OntarioLearn Course Details Start at 05/14/2024
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Course Details
| Course Title |
The History of Chocolate |
| Conestoga Course Code |
OLRN1626 |
| Host College |
Sheridan College |
| OntarioLearn Course Code |
SH-CULT70001G |
| Start Date |
05/14/2024 |
| End Date |
08/20/2024 |
| Course Fee |
$409.50 |
| Hours |
42 |
| Pre-requisites |
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| Course Description |
Students survey the 4000-year-old history of chocolate: from its ancient Mesoamerican origins as a bitter drink of ritual and medicine, to the growth of a modern "chocolate culture" and its place as a mass-produced globalized product of the twentieth century. Students investigate how chocolate came to be imported into Europe by the Spanish during the sixteenth century and transformed into a sugary drink of the nobility, as well as its later importance to colonization, the slave trade and the Industrial Revolution. Students explore, through six module videos with integrated reading assignments, podcasts and other media, current academic research on the topic and encounter a wide range of primary sources including art, literature and the economic and administrative documents of daily life. Students also have the opportunity to analyze several primary sources (historical documents, paintings, photographs and maps) relevant to the study of chocolate's cultural history. |
| Midterm Exam Format |
No exam requirement |
| Final Exam Format |
No exam requirement |
| Final Exam Group |
05/14/2024 |
| Other Evaluation Details |
Analyses 30%, Quizzes 30%, Research Project 40% |
| Minimum Passing Mark |
50 |
| Mandatory Chats |
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| Mandatory Group Work |
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| Other Details |
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| Platform |
d2l/brightspace |
| Computer Software Requirements |
This is a web-based course taught fully online, using Brightspace by D2L Learning Management System. To take this course, students will need reliable access to the Internet. They should have a basic level of comfort using computers as well as self-discipline to work online. |
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| Textbook Information |
We suggest you do not purchase your textbook until approximately two weeks prior to the course start date as textbooks may change. |
Textbooks
| Textbook Title |
The True History of Chocolate |
Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic Wo |
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| Author |
Coe, Sophie D. and Michael D. Coe |
Norton, Marcy |
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| Publisher |
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2013 |
New York: Cornell University Press, 2008 |
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| Edition |
3rd |
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| ISBN |
9780500290682 |
9780801476327 |
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| Special Instructions |
Required |
Recommended |
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