EUH 4610
Women in European Society: a European History Course
Dr.
Carole Elizabeth Adams
Overview: About this course...
What is the main theme of this course?
This course examines modern European history from the perspective of women and gender relationships. It is not only a social and cultural history, but a history of economic and political life as well. Men's as well as women's experiences are studied, with recognition that at times other group identities such as class, ethnicity or race, and religion might be as important or more important to the events and activities of a time, than is gender.
What are some specific issues we will cover?
- Women's and men's work in- and outside the home;
- Children, marriage, families;
- Femininity and masculinity;
- Women and political life;
- Women and modern social movements.
What can I expect to get out of this course?
At the end of the course, students should have new knowledge about:
- important events and economic, social, cultural, and intellectual developments of the period as they relate to women;
- the importance of women and gender relations to European society, the economy, culture, and politics;
- the changing situations of women and men in both public and private life during the course of the early modern and modern period;
- the emergence of women as a new social group and their quest for political participation; and
- women and men in 20th century revolutionary movements.
Students should also gain new analytic skills:
- an awareness of the value of comparisons (between countries or classes, between the sexes, across time);
- an awareness that issues of power are often important determinants of historical events and trends;
- an awareness of the importance of primary sources to historians, and
- skills in using primary sources to understand the past.
Students should also gain new skills in research and technology:
- locating primary documents in the library and on-line;
- using computer search engines within the library system and outside it; and
- web conferencing.
How will I be evaluated and assessed for this course?
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Online participation and exercises |
28 % |
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On-line quizzes |
28 % |
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Document analysis paper |
22 % |
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Final examination |
22 % |
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Total: |
100% |
This course uses plus and minus grading.
How will I know how I'm doing in this course?
At any point in the course, you can go to the Course WebCT Main Page and click on Student Tools and Information. That page includes "My Record" and "My Progress," both of which tell you how you are doing.
How will I learn in this course?
This is a web course, which means that you will spend time reading and researching, time studying, and time on the computer.
- On your own you will complete reading assignments, write papers and exercises, and possibly meet with groups of classmates.
- On the web you will also do some reading and complete exercises, undertake research, and participate in discussions with the rest of the class.
- On the web you will have opportunities to discuss course material with Dr Adams using the Chat rooms.
You are strongly advised to print out this and other instruction pages so that you follow along in the course and complete all the work.
What are the major written assignments I will have to complete?
There will be one major written assignment,
explained in more detail via the WebCT Main Page > Course Topics and Info
> Assignments. It will be an analysis of primary sources. You will be required to use both primary and
secondary sources to answer specific questions in the form of a short research
essay.
What else will I have to complete?
There will be weekly quizzes based on readings and websites. Students are also graded for their participation on discussions taking place for each topic, via the Bulletin Boards.
You can access WebCT and our individual Course Main Page by clicking on the "Class Log In" button to the left of the screen.
What if I don't understand something about the online work?
- To the left, under Learning Online, there is an entire tutorial on using WebCT.
- The best technical help is to go the Pegasus Help Desk in the Lab in the Computer Sciences building, or to phone them at 407-823-5117.
Dr. Adams reserves the right to change any aspect of this course during the teaching semester.
This page was last updated on: 21 August 2006.
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