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Common Course Syllabus Department: Social Sciences Discipline: Texas History Course Number: HISTORY 2301 Course Title: Texas History 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 Campus: Levelland, Reese Textbook: Varies according to instructor. Course Specific Instructions: Each instructor will attach his/her course information sheet with specific instructions. Course Description: This course is a survey of the history of Texas from the time of its early inhabitants to the present. Primary emphasis is placed on ideas and social concepts that constitute the Texas heritage. Course Purpose: To acquaint students with the diversity of Texas 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excessive and in the instructor's opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met due to absences, the student will be withdrawn from the course.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 Texas 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.TEXAS HISTORY SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE REESE CENTER – Spring 2011 HIST 2301.200; MW 4:00–5:15; RC312 Instructor: Christy Dockrey Office: 316G Office Hours: MWF 8:15-10:00 and MW 12:00-12:15; TR 8:15 – 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] Optional Textbook: Campbell, Randolph B., Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State, Oxford University Press 2003 Required Reader: White, Benton R., The Forgotten Cattle King, Texas A&M University Press 1986 Course Description and Objectives: This course will survey the history of Texas from the time of its early inhabitants to the present. Instructional focus will be to promote an understanding of the elements and events that contributed to the settlement of Texas and the evolution of its culture, economy, and government. We will examine many personalities and ideas that have shaped Texas and how its unique history fits into the larger pattern of the American experience. 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 Forgotten Cattle King is assigned as outside reading and will not be discussed in class. There will be two scheduled reading quizzes over the content. Each reading quiz is to be answered in ink and may include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short


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