HST103 - Western Civilization: Europe and the World

Hello Students,

My name is Joe Escobar and I will be teaching one ONLINE section of HST103 Western Civilization, Spring Term at Lane Community College. I've been a history instructor since 1989, and you will find that I enjoy teaching and working with students.  I’m using this web page to give prospective students some information relevant to this particular course.

The course is a completely online class.  If the class is currently full, you MUST add yourself to the official MyLane waitlist.  Students will be added to the course in the order they are listed on the waitlist.    

IMPORTANT: If you want to look at the syllabus, you don't have to wait and wonder what is required. CLICK HERE and make an informed decision about whether or not you should enroll in this class. 

We will use Moodle and the textbook publisher website MindTap extensively to accomplish our work for this course.  Once registered, you will be able to login to the Moodle site with your L# and MyLane passphrase. The site URL is:

http://classes.lanecc.edu

Second, once logged in, I hope you take the time to read and/or print a copy of the course syllabus, as well as all of the other relevant links. 

Finally, I wanted to let you know about the course textbook.  

Western Civilization | 11th Edition by Jackson Spielvogel

All students MUST PURCHASE the Digital Platform (called MindTap) for this course. The price is $92 for the term and it includes the digital version of the textbook AND access to the publisher website for required activities.  It cannot be purchased for less from any other source.

Here is the link to the book from the textbook publisher.

https://www.cengage.com/c/western-civilization-11e-spielvogel/9780357362976/


Well, that's all of the news I have for you now.  I look forward to "meeting you" online and working with you during the term.

Until then,


Joe Escobar

History Instructor

Lane Community College






last updated 2/27/2024