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Section 49: 2:35-3:50 PM, MW Course Outline
Course Description: A survey of United States history that begins with the migrations of people to the western hemisphere and continues through the Civil War and Reconstruction Period. The course focuses on the periods of discovery, colonization, revolution, and nation building. Prerequisites: Appropriate score on the THEA test or alternative test or completion of READ 0306 with a grade of "C" or better. Credit: Three semester hours Core Curriculum Course: This a Core Course in the 42-Hour Core of Blinn College. As such, students will develop proficiency in the appropriate Intellectual Competencies, Exemplary Educational Objectives, and Perspectives. More information is available online at http://www.blinn.edu/corecurriculum.htm. Course Objectives and Student Learning Outcomes: After successfully completing History 1301 students should have a working knowledge of the following:
ADA Statement: In order to receive accommodations on exams or assignments proper documentation must first be provided to the Office of Disability Services located in the Administration Building on the Brenham campus. You must then self-identify and visit with me during my posted office hours to begin receiving accommodations in the class.
Civility Statement: Members of the
Blinn College community, which includes faculty, staff and students, are expected
to act honestly and responsibly in all aspects of campus life. Blinn College holds
all members accountable for their actions and words. Therefore, all members should
commit themselves to behave in a manner that recognizes personal respect and demonstrates
concern for the personal dignity, rights, and freedoms of every member of the
College community, including respect for College property and the physical and
intellectual property of others. Civility Notification Statement: If a
student is asked to leave the classroom because of uncivil behavior, the student
may not return to that class until he or she arranges a conference with the instructor;
it is the student's responsibility to arrange for this conference.
Text: American Destiny,
vol. 1, 3rd ed., by Mark C. Carnes
and John A. Garraty. Required Supplies: Four (4) Scantron Form
882 (the small green ones) First Segment -- Early exploration through the Revolutionary War.
Text chapters 1-4 Second Segment -- Federalist Era through American Nationalism. Text chapters
5-8 Third Segment -- Jacksonian Democracy through the Mexican War. Text chapters
9-11 Fourth Segment -- The Rise of Sectionalism through Reconstruction. Text chapters
12-15 Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
10% -- Six take-home chapter quizzes
distributed unannounced in class only on Wednesdays to be returned in class only the following Monday (lowest grade dropped) 15% -- Four internet assignments Four times during the semester I will send you to a website to read an article and turn in a brief report answering the questions and discussing the issues presented in the assignment. 50% -- Three Major Exams multiple choice, true/false, matching, and short answer identification questions 25% -- Comprehensive Final Exam 100 multiple choice, true/false and matching questions up to 2% -- Attendance Bonus If you have perfect attendance I will add 2% to your overall grade at the end of the semester. Each day you miss will reduce your bonus by 0.5%. If you miss four or more days you will not receive any bonus points. Two tardies and/or walk outs will equal one absence.
First major exam: week of September 22
Attendance Policy: You are expected to attend class. If you miss class you are solely responsible for obtaining missed class material from fellow students. It is your responsibility to see me concerning absences. If you choose to drop the course, it is your responsibility to do so at the Office of Admissions and Records. Failure to do so may result in a grade of "F" for the course. The last day to drop with a "W" grade (no penalty) is November 14.
Make-up Exam Policy: There are NO make-up exams unless your absence falls into one of the four categories above AND you present the proper documentation to verify this. If any of these circumstances apply you must make-up the test within one week of the original exam date. In all other cases the final exam score will replace the missed exam grade. Student Email Accounts: Effective Spring 2008 all students have an email account provided by Blinn College. Both the faculty and administration will use this to relay important (and maybe not so important) information to you. Check it out and check it often! Better yet, set it to forward your messages to an account you check regularly. For more information visit http://www.blinn.edu/acadtech/studentemail/ Blinn College Policies: Any student caught engaging in scholastic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, or collusion) will be dealt with according to the Scholastic Dishonesty Policy. No food drink, or tobacco products are allowed in Blinn College classrooms. Hats and caps are not to be worn in the classroom. Electronic Device Policy (approved by the Board of Trustees) All the functions of all personal electronic devices designed for communication and/or entertainment (cell phones, pagers, beepers, iPods, and similar devices) must be turned off and kept out of sight in all Blinn College classrooms and associated laboratories. Any noncompliance with this policy will be addressed in accordance with the Blinn College Civility Policy. Students exempted from this policy section include, active members of firefighting organizations, emergency medical services organizations, commissioned police officers, on-call employees of any political subdivision of the state of Texas, or agencies of the federal government. Exempted students are expected to set the emergency-use devices on silent or vibrate mode only. Additionally, any communication understood by the instructor to be in the nature of cheating will have consequences in accordance with the Blinn College Scholastic Dishonesty Policy. Other Policies: Please do not get up and walk out of my class. It is rude and disruptive. Use the rest room, get your drink of water, and/or blow your nose before class starts. If you must leave take your things with you and don’t come back in the classroom. I would appreciate you not disrupting the class at all but certainly not twice in the same period. This will be counted as an unexcused absence. Please do not sleep in my class. This is also rude and disruptive. If you are asleep, I will stop and invite you to go somewhere else to do it. This will also be counted as an unexcused absence for that day.
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