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S. 83-34
MEMORANDUM
SENATE.
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NEW COURSE - HIST 338-3 -
WORLD WAR II.
From
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE
STUDI ES
Date
24..MA.RCH..19.83 .
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at
its meeting of March 8, 1983, gives rise to the following motion:-
MOTION: "That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.83-34
the proposed new course HIST 338-3 - World War II."
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Subject to approval of the course by Senate and the
Board of Governors, SCUS approved waiver of the two
semester time lag requirement in order that the course
may be first offered in Fall 83-3.
Chairman, SCUS
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES?
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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*Calendar Information
Abbreviation Code:
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HIST Course Number:
Title of Course: WORLD WAR II
Calendar Description of Course:
HISTORY
Department
338
Credit Hours:
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Vector:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS AND
COURSE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Nature of Course
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DISC COURSE USING KNOWLEDGE NETWORK: OR LECTURE/TUTORIAL
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
HIST 225 RECOMMENDED
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
NONE
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
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3 SEMESTERS PER YEAR
Semester in which the course will first be offered? 83-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? ?
N. KITCHEN, R. NEWTON
•Objectives of the Course
TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IN DEPTH A
SPECIALIZED PERIOD IN MODERN HISTORY IN WHICH HISTORICAL LITERATURE
AND DOCUMENTATION IS EXTENSIVE
4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty ?
NONE
Staff
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NONE
Library ?
NONE
Audio Visual NONE
Space
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NONE
Equipment ?
NONE
5. Approva
Date:__________
Depjmen Cha
73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
Arts 78-3
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HISTORY 338: WORLD WAR II
This course,
which is based on the Thames Television series
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"The World
at War",
is designed
as an introduction to the history of the origins and course
of the
Second World
War.
Particular attention
will be paid to the main campaigns of the war in
Europe
and Asia, and
to the domestic history of the belligerent powers.
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The
social,
economic and
political consequences of the war will also be discussed
as well
as the moral
issues of genocide and the use of the atomic bomb.
The topics to
be discussed in the 13 weeks of the semester are as follows:
1.
The rise of Hitler and the origins of the war.
2.
The campaigns in Poland and Scandinavia. Churchill becomes Prime Minister.
3.
The fall of France. Dunkirk. The Battle of Britain. Yugoslavia, Greece
and Crete.
4.
Barbarossa. Pearl Harbour. The beginnings of the war in Asia.
5.
U.S. strategy. "Europe First". The desert war. El Alamein, Operation TORCH.
6.
Stalingrad. Russia at war. The naval war. The bomber offensive on Germany.
7.
The campaign in Italy. The "Big Three". The war in Asia.
8.
Inside the Reich. The Blitz. Britain at war.
9.
D Day. Life in German occupied Europe.
10.
Russia advances from the East, the Allies from the West. Strains on the
alliance. Genocide.
11.
The Russians take Berlin. Japan at war.
12.
"Island hopping" in the Pacific. The atomic bomb.
13.
The aftermath of war and the origins of the Cold War.
You will be provided with a study guide to the 26 hour-long espisodes of
film as well as book of additional reading material, the text book is:
Peter Calvocoressi and Guy Wint, "Total War."
You will be required to write three assignments during the course of the
semester, and there will be a final examination.
