Course Syllabus
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: United States History I
Course prefix, number, and section number: HIST 1301 0840
Semester/Year of course: Fall 2024
Semester start and end dates: January 21, 2025 and end March 7, 2025
Modality: Face to face
Class meeting location:
M, T, W, Th,
8:20AM---9:50AM
Semester credit hours: 3
Course description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government.
Course prerequisites: None
Required course materials: Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the
American People. 10th edition. 2022. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-1264853830
Name of instructor: Professor Dawne Peters-Zlinsky
Office location: C202
Telephone number:
E-mail address: dpeters-zlinsky@nctc.edu
Office hours for students:
Monday – Friday 7:50-8:15 and by appointment
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
Changes may be made to this syllabus and the timing (due date) and or number assignments at the discretion of the instructor in an effort to best support the students.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
List of graded assignments: GRADING CRITERIA
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# of Graded Course Elements
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Graded Course Elements
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Percentage or Point Values
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10
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Assignments
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15%
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#
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Quizzes
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20%
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1
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Research Paper
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25%
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1
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Midterm
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20%
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1
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Final
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20%
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TOTAL
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100
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Grading Scale: 100-90=A 89-80=B 79-70=C 69-60=D 59 and below=F
**Grading is done in NCTC Canvas Skyward will not be used for dual credit.**
**There are no retakes or makeups on the Midterm or the Final.**
***Assignments more than three (3) days late without cause will be an automatic Zero (0)***
COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria) All dates are subject to be changed as needed to improve the flow of the educational experience.