

Do not miss any classes unless it is an absolute emergency or illness. Obviously, attendance is very important with only six class sessions.

When arrangements are made ahead of time, one-time limited make-up offered on reaction paper and class quiz.

“The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” Francisco Goya, 1746-1828ĥ reaction papers 40% Due at each of the last five class sessionsĥ class quizzes 40% Taken during the last five class sessionsĬlass participation/attendance 20% (Includes reaction paper presentations) The class will include twenty-six half-hour television programs and six class meetings with reading quizzes, class presentations and writing assignments. This class is geared for the independent learner, the student who is able to timely and consistently view and critique the presentations of Eugen Weber, Professor of History, University of California at Los Angeles, while also completing all reading and writing assignments under the constraint of minimal class meetings. Hill, John Buckler: A History of Western Society, Volume II from Absolutism to the Present: (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003) ISBN 3-1 The Western Tradition was produced by WGBH TV, Boston, and premiered in the fall of 1989. He deals with questions of religion, demography, politics, economics and society. Carole Schroeder, Adjunct Faculty, Asian & Eurpean Historyĭuring the weekly Channel 4 programs Professor Weber explores the cultural and philosophical challenges that have influenced the Western world from the Reformation to the Technological Revolution.
