CHST 603
HISTORY OF THE THIRD REICH
Course Outline – Summer 2008
INSTRUCTOR:
Peter Wronski
OFFICE:
JOR 510 (Mon & Wed
12:45 – 1:15 & 5:15 – 5:45)
INSTRUCTOR PHONE:
(416) 979-5000 x.6058
INSTRUCTOR E-MAIL:
pwronsky@ryerson.ca
[best way to contact]
WEBSITE:
http://www.petervronsky.com/thirdreich.htm
OR www.russianbooks.org/thirdreich.htm
LECTURES: Mon & Wed, 9:00 A.M. – 12:50 P.M. EPH441
The Chang School Office
Hours:
Mon-Thurs
8:00am – 7:00pm
Phone:
(416) 979-5035
Friday
8:00am – 4:30pm
COURSE DESCRIPTION / OBJECTIVE
More
than sixty years after its destruction by the Allied armies, Hitler's Germany
still manages to arouse both controversy and curiosity. Was the Nazi state
rooted in the German past, or rather the product of modern crises that could
overwhelm any nation? This course combines a chronological, biographical and
thematic approach to explaining the history of the Third Reich. The course
covers Germany's historical roots leading to the emergence of the National
Socialist Party, the rise of Hitler and his henchmen to power, the rise and fall
of the Third Reich's totalitarian-racial police state and Nazi criminality in
warfare, occupation policy and genocide.
(Upper-level liberal studies elective)
WARNING:
Lectures may feature graphic images that some may find disturbing.
TEXTS (available at the Ryerson book store)
Klaus P. Fischer, Nazi Germany:
A New History, (New York:
Continuum, 1995.)
Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men:
Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, (New
York: HarperPerennial, 1998.)
[second edition]
METHOD OF STUDENT
EVALUATION
Essay Proposal (250 words): 10% July 9
Mid-Term Test: 15% July 14
Essay (2500 words): 30% July 28
Final Exam: 30% Aug 6
Seminars: 15% July 9; July 16; July 23
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Lecture & Seminar
TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE (see website for more
lecture content)
(This schedule is compressed Summer 2008 to ten lectures plus exam.)
Mid-Term Test
(1 hr)/
Lectures
(continued)
SEMINARS:
Three one-hour seminars will
be held in the semester based on lecture material and assigned readings.
These will be held in the last hour of a regularly scheduled lecture
period. Attendance is mandatory.
Seminar mark is 15% of the final grade and based on attendance and quality of
participation.
Assignments:
Essay:
A topic of your choice pertaining to the Third Reich.
Suggested topics are posted on the website.
Contact me if you need further help or advise in choosing your topic.
The essay should be based on at least six sources, not including the
course text book (but seminar readings are acceptable.)
There are two aspects
of this essay:
·
Prior to writing your essay,
you will submit a one page outline
that clearly defines your approach and
a proposed annotated bibliography that describes your sources and their
relevance to your essay. You will be
marked on the basis of originality and specificity of your subject matter and
the depth and currency of your sources.
This is worth 10% of your grade.
·
Write an essay of
2,500 words (circa 10 pages 12 pt font) based on a topic of your
choice pertaining to the history of the Third Reich.
It is worth 30% of your final
grade.
Submission of Essays:
Essays must be typed. If this is a problem, please speak to me. Students should hand essays in directly to the instructor. Late essays may be mailed in and a hard copy dropped off with the Chang School. Students are responsible for ensuring that their essays have been received. Please keep copies of your work.
Late work will be penalized by the deduction of 2% per day, including weekends. Extensions may be granted on medical or compassionate grounds. Students requesting an extension should submit a written request to me before the deadline. If this is not possible, students should be prepared to provide appropriate documentation relating to the extension request (i.e. doctor’s note). No late work will be accepted after the last day of lecture in the term.
References:
Essays MUST contain proper references, in the form of MLA/Chicago style footnotes or endnotes, which include in the first citation the author, place, and date of publication of the work cited, as well as the correct and exact page number, and for every subsequent citation, author and page number. As a general rule, references should be given for direct quotations, summaries or paraphrases of other people's work or points of view, and for material that is factual, controversial or obscure. WHEN IN DOUBT, IT IS BETTER TO PROVIDE A REFERENCE. There are several acceptable citation formats, but please make sure you follow one! Improper citations will result in lost marks.
See: www.aresearchguide.com/8firstfo.html for a guide to this style of citations.
This is an example of the required style
for citations:
[1] Jane Doe, The ABC's of History (Toronto: Ontario Publishers, 1997), pp. 20-21.
2 Jane Doe, p. 23
Bibliographies:
Essays MUST provide bibliographies of all works consulted, whether or not they have been quoted directly. An inadequate bibliography (for assignments as long as those above) is one which contains less than four books or articles related to the topic, or books which are entirely general work or texts. Dictionaries, atlases and/or encyclopedias DO NOT count towards this minimum number of sources, and their inclusion should NOT be considered as constituting research. An example of a bibliographic citation is as follows:
Smith, John. History Rules (Toronto: Ontario Publishers, 1997).
Deduction of Marks
The evaluation of your research, content, and argumentation is of primary concern in marking. Equally important is the syntax or structure of your work. Marks will be deducted from work containing excessive grammar/spelling mistakes, which is excessively long or inadequately short, or which fails to provide proper footnoting/bibliography. Be sure to edit and check your work carefully. Do not simply rely on your computer’s spelling or grammar check
.
Grounds for Failure
Essays which do not supply proper and adequate references and bibliographies will be failed. Any written work that quotes directly from other material without attribution, or which paraphrases extensive tracts from the works of others, is plagiarized. It will receive no marks and there will be no chance to resubmit. Please consult the Ryerson academic calendar for further information on plagiarism. If you have any questions or doubts about how to cite material, please feel free to contact me.
Academic Integrity
For additional help, Ryerson now offers
the Academic Integrity Website at
www.ryerson.ca/academicintegrity. This offers students a variety of
resources to assist in their research, writing, and presentation of all kinds of
assignments. It also details all dimensions of Academic Misconduct and how to
avoid it. It was put together by a team representing the Vice President
Academic, faculty, the library, Digital Media Projects, and Student Services.
NOTE:
Every effort will be made to manage the course as stated. However, adjustments
may be necessary at the discretion of the instructor. If so, students will be
advised and alterations discussed in the class prior to implementation.
MISSED TERM WORK OR EXAMINATIONS:
Exemption or deferral of a term test or final examination is not permitted except for a medical or personal emergency. The instructor must be notified by e-mail prior to the test and appropriate documentation submitted. For absence on medical grounds an official student medical certificate must be provided. This may be downloaded from the Ryerson website at www.ryerson.ca/rr or picked up from The Chang School Office, Room JOR100.
Absence from mid-term examination or
tests:
§ Instructor must be notified by e-mail before the test
§ Documentation must be presented at the next class
§ Depending on course policy, the instructor may arrange a makeup or re-weigh the course requirements
Absence from final exam:
§ Instructor must be notified by e-mail before the examination.
§
Documentation must be
presented at The Chang School Office, Room JOR100, within three working days.
§ If the majority of the course work has been completed with a passing performance, and the documentation is acceptable, an INC grade will be entered by the instructor. An INC grade will not be granted if term work was missed or failed.
§ The final examination must be written within four months after the submission of the incomplete grade. Failure to do this will result in an F grade.
§ It is the student’s responsibility to contact The Chang School Office at least two weeks prior to the end of the following academic term to arrange to write the final exam.
COURSE REPEATS:
Academic Council GPA policy prevents
students from taking a course more than three times.
For complete GPA policy see Policy #46 at
http://www.ryerson.ca/acadcouncil/policies.html.