Kevin Crisman

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Kevin Crisman
Nautical Archaeology Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor

Email:	kcrisman@tamu.edu
Phone:	(979) 845-6696
Office:	131B Anthropology

Post-Medieval Seafaring Anthropology 629
Course Overview

Course Syllabus

Course Description:

This course will use archaeological and historical sources to examine the development of shipbuilding, seafaring, waterborne commerce, and naval warfare in Europe and its colonies (except the Americas) from the age of exploration to the outbreak of World War One.

Requirements:

Class attendance & participation, reading assignments, several topics to research and present in class, and a publishable-quality term paper.

Texts:*

None

Structure

An emphasis will be placed on the use of higher order thinking and reasoning in the acquisition and communication of new knowledge. You will be expected to critically read the assigned books and articles and analyze and synthesize this material in light of classroom lectures.

During the semester each student will be assigned several topics to research and present in class (the number of presentations you make will depend upon the size of the class). Presentations must be no more than one-half hour in length. Stay within this time limit. Please prepare and distribute a bibliography of the sources consulted for your seminar presentation. Use of visual aids such as slides, photocopied handouts, Powerpoint™ projections, or chalkboard illustrations is strongly encouraged.

Grades:

Each student's grade will be based 50% class presentations/participation and 50% on a term paper.

Grade scale: 100-90: A, 89-80: B, 79-70: C, 69-60: D, 59-0: F

Schedule:

Week	Topic
Week 1	Introduction to Course.

Week 2	Shipbuilding in the Early 16th Century.

Week 3	Rigging and the Introduction of Shipboard Ordnance.

Week 4	Shipboard Life and The Discovery of the World in the 16th Century

Week 5	1588: The Spanish Armada.

Week 6	Portugal's Asian Empire

Week 7	The Dutch East India Company

Week	Topic
Week 8	Seventeenth-century Naval Vessels.

Week 9	Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Merchant Craft.

Week 10	Inland Watercraft of Europe.

Week 11	Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-century Royal Navy Ships.

Week 12	The Transition to Iron and Steam.

Week 13	Dreadnoughts and the Coming of the Great War.

Week 14	Presentation of Term Paper Research.