NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: United States History II
Course prefix, number, and section number: HIST 1302 0857
Semester/Year of course: SPRING 2023
Semester start and end dates: March 20 until May 11
Modality: Face to face
Class meeting location: D203, M, T, W, Th, F, 2:06PM--3:35PM
Semester credit hours: 3
Course description: 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 prerequisites: None
Required course materials: Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People. 10thedition. 2022. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9781260726831.
The web-based material is unique to NCTC. You must purchase it from the NCTC bookstore or directly through your Canvas course.
Name of instructor: Professor Amber Sultanov
Office location: D203
Telephone number: 469-948-7132
E-mail address: sultanova@lisd.net & asultanov@nctc.edu
Office hours for students:
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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7:45-8:10 AM
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7:45-8:10 AM
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7:45-8:10AM
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3:35-4:35
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3:35-4:35
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Or by Appointment
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SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.
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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8
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Quizzes
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20%
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1
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Research Paper/Family History Project
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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 and Skyward will not be used for dual credit.**
**If you score below a 70% on a quiz, you will have the chance to retake up to a 70%. You will have one week to complete the retake.**
**There are no retakes on the Midterm or the Final.**
COURSE SUBJECT OUTLINE (Major Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading Criteria)
Preliminary Quiz: Reconstruction/New South, Origins of Democracy
Unit 1: Gilded/Progressive Era
Unit 2: Expansion/World War I/Roaring 1920s
Unit 3/4: Great Depression, World War II
Midterm:
Research Paper Due
Unit 5: Cold War Foreign Policy
Unit 6: Cold War Domestic Policy
Unit 7: Modern America
STAAR—April 27
Final Exam:
Family History Project--Due
**Grading is done in NCTC Canvas and Skyward will not be used for dual credit.**
**If you score below a 70% on a quiz, you will have the chance to retake up to a 70%. You will have one week to complete the retake.**
**There are no retakes on the Midterm or the Final.**
If your grade is a 75% or below, you may be required to attend tutoring.
COURSE POLICIES
Classroom Guidelines and Procedures:
- Be respectful by understanding the viewpoints of others and that the classroom is a learning environment and there should be no disruptions (rude or inappropriate comments, foul language, or racial slurs) between the teacher’s ability to teach and the students’ ability to learn. Students should talk only when appropriate and should stay seated unless instruction states otherwise.
- Be responsible by being on time, ready to learn with the materials that are necessary to be successful, and being productive with the time in class.
- **Cell phones will be put away during times of instruction. During tests and quizzes, cell phones will be placed into a numbered pocket holder.**
Tips on having a successful semester from former students:
- Have good time management
- Ask questions when in doubt
- Attend tutoring before exams and/or during research paper
- Be ready to learn and tune out distractions especially cell phone
How type of learning strategies will take place to support all types of learners?
U.S. History 1302 will be a partnership between the professor and students. Having a sense of community, rewarding curiosity/meaningfulness, while honoring student autonomy will be a constant in this course. There can be no significant learning without making connections in a safe, inclusive, learning environment. Understanding that there are many different learning styles, we will be doing more than taking notes to get ready for quizzes and tests. You will be using what you learn by doing a multitude of student-centered learning techniques such as one-pagers, simulations, virtual reality, socratic seminars, philosophical chairs, guest speakers, creative student projects, political cartoons, etc. I love teaching U.S. History because it helps you build a better understanding of how we (United States) came to be. I give multiple perspectives of all events and time eras in American History. I use storytelling to relate the past to the present. It is vital that you explore our past and are able to understand the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural and global forces on each time period.
Academic Dishonesty Policy/Student Code of Conduct:
The class will be conducted under an honor code. All students will be expected to do their own work. If a student breaks this code by cheating—obtaining information for homework assignments, tests, or other class activities in a dishonest way (copying, cheat notes, plagiarism, cell phone use during testing, etc) the consequence will be a zero on the assignment. If another student assisted them, that student will also receive a zero.
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)]”.
Violations of the Student Code of Conduct shall include aiding, abetting, conspiring, soliciting, inciting of, or attempting to commit the following:
1. Academic Dishonesty:
a. Cheating:
(1) Copying from or reviewing another student’s examination prior to or during the examination.
(2) Copying from another student’s paper, laboratory report, presentation, computer program, or other assignment.
(3) Using or possessing unauthorized notes, books, test materials, electronic devices, or other aids in any academic exercise or activity.
(4) Submitting the same paper, report, or other assignment for more than one course without the expressed permission of the faculty member.
(5) Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test without permission from the test administrator.
(6) Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, or soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of a paper, another assignment, or test, whether it has been administered or not.
(7) The unauthorized transporting or removal, in whole or in part, of the contents of a test, whether it has been administered or not.
(8) Substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for one’s self, to take a test.
(9) Bribing another person to obtain a test or information about a test, whether it has been administered or not.
b. Plagiarism:
(1) Appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it into one’s own written work.
(2) Copying or using the ideas, writings, paraphrases, data, reports, graphic designs, or computer codes of published or unpublished work of another person without appropriate citation or acknowledgments.
(3) Reproducing or using the ideas, materials, works, paraphrases, data, reports, graphic designs, or computer codes prepared by another person or agency without authorization, permission or acknowledgment.
c. Collusion: Unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for fulfillment of course requirements including a presentation, laboratory report, quiz, homework, take-home examination, project, or other work expected to be completed as an individual or independently.
d. Academic Falsification:
(1) Providing false, altered, or fabricated information or documentation in the context of an academic assignment, examination, or obligation, such as creating a false source for an assignment or citing a source one did not use.
(2) Altering grades on an assignment, examination, laboratory report, quiz, or other academic work and submitting such to a faculty member or College District employee.
(3) Using false or altered information, data, or identification in the context of an academic obligation.
e. Intellectual Property Dishonesty:
(1) Altering, removing, or defacing College District library or educational materials.
(2) Selling, electronically posting, publishing, or distributing course lecture notes, handouts, recordings, or other materials or information from the faculty member of the course without the expressed permission of the faculty member.
(3) Removing or intentionally damaging the academic property of a faculty member or another student, including projects, books, papers, notes, laboratory assignments, clinical forms, or electronic hardware or software.
(4) Obtaining or using the password of a faculty member or another student to access course hardware or software.
(5) Taking credit on a group assignment when one did not contribute toward completion of the assignment.
(6) Violating the ethical standards of practices in professional programs (i.e., health sciences, nursing, emergency medical assistance, and the like).
f. Academic Dishonesty Facilitation: Assisting any person in the commission of academic misconduct, including but not limited to:
(1) Aiding, abetting, or attempting to commit an academic misconduct violation.
(2) Allowing another student to copy or use one’s answers during an examination or in the completion of an assignment.
(3) Taking, completing, or attempting to take an examination or complete assignment for another student.
(4) Listing another student on a group assignment when the student did not contribute in any manner toward completion of the assignment.
***Research Essays MUST be submitted through turn-it-in before grading can occur.***
Electronic Policy
Students are responsible for having access to proper technology, including electronics, internet, software and any other resources needed for successful completion of this college online course. A computer or laptop crashing, the internet going down or any other issue is not an adequate reason for failing to complete assignments fully, accurately and by the due date. This electronics policy is non-negotiable. Students are required to manage their time effectively.
FERPA
You are responsible for tracking your progress in your class and if there are any concerns you will be the direct contact as this is a college course. Parents will not be informed of your progress due to FERPA. Your academic progress such as your grade can not be discussed with your parents due to FERPA. You have to give express permission if you wish to have your grade disclosed with your parents. If your grade dips is a 75 or below, I will let your counselor know. The counselor can then inform your parents. If you would like to waive FERPA, you may do so in writing which will allow your parents to know your academic progress.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Regular 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 as 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)
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
Withdrawal Policy:
A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: April 24
Student Learning Outcomes:
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.
Core Objectives:
Critical Thinking
Communication
Personal Responsibility
Social Responsibility
COLLEGE POLICIES:
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
ADA STATEMENT
NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations. See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.
STUDENT SERVICES
NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students. See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.
THE OFFICE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students with
disabilities. OSD counselors and advisors also provide strategies for academic success;
individual, career, and academic counseling services as well as referrals to campus and
community services and assistance with admission and registration.
It is not necessary that a student with a disability disclose his/her/their disability to college
officials if he/she/they is not requesting any accommodations. OSD is federally funded through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Federal Grant.
NCTC is committed to making its degree and certificate programs accessible to all qualified
persons in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Amendments Act, and
The Rehabilitation Act (1973), Section 504.
REQUEST SERVICES
New Students Accommodations require advance preparation. Please make your request before the semester begins.
Documentation is required before any accommodations can be provided. Depending on your
diagnosis, this documentation should come from a medical doctor, psychologist or other licensed or properly credentialed professional.
Current Students
Contact the OSD at the beginning of each semester well in advance of registration.
Contact Us
Please reach out to us to schedule and intake or if you have questions or concerns.
Wayne Smith, OSD Manager, kwsmith@nctc.edu, (940) 498-6207
Yvonne Sandmann, OSD Advisor, ysandmann@nctc.edu, (940) 668-3300
https://www.nctc.edu/osd
LIBRARY
NCTC has brick-and-mortar libraries on the Gainesville, Corinth, Flower Mound, or Bowie
campuses that are staffed by credentialed librarians wanting to help you succeed in your college
career. All students are welcome at any library.
On campus? Visit our website www.nctc.edu/libraries.
Off-campus? Our research databases are now available in OneLogin.
For Virtual Assistance from a librarian, please use https://www.nctc.edu/ask-a-librarian or
schedule a virtual appointment in Upswing, accessed through OneLogin.
Please visit www.nctc.edu/libraries for the operating hours, phone number, and email of the
library nearest you.
Students Services:
Please see attached PDF
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS
The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class. If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.
Name of Chair/Coordinator: Charles Adams
Office location: Flower Mound Campus, room 107
Telephone number: 972-899-8424
E-mail address: cadams@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean: Crystal Wright
Office location: Denton Exchange, room 204
Telephone number: 940-380-2504
E-mail address: cwright@nctc.edu