SPC HIST 1301 Common Course Syllabus Department: Social Sciences Discipline: History Course Number: HISTORY 1301 Course Title: American History to 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, Pearson & Longman, Thirteenth Edition. Volume One ISBN 0-205-56805-X, 2008. 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 colonial foundations to 1877. 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excessive and in the instructor's opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met due to absences, the student will be withdrawn from the course.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 OutcomesStudents 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.  .Interrelate the past to the present.Class Information, Requirements, & Policies HIST 1301 – United States History to 1876 Internet Course -- Instructor Christy Dockrey – Fall 2011 Print and read carefully the entire syllabus below. After reading the syllabus, create a document in Microsoft Word and type the following statement: “I have read the entire syllabus and have accepted all of its requirements.” Then type your name after the statement, save it, and send it to me as an attachment using the Messages tool in this Blackboard course. I will not grade any work until I receive this statement. If I have not received it prior to the 12th class day you will be locked out of the course and dropped with a grade of “N” (Never attended). Instructor Information: Name: Christy Dockrey Blackboard: http://southplainscollege.blackboard.com/ E-mail: [email protected] (use only for emergencies if you can’t use Blackboard) Office Location: Reese Campus, 316G Office Hours: MWF 8:15-10:00 and M 12:00-12:15; TR 8:15–9:30 Office Phone: (806) 716-4663 * leave a message with your full name, phone number, class information, and the reason for your call Mailing Address: Christy Dockrey SPC Reese Center, 316G 819 Gilbert Drive Lubbock, Texas 79416 Required Books: The American Journey, Volume 1, 6/e, by Goldfield, et al; Pearson 2011, ISBN 9780205010578. Books are available for purchase through the South Plains College bookstore at either the Levelland campus or Reese Center. They can also be purchased from the SPC bookstore online at www.sp-levbookstore.com or www.sp-reesebookstore.com . Students can call the Levelland bookstore at (806) 894-9611, ext 2399 or the Reese bookstore at (806) 747-0576 ext. 4610 for more information. (* Notify me by Blackboard Messages if you are unable to acquire the book from the SPC bookstore by the first day of class.) It is also permissible to get the book from any other source you may choose but you will need it right away so that you can get started on the assignments... Course Description & Objectives: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a survey of the history of the United States from European colonization to the end of Reconstruction following the Civil War. Instructional focus will be to promote an understanding of the elements and events that contributed to the development of American characteristics and nationality, the founding of the United States government, and the factors that eventually tore the nation apart in civil war. Emphasis will be placed on the ideas and social concepts that constitute the Amerrtican heritage. 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. * Describe the elements and events that contributed to the settlement of the United States and the distribution of its population. * Identify personalities and ideas that have shaped American government and culture. * Discuss the evolution of the culture, economy, and government of the United States * Explain how the unique history of the United States fits into the larger pattern or world historyThe course is divided into four units of study that include