COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will survey the history of the United States since Reconstruction..
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.2
Klein, Woody Guthrie
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 two semester exams 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 15%, class participation and homework will be worth 5%, the exams will be worth 70% (20% each for the semester exams and 30% for the final exam) 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:
Week One Jan. 11-13 -- Tindall ch.18
Week Two Jan. 18-20 -- Tindall 19
Week Three Jan. 25-27 Tindall 20-21
Week Four Feb. 1-3 Tindall 22 First Test February 3
Week Five Happy Mardi Gras!
Week Six Feb. 15-17 Tindall ch. 23
Week Seven Feb. 22-24 Tindall 24
Week Eight March 1-3 Tindall 25
Week Nine March 8-10 Tindall
26-27; Woody Guthrie Paper Due March 10
Week Ten March 15-17 Tindall 28 Second Exam March 17
Week Eleven Happy Easter!
Week Twelve March 29-31 Tindall 29
Week Thirteen April 5-7 Tindall 30
Week Fourteen April 12-14 Tindall 31-32
Week Fifteen April 19-21 Tindall 33-34
Week Sixteen April 26-28 Tindall 35-36
Week Seventeen May 3. Tindall 37 Term paper due May 3!
Final Exam Tuesday May 10 11:30-1:30
Term Paper deadlines:
Jan. 25 --turn in topic (10 points)
Feb. 17--Annotated Bibliography of at least 15 sources (10 points)
March 3 --Thesis statement and detailed outline (10 points)
March 31 --Rough Draft (20 points)
May 3--Final Paper (50 points)
Click here to access your research guide and paper guidelines.
SHORT PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Write an analysis of Woody Guthrie as an
everyday American (3-5pp.). Due in class March 10.
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!