NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course Title:	U.S. History from 1865
Course Prefix & Number:	HIST1302	Section Number:	233	Semester/Year:
Semester Credit Hours:	3	online	3		0
Course Description (NCTC Catalog): A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present.  United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras.  Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include:  American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government, and the study of U.S. foreign Policy.
Course Prerequisite(s): None
Required or Recommended Course Materials: Brinkley, Alan.  The Unfinished Nation:  A Concise History of the American People 8th edition. McGraw-Hill. 2016 ISBN 978-1259969118   The Web-based material is unique to NCTC.  You must purchase it from the NCTC bookstore or directly through Canvas, to the McGraw-Hill publishing Connect website.

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:	Kimberly Lacoco
Campus/Office Location:	Flower Mound
Telephone Number:	972-899-8400
Email Address:	klacoco@nctc.edu

 

 

OFFICE HOURS

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Monday through Saturday :  Online via Canvas message

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (From Academic Course Guide Manual/Workforce Education Course Manual/NCTC Catalog

At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
	Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.
	Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.
	Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of the United States History.

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements	Graded Course Elements	Percentage or Point Values
4	Major Tests	35%
5	Assignments	30%
4	Online Discussions	30%
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COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria) 

History 1302 Full Semester Course Schedule

Class Date	Class Activity	Reading/Assignments
Module One	Introduction/in-class writing/Coursework Review	none
	The Post War South Reconstruction – video	Ch. 15   and 16
	The Grant Administration/	Ch. 16 Map Activity
Module  2	History 1302 Pre-test - via McGraw Hill Modules tab
	The West – Immigration/Mining/Cowboys & Indians	Chapter 17 & 18
	Industrial Supremacy - The Gilded Age – Video
	The Age of the City –the Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
Module 3	The Consumer Society/Communication/Culture	Ch. 19
	From Crisis To Empire  - Presidents/Panic/ Populism	Grant Scandal Assignment
Module  4	American Expansionism/War	Chapter 20
	The Progressive Era/ Theodore Roosevelt – Exam 1 Review
	Exam 1 – Ch. 15 – 20
Module 5	American Diplomacy 1900 – 1914  & the Road to War	Ch. 21 and 22
	America at War – World War I
	The New Era – The Twenties
Module  6	The Great Depression
	The New Deal/	Ch. 23 & 24
	The Second New Deal  the Dust Bowl	Great Depression Assign.
Module 7	The Global Crisis
	Diplomacy/Isolationism & Intervention	Ch. 25
	Rumblings of WWII in Europe – Video
Module 8	World War II  - The Battle Front	Chapter 26
	World War II – The Home Front
	World War II – Resolution in Europe and the Pacific Video	WWII Letters Assignment
Module 9	The Early Cold War- Containment/Korean War	Chapter 27
	The Crusade Against Subversion Exam 2 Review
	Exam 2 – Ch. 21 - 27
Module 10	1950’s and the Affluent Society – video	Chapter 28
	The other America and Early Civil Rights –
	Eisenhower and the Cold War	Cold War Assignment
Module  11	The Turbulent Sixties - Kennedy	Chapter 29
	Johnson – War on Poverty & Great Society
	The Vietnam War
Module 12	Nixon – Watergate & Vietnam War	Chapter 30
	Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Exam 3 Review
	Exam 3 - Ch. 28 -30
Module 13	The Reagan Years–	Chapter 31
	The George H.W. Bush Years –
	LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITH A “W”
Module 14	Bill Clinton	Chapter 32
	George W. Bush & Barack Obama
	TheSpyWars – Guest Speaker
	History 1302 post test on Connect via McGraw Hill tab
Module 15	FINAL EXAM REVIEW
	FINAL EXAM

GRADING CRITERIA

Course elements will be graded according to the following expectations:

Tests:  (35% of total grade) Major exams will be taken online unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor and the Flower Mound Campus Testing Center.  Exam reviews are conducted for each test during the class period immediately prior to the test.  You must install Respondus LockDown Browser on your laptop or desktop computer in order to take tests online.

Major Assignments: (30% of total grade) Major assignments generally consist of primary source readings, questions regarding the readings – which must be answered in paragraphs where portions of the reading are used to support student’s assertions in the answers.  Essays are normally 300-500 words and ask students to analyze or evaluate and provide conclusions regarding the reading.  Essays must be double spaced and be free of major grammatical or factual mistakes.

Discussions: (30% of total grade) Students will post on the appropriate discussion page, answering questions and providing their opinions on the topic.  These posts should be 300 to 500 words.  Students must also respond to the posts of at least three other students.  Responses should be respectful and informative of the students own opinion.  Simple responses merely agreeing or disagreeing with the post of another is not acceptable.

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is December 29, 2017.

DISABILITY SERVICES (Office for Students with Disabilities)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides support services for students with disabilities, students enrolled in technical areas of study, and students who are classified as special populations (i.e. single parents).

Support services for students with disabilities might include appropriate and reasonable accommodations, or they may be in the form of personal counseling, academic counseling, career counseling, etc.  Furthermore, OSD Counselors work with students to encourage self-advocacy and promote empowerment. The Counselors also provides resource information, disability-related information, and adaptive technology for students who qualify.

For support, please contact the counselors at (940) 498-6207 or (940) 668-4321.  Alternatively, students may stop by Room 170 in Corinth or Room 110 in Gainesville.

 

CORE CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA (For classes in the Core)_______ 

o Communication

o Mathematics  

o Life and Physical Science

o Language, Philosophy & Culture

o Creative Arts

 

o Government/Political Science

o Social and Behavioral Sciences

o Component Area Option

X American History

 

REQUIRED CORE OBJECTIVES (For classes in the Core)

X  Critical Thinking

X  Communication

o   Empirical and Quantitative

 

o  Teamwork

X  Personal Responsibility

X  Social Responsibility COURSE TYPE

o  Academic General Education Course (from ACGM but not in NCTC Core)

X Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course

o WECM Course

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook and published online.

 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion.  Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty.  See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”. 

Instructor Specific Dishonesty Rules:  Major papers (and some major assignments) will be submitted through the plagiarism checker, Vericite.  Papers with a high Vericite similarity score will be personally vetted by the instructor.  If it is determined that an assignment has been intentionally plagiarized, the assigned grade will be a zero.  Plagiarized assignments may not be re-done or have the zero replaced with a make-up grade.  At the instructor’s discretion, a report of the incident may be submitted to the Division Chair and other appropriate individuals.

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

Name of Chair/Coordinator:	Crystal R.M. Wright
Office Location:	Gainesville Campus, Room 824
Telephone Number:	940-668-7731, ext. 4320
E-mail Address:	cwright@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean:	Dr. Larry Gilbert
Office Location:	Corinth Campus, Room 305
Telephone Number:	940-498-6216
E-mail Address:	lgilbert@nctc.edu