FACULTY
SYLLABUS – FALL 2009
COURSE NUMBER:
History
1301-P17 & P18
COURSE TITLE:
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
History of the
PREREQUISITE: Placement
levels: Reading Assessment at College Level. Writing Assessment
COURSE CREDIT
HOURS: 3
COLLEGE REPEAT POLICY: A student may repeat this course only once after receiving
a grade, including “W”.
STUDENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this
course, students should be able to do the following:
1. Describe pre-Colombian civilizations in the
2. Describe
the aspects of Western and Non-Western culture that have contributed to the
American experience.
3. Describe
the development of the English colonies and the growth of independent colonial
government.
4. Reconstruct
the internal social, economic, and political events which led to the War for
5. Identify
the factors, values, and compromises which shaped the U.S. Constitution.
6. Describe
the formation of political parties, the development of sectionalism, and the
early nationalist era.
7. Define
Manifest Destiny and describe nineteenth century territorial expansion.
8. Outline
major social, economic, political, and religious aspects of antebellum
9. Describe
the slavery controversy.
10.
Outline the series of events which culminated in the Civil
War.
PROFESSOR: Dr. David
Buice (pronounced like Bice)
Email: dbuice@ccccd.edu
PHONE:
OFFICE HOURS:
CLASS MEETING
TIMES
TEXTBOOK: American Passages, A History of the
REQUIRED
MATERIALS:
·
Class notes from the web site, along with pen or pencil for
taking notes
·
Scantron sheets for the exams (1 scantron for each exam)
·
No. 2 pencil for exams
COURSE
REQUIREMENTS: To complete this course successfully, you must take four
100-point tests. See the course calendar for the dates of the tests.
METHOD OF
PRESENTATION
A combination of lectures, PowerPoint materials, and some occasional audio-visual materials.
TESTS: Four
examinations of 100 points each will be given during the semester. The tests
will be made up of multiple choice and true-false questions from the lectures and
the text.
Missing
a scheduled exam is a serious matter, and makeup exams may or may not be given
at the discretion of the professor. Generally the only valid reasons for
missing an exam are for a death in the family or a serious, documented medical
emergency (not, I had a cold, sore throat, upset stomach etc.). Your reason for missing must be presented
to me at the first class meeting when you return to class. If you do not offer
an explanation at that time, there will be no makeup.
Make-up
exams have only essay and identification questions and are much harder than the regular exams. It is to your advantage to take
the regular exams given during the scheduled times. Do not skip a regular exam
thinking you will have more time to study and will make a higher grade on a
makeup. You will not!
There is no
make-up for the fourth and last exam. The only exception would be for a serious
medical emergency, such as an emergency appendectomy or something of that sort.
METHOD OF
EVALUATION: How is my final grade for the course determined? The grade
that you receive at the end of the course is determined by the total number of
points compiled on the four exams from a possible total of 400 points. You will
also have one opportunity to earn extra credit points. Any extra credit points that you earn during the semester will be added
to your test point total to “boost” your grade.
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A = 360 or more total points = 90% or better
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B = 320-359 = 80-89%
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C = 280-319 = 70-79%
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D = 240-279 = 60-69%
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F = 239 or fewer = less than 60%
ATTENDANCE:
Regular
class attendance is the responsibility of the student. Habitual tardiness is
disruptive and unacceptable. A student is expected to remain for the entire
period, and if for any reason you must leave early you are to make proper
arrangements before class with me. If you do not, you will be counted absent.
You can miss
two classes without penalty. After that, five points will be deducted from your
semester point total for each absence.
If you are
late to class, it is your responsibility to let me know THAT
WITHDRAWAL: The last day
to drop with a W is October 16. If a
student withdraws after October 16,
a performance grade is given. Any change in a student’s class schedule may be
made by telephone registration, on-line registration, or by submitting an
add/drop form to the admissions and records office when telephone and on-line
systems are not available.
Religious Holy
Days:
Please refer to the current Collin Student Handbook for information on the
observance of Holy Days.
AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE:
It
is the policy of
ACADEMIC
ETHICS: The
College District may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student
accused of scholastic dishonest. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not
limited to, statements, acts, or omissions related to applications for
enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work
material that is not one’s own. Scholastic dishonesty may involve, but is not
limited to, one or more of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion,
use of annotated texts or teacher’s edition, and/or falsifying academic
records.
Some
definitions of terms mentioned in the preceding paragraph:
Plagiarism is the use of
an author’s words or ideas as if they were your own, without giving credit to
the source, including but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct
quotation.
Cheating is the
willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an
examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying
computer or internet files, using someone else’s work for the assignments as if
were your own, or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the
requirements of a course.
Collusion is
intentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic
dishonesty, including but not limited to, providing a paper or project to
another student; providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communication
answers to a classmate during an examination; removing tests or answer sheets
from a test site, and allowing a classmate to copy answers.
COURSE
CALENDAR
Test 1 – Thursday, September 17, Topics 1, 2, and 3
and reading assignments (class and test; date may vary)
Test 2 – Tuesday, October 13, Topics 4, and 5
(date may vary)
Test 3 – Thursday, November 12, Topics 6, 7, 8, and
reading assignments (date may vary)
Test 4 –
Topics 9-13, reading assignment
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Section P18
(the
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Section P17
(the
Note: For each
test you will be allowed to bring
COURSE
TOPICS
History
1301
FALL
2009
Topic
One – The
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Reading
Assignments:
Topic
Two – Life in the English Colonies
·
Reading
Assignment:
The Great Awakening, pp 106-109
Topic
Three – The Struggle for Empire
Test
1 over Topics 1, 2, & 3 and reading assignments, Sept 17
Topic
Four – The Age of the American Revolution
Topic
Five – The Revolution and American Society
Test
2 over Topics 4, & 5, Oct 13
Topic
Six: The
Topic
Seven – The Administration of John Adams
Topic
Eight – The Age of
·
Reading
Assignments:
Religion in American Society, pp 226-231; African Americans, pp 231-235
Test
3 over Topics 6, 7, 8, & reading assignments, Nov 12
Topic Nine – James Monroe and John
Quincy
Topic Ten – The Age of
Topic Eleven – Territorial Expansion
and Rising Sectional Tensions
Topic Twelve – Sectional Conflict,
Secession, and War
Topic Thirteen – Civil War and
Reconstruction
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Reading
Assignments:
The Birth of Mormonism, pp 303-04; Americans on the Move, pp 347-52
Test
4 over Topics 9-13 and reading assignments, Dec 8 (
EXTRA
CREDIT – HISTORY 1301
On
Thursday afternoon, December 3 at 5:30,
I will show a half-hour documentary dealing with the history of the White
House. After you have viewed the documentary, I will give you a 20-point quiz
for extra credit. The documentary is very enjoyable, and in less than an hour
of your time, you can earn some valuable extra credit points, rather than
spending hours of time doing outside research and writing a paper for extra credit. You may take notes during the documentary, and you
may use these notes to answer the quiz questions. The room number will be
announced later.
NOTE: If you have
taken more than two unexcused cuts in this class, you will not be permitted to
earn extra credit in this course.
I reserve the
right to make any necessary changes in the course syllabus.