COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will survey the history of the United States from the colonial period to the end of the Civil War.
REQUIREMENTS:
Students are required to attend and to participate in class and to complete all reading and writing assignments and exams. All students are required to activate their Loyola e-mail accounts by the second week of the semester unless they have their own account through an ISP. Every student MUST subscribe to the class listserv. Instructions on subscribing to the listserv will be distributed in class.
REQUIRED READINGS:
Tindall et al., America: A Narrative History v.I
Shaara, The Killer Angels
Additional internet readings will be assigned when appropriate. If you do not have a PC, you may use the facilities available on campus, especially the Humanities Lab BO 448.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Students are required to attend all classes. I will allow three absences. Upon the third absence ten points (one letter grade) will be deducted from the student’s final grade with an additional ten point deduction for each further absence. Tardiness will not be tolerated. Students who are habitually late will be informed by me as such after which time their late arrivals will be counted as absences. If you have an extraordinary reason for missing class, you must notify me in advance of the absence (or after in cases of emergency) and have supporting material, e. g., doctor's notes, etc.
SPECIAL NEEDS:
If you have special needs related to physical or learning disabilities, please make arrangements through the Office of Academic Enrichment.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Students will be required to read all assignments, write a short paper and a term paper, and take a mid-term and a final exam. Homework assignments (a 2pp. single-spaced chapter summary sent via e-mail) will be due for the week's reading on Thursday nights at 11:00 p. m. Additional internet readings and e-mail assignments may be required (TBA).
MAKE-UP TESTS AND EXTENSIONS:
Make-up tests and/or extensions will be allowed only in extraordinary circumstances. To receive permission for a make-up test or paper extension, the student must contact me BEFORE the scheduled test or assignment deadline except in cases of emergency.
GRADING:
Grades will be assessed on a standard ten point scale (90-100=A, 87-89=B+, 80 86.9=B, etc., 59 or below = F). The short paper will be worth 10% of your final grade; the term paper will be worth 20%, class participation and homework will be worth 10%, the exams will be worth 60% (30% each) of your final grade. The homework assignments will receive a check “*” or an “x.” The cumulative number of *’s and x’s will be used to determine your numerical grade for the homework exercises which will be figured in to my subjective assessment of your class participation. These two items will be the basis of your class participation grade.
INTEGRITY OF SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADES:
Please read the “Integrity of Scholarship and Grades” statement on pp. 45-46 of the Undergraduate Bulletin. Any student caught plagiarizing or cheating will receive an “F” for the entire course and the incident will be reported in writing to the Dean.
History Department Statement on Plagiarism
“Plagiarism—the use of another person’s ideas or wording without giving proper credit—results from the failure to document fully and accurately. Ideas and expressions of them are considered to belong to the individual who first puts them forward. Therefore, when you incorporate ideas or phrasing from any other author in your paper, whether you quote them directly or indirectly, you need to be honest and complete about indicating the source to avoid plagiarism. Whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism can bring serious consequences, both academic, in the form of failure or expulsion, and legal, in the form of lawsuits. Plagiarism is a violation of the ethics of the academic community.”
William G. Campbell, Stephen V. Ballou, and Carole Slade, Form and Style: Thesis, Reports, Term Papers, 6th Edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982), p. 52.
For more information on plagiarism and how to avoid it, go to :
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
REVISION OF SYLLABUS:
I reserve the right to revise this syllabus at any time during the semester.
ASSIGNMENTS AND DEADLINES:
Sept. 2 -- Tindall, ch. 1
Sept. 7-9 -- Tindall, ch. 2
Sept. 14-16 -- Tindall, ch. 3
Sept. 21-23 -- Tindall, ch. 4
Sept. 28-30 -- Tindall, ch. 5
Oct. 5-7- -- Tindall, ch. 6 and 7
Oct. 10 -- Tindall, ch, 8
Oct. 12-14 New Mid Term Date Oct. 14, chs. 1-7
Tindall, ch. 9
Oct. 21 Tindall, ch. 10
Oct. 26-27 -- Tindall, ch. 11
Nov. 2-4 -- Tindall, ch. 12
Nov. 9-11 -- Tindall, ch. 13, SHORT PAPER ON The Killer AngelsDUE NOV. 11.
Nov. 16-18 -- Tindall, ch. 14
Nov. 23 -- Tindall, ch.. 15
Nov. 30-Dec. 2-- Tindall, ch. 16
December 7-9 -- Tindall, ch. 17, Research paper due in class December 9
December 16 -- Final Exam 2:00-4:00
Click here to access your research guide and paper guidelines.
SHORT PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Use one book and one article from your term paper research to present a short (3-5pp.) "preview" of your final research paper.
N. B. Students may submit a rough draft of the short paper and the term paper to me at any time in the semester with the exception of the week before the deadline.
ABSOLUTELY NO BEEPERS OR CELL PHONES WILL BE TOLERATED IN MY CLASS!