Common Course Syllabus Department: Social Sciences Discipline: History Course Number: HISTORY 1302 Course Title: American History since 1877 Credit: 3 Lecture, 0 Lab Satisfies a core curriculum requirement? Yes, Social Science and ALL Undergraduate Degrees Prerequisites: TSI compliance in Reading Available Formats: Conventional, INET, ITV Campus: Levelland, Reese, ATC, Plainview Textbook: Varies according to instructor, but for ALL dual credit classes: The American Nation, Carnes and Garraty, Thirteenth Edition. Volume Two ISBN 0-205-56810-6, 2008. Course Specific Instructions: Each instructor will attach his or her specific instructions. Course Description: This course is a survey of United States history from the disputed election of 1876 to the end of the Cold War in 1990. Primary emphasis is placed on ideas and social concepts that constitute the American heritage. Course Purpose: To acquaint students with the diversity of American history and to promote critical thinking in interrelating the past to the present. Fundamentally, the course promotes general understanding of a body of knowledge any literate person should possess about the history of his own country. Course Requirements: To maximize a student’s potential to complete this course, he/she should attend all class meetings, complete all homework assignments and examinations in a timely manner, and complete all other projects or papers as assigned in the instructor’s specific instructions. Course Evaluation: See the instructor's course information sheet for specific items used in evaluating student performance. Attendance Policy: Whenever absences become excessive and in the instructor's opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met due to absences, the student will be withdrawn from the course. Each instructor will have additional information about attendance on his/her course information sheet.Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students should be familiar with the evolution of the nation and its role in the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. This would include the following:  the continuity of national development from its creation to the present  the development of the West in the nation’s growth  the industrial revolution, including immigration and urbanization  the emergence of corporate capitalism in the U.S.  social, economic, and political American reform movements  America’s rise to globalism (including the world wars, Cold War, and current events)  American domestic policies  American economic policiesHISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1876 SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE REESE CENTER – Spring 2011 HIST 1302.202; MWF 11:00–11:50; RC312 Instructor: Christy Dockrey Office: 316G Office Hours: MWF 8:30-10:00; MW 12:00-1:00; TR 8:30-9:30; and by appointment Phone: 806-716-4663 * leave a message with your full name, local phone number, and the reason for your call (the instructor will not return calls to long distance phone numbers) E-mail: [email protected] Blackboard: http://spc.blackboard.com/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct Optional Text: The American Nation: A History of the United States, Volume 2 (Since 1865), Thirteenth Edition, by Mark C. Carnes and John A. Garraty; ISBN-10: 0205568106 Course Description and Objectives: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a survey of the history of the United States from post-Civil War Reconstruction to the present. We will examine how national events affected the lives of ordinary citizens and focus our attention on the diversity of American life. Social, cultural, economic, geographic, political, and diplomatic aspects will be highlighted. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to identify important individuals and events of the period and discuss the historical development of the United States in a global context. Academic English Rule South Plains College requires all students to become proficient in "academic English," a form of English that is typically used in academic, professional, and business contexts. While slang, regional idioms, and informal kinds of self-expression are appropriate in some contexts, they are out of place in academic writing. Writing instructors and professors in courses across the campus expect all students to demonstrate proficiency in using the conventions of academic English in their written work, whether it is in-class exams or take-home essays. (Each instructor may also add additional requirements regarding written assignments that are contained in your syllabus.) Course Requirements: Students are expected to complete reading assignments, take notes, and participate in class discussions. If a student misses a lecture, it is the responsibility of that student to obtain notes from a classmate. Notes will not be provided by the instructor. Study guides, handouts, and other information will be posted on the class Blackboard which can be accessed from the SPC homepage at http://spc.blackboard.com/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct. Students are required to download and print these for use in class. The librarians at the Reese SPC Library in Building 8 are available to assist students who wish to use the library computers to acquire course materials. Students will be required to take a Course Pre Test at the beginning of the semester but it will not be a part of their grade. At the end of the semester they will take a multiple choice Course Post Test that will be averaged with two reading quizzes for 20% of the course grade. The course lecture content will be organized into four units and there will be a major exam over each unit. The four major exams and the three quizzes will be used to assess students’ grades in this course with the percentage breakdown as follows: Requirements and Value Avg. of 3 Quizzes 20% First Unit Exam 20% Second Unit Exam 20% Third Unit Exam 20% Final Exam 20%The articles assigned for outside reading will also be posted on the class Blackboard. Students should access and print the articles well in advance of quizzes. Technical difficulties incurred during the 24 hrs. before the quiz will not constitute an excuse for not being prepared to take the quiz (even if Blackboard itself is not available on that day). The