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Lone Star College-Tomball
Behavioral Sciences, Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Division
History 1302: UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877 As of: 1 October 2009
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A survey of U.S. history from the
end of Reconstruction to the present. Special emphasis is placed on the
emergence of the United States as a world power and our subsequent
assumption of international responsibilities. Other topics will include
westward expansion, industrialization, immigration, World War I, World War
II, the subsequent Cold War, Vietnam, and the collapse of the Soviet
Empire. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AND/OR MATERIALS:
Evaluation IN THIS COURSE, LSC-Online ANGEL and computer access: If you are a student in LSC-Online, you must be comfortable with computers and the Internet, learn about LSC-Online ANGEL, and have both reliable access to the Internet and a reliable computer that meets LSC-Online ANGEL technical requirements. Details about requirements are covered at the Lone Star College Distance Learning website http://www.lonestar.edu/lsc-online.htm
EVALUATION:
EVALUATION: One
Map Test
100 questions identifying points from maps
LETTER GRADE ASSIGNMENT:
BOOK REVIEW: 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.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance to all classes is expected. Should you anticipate an absence, please notify the instructor in advance. An excessive number of absences will prohibit the successful completion of this course. If you should miss a class, it is the student's responsibility to obtain lecture notes and assignments from a classmate. [With LSC-Online, the equivalents to this general Lone Star College policy are that failure to participate by doing assignments will prohibit successful completion of the course and that LSC-Online "attendance" is the student's responsibility]
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 should contact the instructor prior to missing a scheduled examination by phone or e-mail. Copies of medical excuses can be mailed. An opportunity to take an alternative examination will be offered to those who make prior contact with the instructor. All make-up exams will be administered in the one of the Lone Star College Assessment Centers unless prior arrangements have been made.
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
Example
Tentative Lecture Outline:
Requirements and due dates for assignments are provided in LSC-Online ANGEL in the calendar. The REFERENCE CHAPTERS column lists textbook chapters from The American Story.
*The
instructor reserves the right to modify the syllabus during the semester. History 1302 MAP TEST Be able to locate the following 100 nations on an outline map of the world.
Note:
Blank copies of maps for this exercise will be made available
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