NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course Title:	United States History II
Course Prefix & Number:		HIST1302	Section Number: 0399, 0380		Semester/Year:	Fall 2020
Semester Credit Hours:		3	Lecture Hours:	3	Lab Hours:	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 Course Materials: Brinkley, Alan.  The Unfinished Nation:  A Concise History of the American People. 9th edition. McGraw-Hill. 2019 ISBN 978-1264031924   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.

 

Students will receive copies of primary sources for 5 Quick Writes assigned throughout the semester.

 

Students are required to choose one supplementary book from a provided list and write a book review.

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:	Brittany Hancock, Ph.D.
Campus/Office Location:	Corinth/ Rm. 335
Telephone Number:	(940) 498-6536
E-mail Address:	bhancock@nctc.edu

 

 

 

 

OFFICE HOURS

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Online 9-12:30	9:30-11:00	Online: 9-12:30	9:30-11:00
Sat- Denton Campus students only: 11-1 PM

 

 

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 United States history.

 

 

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements	Graded Course Elements	Percentage or Point Values
5	Quick Writes	(20 pts. Each) 100 pts/ 21% %
1	Midterm	90 pts/ 19.5%
1	Review Essay	90 pts/ 19.5%
1	Final Exam	90 pts/ 19.5 %
10	Readings	35 pts/ 7.5%
10	Chapter Activities	17.5 pts/ 3.25%
4	Discussions	(10 pts each) 40 pts/ 8.25%   TOTAL 462.5

 

GRADES:

 

A= 90-100%

B=80-89%

C=70-79%

D=60-69%

F= 59 or Below

 

 

 

COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria)

Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

 

Week 1:

Oct 19/20: Reconstruction/ Post Reconstruction South

Oct 21/22:  Sept 1: Industrial Supremacy/ Age of the City

Reading and Activities: CH 15-18 (skip 16), due Oct 25; Disc #1- Oct 22

 

Week 2:

Oct 26/27 Sept 1: From Crisis to Empire, The Progressives

Oct 28/29: QW #1 (Oct 28), World War I

Reading and Acts: Ch 19-21, due  Nov 1

 

Week 3:

Nov 2/3: The New Era/ African American Centered Issues

Nov 4/5: QW #2 (Nov 4) The Great Depression

Reading and Acts: Chs. 22-23, due Nov 8

 

Week 4:

 Nov 9/10 The New Deal

Nov 11/12: REVIEW

Reading and Acts: Ch. 24, due Nov 15

                                                              

Week 5:

Nov 16/17:  Midterm (Nov 16); The Global Crisis (Ch 24- review narrated PPT)

Nov 18/19: World War II

Reading and Acts: Ch 25, due Nov 22

 

Week 6:

Nov 23/24: The Cold War, QW #3 (Nov 24); Review Essay due Nov 24

Nov 25/26: Thanksgiving

Reading and Acts: Ch 26, due Nov 29, Disc #3- Nov 25

 

Week 7:

Nov 30/ Dec 1 The Affluent Society

Dec 2/Dec 3  QW #4 (Dec 2); The Turbulent Sixties/ Vietnam

Readings CH 27-29, due Dec 6,         

 

Week 8:

 Dec 7/8 QW #5; (Dec 8) The Crisis of Authority/Nixon/ Bonus lecture- Rise of Conservatism

Dec  9/10: Final exam: Thursday Dec 10, 2020 Disc #4 – Dec 8

 

 

 

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered.  All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies determined by the instructor.  It is the student responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgement by the faculty member.  Approved college sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence.  Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work.  Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor.  A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam.  Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives.    Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

Please inform the instructor before class begins if you need to leave early.

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is ______Nov 23, 2020_________.

 

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

 

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         History

 

X            Communication

o           Empirical and Quantitative

 

o           Teamwork

X            Personal Responsibility

X            Social Responsibility

 

COURSE TYPE

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

o        Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course

o        WECM Course

 

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

 

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)]”. 

 

Academic Dishonesty includes plagiarism, which we will discuss at length in class. Paraphrasing is okay, but directly copying someone else’s work, or switching around sentences or finding synonyms, is considered plagiarism. Students will be clear about what constitutes plagiarism before their written assignments.

 

Any student caught cheating on an assignment or plagiarizing their review essay will receive a zero on the assignment and a report to the Dean.

 

Students will submit their Review Essays through Turn It In, a plagiarism checker through Canvas. Anything over 10% plagiarism will be reviewed.

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

Name of Chair/Coordinator:	Crystal 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. Bruce King
Office Location:	Gainesville Campus
Telephone Number:	940-668-4267
E-mail Address:	bking@nctc.edu