1 Course Information and Contract History of Texas HIST 2301.001 TR 11:00 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 Texas History. Primary emphasis is placed on ideas and social concepts that constitute the Texas heritage but we will also examine the major cultural, economic, diplomatic, and political trends in Texas. The focus 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 Levelland Student Services building, 894-9611 ext. 2529. At Reese: Rooms 809 and 811, Reese Center Building 8, 885-3048 ext. 4654. 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 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 with specific instructions. Course Description: This course is a survey Texas history. 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. Required texts: (1) Texas: Crossroads of North America by Jesus F. De la Teja, Paula Marks, and Ron Tyler. ISBN-10: 0618073612 ISBN- 13: 978-06180736103 (2) The Day