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1 Course Information and Contract History of the United States Since 1877 HIST 1302.002 MW 9:30 SS102 HIST 1302.003 MW 1:00 SS102 Social Sciences Department; Division of Arts and Sciences South Plains College, Fall 2011 Instructor: Dr. Sharon Bogener Office: AD 119 Office Hours: MTWR 8:30-9:30, M 11:00-1:00, F 8:30-10:30 (or anytime I am in the office!) Email: [email protected] Phone: (806) 894-9611, ext. 2462 (please leave your full name, which class you are in, your phone number, and the reason for your call) Keep a copy of this syllabus—it is your guide to this class—and you are responsible for knowing its contents! Before you ask questions about policies, procedures, dates, chapters, etc., check your syllabus! The syllabus and other information pertaining to this class (including grades) are available throughout the semester on Blackboard. It is your responsibility to check Blackboard regularly for changes and updates! DUE TO SEVERE ALLERGIES NO PERFUMES, COLOGNES, PERFUMED LOTIONS, AIR FRESHENERS, OR OTHER STRONG ODORS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM. ANYONE VIOLATING THIS POLICY WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS. (I know this is painful for some of you, but allergies can be life threatening!) Course Description: This course is a survey of United States History. Primary emphasis is placed on ideas and social concepts that constitute the US heritage but we will also examine the major cultural, economic, diplomatic, and political trends in the US. The emphasis will be on understanding and interpreting history rather than memorization of dates. Our goals include improving critical thinking skills, formulating significant questions about the past, and understanding past events as products of multiple factors. Accommodations and Statement of Nondiscrimination: A. Students with disabilities, including but not limited to physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in this class should notify the Special Services Office early in the semester so that the appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal law, a student requesting accommodations must provide acceptable documentation of his/her disability to the Special Services Coordinator. For more information, call or visit the Special Services Office in the Student Services building, 894-9611 ext. 2529. B. Statement of Nondiscrimination: It is the policy of this instructor not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. In addition to complying with federal and state equal opportunity laws and regulations and/or resolutions of professional organizations in education and psychology, my diversity policy declares harassment based on individual differences to be inconsistent with my instructional mission and educational goals. C. In this class, the instructor will establish and support an environment that values and nurtures individual and group differences and encourages engagement and interaction. Understanding and respecting multiple experiences and perspectives will serve to challenge and stimulate all of us to learn about others, about the larger world, and about ourselves. By promoting diversity and intellectual exchange, we will not only mirror society as it is, but also model society as it should and can be.2 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. Course Specific Instructions: Each instructor will attach his/her course with 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. Student Learning Outcomes: Students who have completed this course will be expected to: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of major perspectives in American history. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of cause and effect of major events of the past. Understand the nature of history as a fundamental subject in the study of humanity. Evaluate the diversity of interpretations of the past and the quality of evidence for that interpretation. Tolerate ambiguity in explanations of the past and realize that historical explanations will often be complex and tentative Apply historical knowledge with caution to current events, seeing common threads of development of the past with the present. . Through course assignments, papers, activities, and assessments, students will: Demonstrate the ability to read and write clearly and concisely, Value diversity and differences in people, Explore relationships of ideas and see their similarities and differences, Gain a basic understanding of the career fields related in the major, Assimilate and synthesize information, Integrate ideas across the curricula, and Interrelate the past to the present. Required texts: (1) The American


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