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COURSE SYLLABUS: The Formation of Latin America


Course Title: HIS376 – The Formation of Latin America
Department: History
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
The course describes the Colonial Period of the Spanish and Portuguese possessions in Latin America.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Early Latin America: A History of Colonial Spanish America and Brazil, by James Lockhart, Stuart Schwarts and Alan Knight. Cambridge University Press, 1991 (1983). ISBN-13: 9780521299299 ISBN: 0521299292

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
The Iberian ways
The indigenous ways.

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

Week #2
From islands to mainland: the Caribbean phase and subsequent conquests.
Conquest society: central areas

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

Week #3
Maturity in the Spanish Indies.
Brazilian beginnings.

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

Week #4
Brazil in the sugar age.

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

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
The fringes

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

Week #6
The colonial times in the Spanish Indies

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

Week #7
Brazil in the age of gold and absolutism

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

Week #8
The coming of independence

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

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper