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HIST 1301 History of the U.S. since 1877
Fall 2013
CRN: 62958
TTH 11:00am 12:30pm
Professor Megan McGregor
Office: Alief campus
Hours: MW 3:30 5:00pm
Phone: (713) 718 - 6391
E-mail:
[email protected] Required Texts:
Textbook: American Promise: a history of the United States by James L. Roark, et. al. Fifth Edition
ISBN: 978-1-4576-1345-6
Reader: American Perspectives http://www.pearsoncustom.com/tx/hcc_hist1301
Course Pre-requisites: Students taking US history 1301 or 1302 must have passed ENGL 1301
(Composition I) or be co-enrolled in ENGL 1301
Course Description and Objectives: This course is a survey course of United States History from
Reconstruction to the Present. As a survey we will touch on numerous topics but with limited depth.
This course is based on lectures, textbook and web readings. The class counts as three credits and will
transfer to most U.S. colleges and universities.
Course (Student) Learning Outcomes for History 1302:
1. Explain the features of the Gilded Age and the issues on society, culture, and politics
2. Summarize Industrialism and Urbanization
3. Analyze the New South and Jim Crow
4. Explain Populism and Progressivism
5. Identify the causes and effects of WWI and the US
6. Discuss America between the wars
7. Identify the causes of WW2 and the Cold War
8. Discuss Post-war America at home
9. Discuss Post-modern America
Learning Outcomes for HCC history courses:
Students will be able to create an argument through the use of historical evidence
Students will be able to analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources
Students will be able to analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural and
global forces on this period of United States history
Students will be able to understand the importance of chronology and how earlier ideas and events
shaped later events.
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Evaluation and Grading Scale:
Exams (2 @ 100 points each) 200
Written Assignments (2 @ 50 points) 100
Web Assignments 50
Map Quiz 50
Total 400
Grading Scale:
360 400 points A
320 359 points B
280 319 points C
240 279 points D
239 below F
Attendance:
Students are held accountable for all work covered in a course despite valid reasons for absence from
class. Students are expected to attend each class period. Regular attendance is necessary for a student
to pass the class. It is the responsibility of the student to withdraw from the class should they choose to
do so, I will not automatically withdraw anyone from the course. LAST DAY TO DROP: November 1,
2013.
Classroom Etiquette and Electronic Device Policy:
Respect your instructor and your fellow classmates. Turn off all cell phones, PDAs, iPods, and other
electronic devices, as these are disruptive to the class. If a students work or family situation requires
the student to keep the device turned on during class, the student must turn the phone to a silent or
vibrate mode. If a student must receive an emergency call during class, the student will leave the
room. A student may not make a call or text message during class. Text messaging during class
will result in immediate removal from the classroom. Continual use of cell phones during class will
negatively affect the students grade. Cell phones and all electronic devices may not be used during
an exam. Use of a cell phone or electronic device during an exam is considered academic misconduct,
and the student will be subject to the appropriate penalties. Use of tape recorders must be approved by
the instructor. A student may use a laptop in class to take notes only. Utilizing a laptop for purposes
other than taking notes will result in dismissal from the classroom.
Make-up Exams:
NO MAKE UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN.
Academic Integrity:
Each student will maintain academic integrity at all times. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not
limited to: cheating on exams, plagiarism, and collusion. Any act of academic dishonesty will result in
at LEAST a zero for that assignment. I will follow the general discipline provisions as outlined in the
Student Handbook.
ADA:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.)
who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at the
respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the
accommodations requested by the Disability Support Service Office.
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Written Assignments:
During the course of the semester, you will turn in two written assignments based on selections from
the online reader, worth 50 points each for a total of 100 points for the semester. Each assignment will
be at 3-4 full pages in length, and will fully answer the questions specific to that selection. You will
receive full guidelines and deadlines for each assignment.
Web Assignments:
During the course of the semester, you will be given 4 web assignments. The first assignment will be
worth 5 points, the remaining 3 worth 15, for a total of 50 points during the course of the semester.
These assignments will be completed and submitted through Eagle Online. You will be given full
guidelines and deadlines for each assignment.
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