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COURSE SYLLABUS: History of Oceania


Course Title: HIS452 – History of Oceania
Department: History
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course describes the history of the Oceania Area that includes Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.

Required book: Online Bookstore

A History of Australia, New Zeland, and the Pacific, by Donald Denon. Blackwell Publishing, 2000. ISBN-13: 9780631179627 ISBN: 0631179623

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. Representation of Regional, National, and Ethnic Identities.
Chapter 2. Patterns of Pre-European Settlement and Interaction.
Chapter 3. Intersecting World.

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

Week #2
Chapter 4. Depopulation and Immigration.
Chapter 5. New Social Forms.
Chapter 6. Struggles for Land.

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

Week #3
Chapter 7. Mining.
Chapter 8. Labor Relations.
Chapter 9. New States.

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

Week #4
Chapter 10. New Settlement Societies.
Chapter 11. Capital and Labour.
Chapter 12. Be Prepared.

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

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 13. The Great War.
Chapter 14. Anxious Peace.
Chapter 15. War in Europe and in the Pacific.

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

Week #6
Chapter 16. Interdependencies.
Chapter 17. Expanding Citizen

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

Week #7
Chapter 18. Decolonization?
Chapter 19. Globalization and National Identity

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

Week #8
Chapter 20. Popular Culture.
Chapter 21. Contemporary Identities.

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

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper