History 372: High Medieval Europe, 1000-1350, is a three-credit, senior-level course that surveys the most significant political, economic, social, intellectual and religious events and trends in Europe from the turn of the first millennium until the Black Death, c. 1350. To engage students with the achievements and challenges of this period, the course presents primary source readings from the period as well as current scholarly interpretations of the High Middle Ages. Through researching a particular historical question in detail, students will exercise the research, critical reading, and writing skills needed for success at university and beyond. Students study the materials independently at their own pace and may consult the tutor assigned to assist them and mark their work.
Outline
The online Study Guide contains thirteen units:
Unit 1: Introduction: The High Middle Ages
Unit 2: Making a Living and Living Together
Unit 3: Christendom Reformed
Unit 4: The Crusade Movement
Unit 5: The Twelfth-Century Renaissance
Unit 6: Feudal Monarchies
Unit 7: Urban Growth
Unit 8: Urban Society
Unit 9: Religious Movements
Unit 10: High Scholasticism
Unit 11: Thirteenth-century Kingship
Unit 12: Romanesque and Gothic Architecture
Unit 13: The Crises of the Fourteenth Century
Evaluation
To receive credit for HIST 372, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent)and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
Activity
Weight
Quiz 1
2%
Quiz 2
2%
Assignment 1: Research Plan
5%
Assignment 2: Article Review
20%
Quiz 3
1%
Assignment 3: Research Essay
30%
Final Exam
40%
Total
100%
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Jordan, William Chester. Europe in the High Middle Ages. The Penguin History of Europe, 3. London: Penguin, 2001. (Print)
Online Materials
The print materials also include a Reading File of required readings from book chapters and articles.
The online materials consist of a Course Manual (instructions for this course), Student Manual (general university policies), Study Guide (instructional material for each unit), and the Digital Reading Room (with links to ebooks, ejournals, a streaming video and websites that are required reading)
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the HIST 372 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent)on the examination.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.