Course Number: HIS 352

Course Title: Eastern Civilization II

Term: Summer 2017

Fr. Peter Samuel Kucer, MSA STD

pkucer@holyapostles.edu

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will complement Eastern Civilization I by chronologically tracing the history of East and South East Asia from ancient times to modern times. In so doing, students will be introduced to cultures, philosophies and religions of East Asia. Special attention will be given to the role of Catholicism throughout East Asian history.

2        ENVISIONED LEARNING OUTCOMES

•Students will demonstrate familiarity with the fundamentals of Eastern Civilization.        

•Students will demonstrate their comprehension by analyzing and connecting events and people that constitute Eastern Civilization.

•Through weekly quizzes and discussion posts, students will demonstrate their ability to grasping the fundamentals of Eastern Civilization.

•In their papers, students will demonstrate their ability to conduct research and synthesize what they have learned. Properly citing sources with a preference given to primary sources is required in this course.  The paper is to be at minimum 1200 words. (See rubric.)

3.        COURSE SCHEDULE

Week 1: Asian Prehistory Monday, May 8th – Sunday May 14th 

1. Read Lecture 1/Chapter 1 “Asian Prehistory”
2. Read the “Introduction” from Moffett’s A History of Christianity in Asia: V.1: Beginnings to 1500.
3. Take Quiz 1
4. Respond to Week 1 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
5. Carefully read the syllabus. Please notice that the term paper is due Monday August 1st. The highest grade a late paper can receive is a B. Papers will be posted online by the professor.

Week 2: East Asian Bronze Age Monday, May 15th  – Sunday, May 21st 

Reminder - The final date that your research paper may be handed in is August 1st.

1. Read Lecture 2/Chapter 2 “East Asian Bronze Age”
2. Read Chapter 1 “Asia and the World of the First Century” from Moffett’s A History of Christianity in Asia: V.1: Beginnings to 1500.
3. Respond to Week 2 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 2

Week 3: East Asian Iron Age Monday, May 22nd  – Sunday, May 28th 

1. Read Lecture 3/Chapter 3 “East Asian Iron Age”
2. Read Chapter 2 the First Missions to India from Moffett’s A History of Christianity in Asia: V.1: Beginnings to 1500.
3. Respond to Week 3 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 3

Week 4: Early Diversification of East Asian Civilization Monday, May 29th  – Sunday, Sunday June 4th 

1. Read Lecture 4/Chapter 4 “Early Diversification of East Asian Civilization
2. Read Chapter 15 “The First Christian Mission to China” from from Moffett’s A History of Christianity in Asia: V.1: Beginnings to 1500.
3. Respond to Week 4 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 4        

Week 5: East Asia: Foreign Conquest and Influence Monday, June 5th  – Sunday, June 11th 

1. Read Lecture 5/Chapter 5 “Foreign Conquest and Influence”
2. Read Chapter 18, 20, and 21 “The Mongols and the Recovery of Asian Christianity,” “Christianity in Mongol China,” and “The Eclipse of Christianity in Asia” from Moffett’s A History of Christianity in Asia: V.1: Beginnings to 1500.
3. Respond to Week 5 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 5

Week 6: Midterm Week Monday, June 12th – Sunday, June 18th 

1. Take Midterm The midterm will be drawn from quizzes 1-5.

Week 7: Trade and Evangelization Monday, June 19th  – Sunday, June 25th 

1. Read Lecture 6/Chapter 6 “Trade and Evangelization”
2. Read Chapter 1 “India (1500-1700): St. Thomas or St. Peter,” from Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900.
3. Respond to Week 7 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 6

Week 8: Western Imperialism Monday, June 26th  – Sunday, July 2nd 

1. Read Lecture 7/Chapter 7 “Western Imperialism”
2. Read Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 “The Buddhist Kingdoms of the South (1505-1800): Portuguese Ceylon, Burma, Vietnam, Siam,” “The Muslim Kingdoms of Southeast Asia (1500-1800): Portuguese in Malaysia and the Spice Islands (Indonesia)” and “The ‘Christian Century’ in Japan,” from Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900.
3. Respond to Week 8 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 7

Week 9: East Asian Nationalism Monday, July 3rd  – Sunday, July 9th 

1. Read Lecture 8/Chapter 8 “East Asian Nationalism”
2. Read from Chapter 5 and Chapter 13: The Door to China Opens Again (1807-1860)” and “Once More to China” ‘Missionaries and Mandarins’ ” from Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900.
3. Respond to Week 9 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 8

Week 10: East Asian and the West Monday, July 10th  – Sunday, July 16th 

1. Read Lecture 9/Chapter 9 “East Asia and the West- Rejection, Assimilation, Transformation”
2. Read Chapter 14, Chapter 15, and Chapter 17 “The Catholic Century in Korea (1784-1886),” “Burma (1813-1850): Protestant Pioneers and Disrupted Catholics,” and “Southeast Asia from Thailand to Vietnam (1800-1860)” from Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900.
3. Respond to Week 10 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 9

Week 11: Modern East Asian Imperialism Monday, July 17th  – Sunday, July 23rd 

1. Read Lecture 10/Chapter 10 “Modern East Asian Imperialism”
2. Read Chapter 22 and Chapter 23 “China’s Christians at the Empire’s End (1860-1900),” and “Christianity Reappears in Japan (1859-1900)” from Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900.
3. Respond to Week 11 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 10

Week 12: East Asia Post World War II Monday, July 24th  – Sunday, July 30th

Reminder – Your term paper is due August 1st.

1. Read Lecture 11/Chapter 11 “East Asia Post World War II”
2. Read “Epilogue: Thinking Back and Looking Ahead” from Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900.
3. Respond to Week 12 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 11

Week 13: Modern East Asia Monday, July 31st  – Sunday, August 6th 

Reminder please hand in your papers this August 1st.  Papers will be posted online as they are sent to the professor.        

1. Read Lecture 12/Chapter 12 “Modern East Asia”
2. Review last week’s reading “Epilogue: Thinking Back and Looking Ahead” from Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900.
3. Respond to Week 13 Discussion Posts and respond to two other students with quality posts.
4. Take Quiz 12
5. Term Paper is Due Monday April 11th.

Week 14: Term Paper Week Monday, August 7th – Sunday, August 13th 

1. Respond to Week 14 Discussion Posts on Term Papers.

The research paper is due Monday April 11th. The highest grade a late paper can receive is a B. Papers will be posted online by the professor.

Week 15: Final Exam Monday, August 14th  – August 20th 

         1. Take the Final Exam.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

        1. Quizzes: 10%

        2. Response to Discussion Posts: 35%

3. Paper: 35% (The research paper is due August 1st. The highest grade a late paper can receive is a B. Papers will be posted online by the professor.)

        4. Midterm: 10%

        5. Final Exam: 10%

REQUIRED READINGS and RESOURCES:

• 1. Moffett, Samuel H. A History of Christianity in Asia: V.1: Beginnings to 1500. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1998. ISBN-10: 1570751625 ISBN-13: 978-1570751622
• 2. Moffett, Samuel Hugh. History of Christianity in Asia / 1500-1900. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2007. ISBN-10: 1570757011 ISBN-13: 978-1570757013

7.  EVALUATION

Students who have difficulty with research and composition are encouraged to pursue assistance with the Online Writing Lab (available at http://www.holyapostles.edu/owl).

GRADING SCALE:

A 94-100; A- 90-93; B+ 87-89; B 84-86; B- 80-83; C+ 77-79; C 74-76; C- 70-73 D 60-69; F 59 and below

Grading Rubric for Papers

8. DISABILITIES ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY

Holy Apostles College & Seminary is committed to the goal of achieving equal educational opportunities and full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities who qualify for admission to the College. Students enrolled in online courses who have documented disabilities requiring special accommodations should contact Bob Mish, the Director of Online Student Affairs, at rmish@holyapostles.edu or 860-632-3015. In all cases, reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure that all students with disabilities have access to course materials in a mode in which they can receive them. Students who have technological limitations (e.g., slow Internet connection speeds in convents) are asked to notify their instructors the first week of class for alternative means of delivery.

9. ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY

Students at Holy Apostles College & Seminary are expected to practice academic honesty.

Avoiding Plagiarism

In its broadest sense, plagiarism is using someone else's work or ideas, presented or claimed as your own.  At this stage in your academic career, you should be fully conscious of what it means to plagiarize. This is an inherently unethical activity because it entails the uncredited use of someone else's expression of ideas for another's personal advancement; that is, it entails the use of a person merely as a means to another person’s ends.

Students, where applicable:

• Should identify the title, author, page number/webpage address, and publication date of works when directly quoting small portions of texts, articles, interviews, or websites.
• Students should not copy more than two paragraphs from any source as a major component of papers or projects.
• Should appropriately identify the source of information when paraphrasing (restating) ideas from texts, interviews, articles, or websites.
• Should follow the Holy Apostles College & Seminary Stylesheet (available on the Online Writing Lab’s website at http://www.holyapostles.edu/owl/resources).

Consequences of Academic Dishonesty:

Because of the nature of this class, academic dishonesty is taken very seriously.  Students participating in academic dishonesty may be removed from the course and from the program.

10. ATTENDANCE POLICY

Even though you are not required to be logged in at any precise time or day, you are expected to login several times during each week. Because this class is being taught entirely in a technology-mediated forum, it is important to actively participate each week in the course. In a traditional classroom setting for a 3-credit course, students would be required, per the federal standards, to be in class three 50-minute sessions (or 2.5 hours a week) and prepare for class discussions six 50-minute sessions (or 5 hours) a week. Expect to devote at least nine 50-minute sessions (or 7.5 quality hours) a week to this course. A failure on the student’s part to actively participate in the life of the course may result in a reduction of the final grade.

11. INCOMPLETE POLICY

An Incomplete is a temporary grade assigned at the discretion of the faculty member. It is typically allowed in situations in which the student has satisfactorily completed major components of the course and has the ability to finish the remaining work without re-enrolling, but has encountered extenuating circumstances, such as illness, that prevent his or her doing so prior to the last day of class.

To request an incomplete, students must first download a copy of the Incomplete Request Form. This document is located within the Shared folder of the Files tab in Populi. Secondly, students must fill in any necessary information directly within the PDF document. Lastly, students must send their form to their professor via email for approval. “Approval” should be understood as the professor responding to the student’s email in favor of granting the “Incomplete” status of the student.

Students receiving an Incomplete must submit the missing course work by the end of the sixth week following the semester in which they were enrolled. An incomplete grade (I) automatically turns into the grade of “F” if the course work is not completed.

Students who have completed little or no work are ineligible for an incomplete. Students who feel they are in danger of failing the course due to an inability to complete course assignments should withdraw from the course.

A “W” (Withdrawal) will appear on the student’s permanent record for any course dropped after the end of the first week of a semester to the end of the third week. A “WF” (Withdrawal/Fail) will appear on the student’s permanent record for any course dropped after the end of the third week of a semester and on or before the Friday before the last week of the semester.

12. ABOUT YOUR PROFESSOR

Fr. Peter Samuel Kucer, STD, MSA, is the Academic Dean of Holy Apostles College and Seminary and an Assistant Professor.  He completed his STD in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of America in January, 2012.  His interests include the relationship of Catholic doctrine to history, politics, economics and scientific reasoning.  While teaching he is studying these relationships from the standpoint of stability and change.  Another relationship that is of great interest to him is between Catholicism and Judaism again from the standpoint of continuity and change.