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Lone Star College-Tomball
Behavioral Sciences, Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Division
History 1301: UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A survey of U.S. history from the Age
of Discovery through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Special emphasis is
placed on the emergence of the United States as a nation. Other topics
will include westward expansion, slavery, the Civil War, and
Reconstruction. Its purpose is to provide students with an interpretive
analysis of the social, economic, political, and intellectual dynamics
that have shaped United States history before 1877. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AND/OR MATERIALS:
EVALUATION: ANGEL Quiz - A brief quiz to insure the student understands the basic functions of this course management system. Introduction exercise - Each student gives a brief self introduction. Outside Participation - Respond to two assigned learning objectives for each chapter of the text book. Class Participation - The instructor will have a deck of cards containing students names. At the beginning of each class the instructor will shuffle the cards and then draw the cards one at a time, asking a question of the person whose card is selected. Questions will cover the reading assignment for that day and the lecture material from the previous class. If you answer the question correctly you will receive 4 points. If you answer the question incorrectly you will receive 0 points. If you are absent when your name is called you will receive a penalty of 5 points.
Quizzes -
Book Reviews - A brief review of the book read. No more than 3 double spaced pages. Use arial style 12pt type and submit your review in a Rich Text Format (.rtf) document. The review must be submitted prior to each exam but may be submitted any time prior to that date. Two reviews are required but a third review may be submitted for extra credit. For guidelines for this assignment look in "supplement - info" on the Homepage of the course For examples of a book review consult The American Historical Review, The Journal of American History, Reviews in American History, The William and Mary Quarterly or any other similar history journal. NOTE: All submissions will be checked for plagiarism using the software program "Turn-It In." This program checks each submission against a host of sources including previously submitted papers on the subject at Lone Star College. Academic integrity is a serious matter. When there is clear evidence of cheating, plagiarism, collusion or misrepresentation. a grade of "F" will be assigned for the course. If you have a question on this item review the college policy outlined in the syllabus. Exams - There are three Unit Exams in this course. Each exam contains 90 questions, 10 short answer questions based on the unit learning outcomes and 80 multiple choice covering the textbook, additional reading and lectures. All events are scheduled on the course calendar.
LETTER GRADE ASSIGNMENT:
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
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Regular and punctual
attendance is expected. A seating chart will be kept, and attendance will be
noted at the start of class by visual inspection. The instructor will work out a
seating chart based upon your answers to the student survey.
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If you are late, it is
your responsibility to inform the instructor at the end of the class session.
Otherwise, you may be recorded as absent.
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If you are absent, the
cause of the absence is not normally relevant. You are permitted four days [six
hours] absence from class without penalty.
Each absence in excess of four will reduce your course grade by one
letter.
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Exceptions to the
attendance policy will be allowed in cases of severe medical problems or
emergencies of comparable gravity if verifiable documentation is supplied in a
timely fashion, but such exceptions are at the discretion of the instructor.
ASSIGNMENTS: All assignments are to be completed and submitted to the instructor on the scheduled due date. No late assignments will be accepted.
MAKE-UP EXAMS: Students are expected to sit for examinations with their class. If you miss an in-class exam, you MUST take the following steps:
WITHDRAWAL POLICY: Withdrawal from the course after the official day of record (see current catalog) will result in a final grade of “W” on the student transcript and no credit will be awarded. Prior to the official day of record, it is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a request for withdrawal from any course. If you are considered a first-time college student, a new law was passed in Fall 2007 that limits to six the number of courses you may drop (withdraw with a grade of "W") while enrolled at any Texas public institution of higher education. A first time college student is a student not currently enrolled in high school and who has never taken a college or university course anywhere at any time. If you consider dropping this course during the semester, you might want to go to advising prior to dropping and get information about the Six-Drop Rule.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: The Lone Star College System upholds the core values of learning: honesty, respect, fairness, and accountability. We promote the importance of personal and academic honesty. We embrace the belief that all learners – students, faculty, staff and administrators – will act with integrity and honesty and must produce their own work and give appropriate credit to the work of others. No fabrication of sources, cheating, or unauthorized collaboration is permitted on any work submitted within the District.
Consequences for academic dishonesty to be determined by the professor, or the professor and Academic Dean, or the professor and Chief Student Services Officer can include but are not limited to: 1.) having additional class requirements imposed, 2.) receiving a grade of zero or “F” for an exam or assignment, 3.) receiving a grade of “F” for the course, 4.) being withdrawn from the course or program, 5.) being expelled from the college district.
SOFTWARE PIRACY: Law strictly prohibits unauthorized copying of software purchased by LSC-Tomball for use in laboratories. The LSC-Tomball administration will take appropriate disciplinary action against anyone violating copyright laws.
COMPUTER VIRUS PROTECTION: Computer viruses are, unfortunately, a fact of life. Using the diskettes on more than one computer creates the possibility of infecting computers and diskettes with a computer virus. This exposes the computers of the college, your personal computer, and any others you may be using to potentially damaging viruses. The college has aggressive anti-virus procedures in place to protect its computers, but cannot guarantee that a virus might not temporarily infect one of its machines. It is your responsibility to protect all computers under your control and use and ensure that each diskette you use, whenever or wherever you use it, has been scanned with anti-virus software. Since new viruses arise continually, your anti-virus software must be kept current. And, since no anti-virus software will find every virus, keeping copies of data (backups) is extremely important.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT: It is the policy of the Lone Star College System to provide equal employment, admission and educational opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
Lone Star College System strives to provide an excellent learning environment free from harassment or intimidation directed at any person’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Any form of harassment will not be tolerated.
SCANS MATRIX: The U.S. Department of Education Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) has researched and listed the skills and competencies that make up the know-how employees will need for workplace success. You can view the SCANS skills that are included in the course objectives at the Lone Star College System web site at: http://www.lonestar.edu and follow links.
THE LSC-TOMBALL LIBRARY HOURS AND PHONE: The phone number is 832-559-4211.
THE LSC-Tomball ASSESSMENT CENTER: The phone number is 281-357-3698
THE LSC-WILLOW CHASE ASSESSMENT CENTER is located in Rm. 117, next door to the library: The phone number is 281-401-5314 please call for Summer/Holiday hours or operation.
GUARANTEED GRADUATE POLICY: Lone Star College System guarantees that graduates of its Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of Applied Science and all Certificate programs, providing under certain circumstances, additional education and training tuition free to students lacking appropriate mastery of specified competencies. For additional information, refer to the Lone Star College System catalog.
FOR ADVISING ON THIS PROGRAM OR OTHER AREAS AT LSC-TOMBALL CONTACT: o Social Science Department: Nancy Kral, nancy.kral@lonestar.edu, 281-351-3371 o Division Dean, Eric Wildman, eric.wildman@lonestar.edu, 281-351-3342
Tentative
Lecture Outline:
*The instructor reserves the right to
modify the syllabus during the semester.
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