Reading 1 Felipe Fern ndez Armesto The World A History Daily reading assignments from the Armesto textbook are listed below in the schedule of lectures The numbers given refer to chapters of the text 2 Kevin Reilly Worlds of History A Comparative Reader Volume Two Since 1400 3rd edition Daily reading assignments from the Reilly reader are listed below in the schedule of lectures The numbers given refer to the number of the document or excerpt in Reilly not the page number 3 Additional online readings are noted in the schedule of lectures Some of these readings are required and can be found at the website addresses given Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 M 4 00 4 50 Reg 147686 123 Baldy A6 M 2 00 2 50 476628 215 Clemens A7 M 12 00 12 50 204711 139 Bell A8 T 11 00 11 50 222019 217 Clemens A9 T 1 00 1 50 008871 215 Clemens A10 R T F F F 3 00 3 50 12 00 12 50 2 00 2 50 11 00 11 50 3 00 3 50 Reg 029003 105 Baldy 336845 215 Clemens 125088 217 Clemens 315986 106 Baldy 015234 217 Clemens UGC 112B World Civilization 2 Professor Pack WF 104 Knox 2 00 2 50 Reg recitation section This is a wide survey of history and civilization since roughly 1300 Twice weekly lectures will provide the historical narrative and raise the main issues and themes for discussion The lectures do not follow the scheme of any textbook so attendance in lectures is crucial for success in the course With a few small exceptions reading assignments take the form of books The corpus of assigned books which represent the literary forms of plays novels memoirs and political tracts are chosen to give a fuller portrait of specific topics and provide a lens through which to focus general course themes Weekly recitation sections provide an opportunity to discuss the assigned readings and the general course themes in smaller groups Recitation sections registration in a recitation section gives automatic registration in the lecture B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 R 9 30 10 20 M 11 00 11 50 M 9 00 9 50 M 4 00 4 50 R 2 00 2 50 Reg 296528 121 Baldy 115655 221 Clemens 000260 217 Clemens 293729 106 Baldy 114836 217 Clemens B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 R T W W R 12 00 12 50 9 30 10 20 12 00 12 50 10 00 10 50 4 00 4 50 Reg