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COURSE SYLLABUS: Pre-Columbia America


Course Title: HIS358 – Pre-Columbia America
Department: History
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
The course is dedicated to the study of the indigenous people in every part of the Latin American region and examines the economic, social, political, and educational areas.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Indigenous People in Latin America: Quest for Self-Determination, by Hector Diaz Polanco, and Lucia Rayas (Translator). West View Press (1997). ISBN13: 9780813386997 ISBN: 0813386993

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Chapter 1. National Building and the Ethnic Question.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #2
Chapter 2. Colonial Policy and Slavery.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #3
Chapter 3. Colonial Indigenism

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #4
Chapter 4. Indigenism After Independence

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 5. New Ethnic Struggles and Political-Theoretical Transformation

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #6
Chapter 6. Foundations of a Regime of Regional Autonomy.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #7
Chapter 7. Examples of Regional Autonomy: the USSR, Spain, and Nicaragua

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #8
Chapter 8. Prospects for Regional Autonomy.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper