History 258-001 A&S
Spring 1999
T-TH 9:30-10:45
MA 418
Syllabus
Dr. Mark Fernandez
Office: Bobet Hall 430
Office Hours: M-F: 8:30-9:30 and by appointment
Office Phone: 865-2566
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will survey United States Economic History from the colonial period to the Information Age.
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: Click here to see a detailed list of readings and assignments.
Lebergot, The Americans: An Economic Record
Fogel and Engerman, Time on the Cross
Porter, The Rise of Big Business
Gordon, New Deals
Dertovzos, What Will Be
Additional internet readings will be assigned on a weekly basis. 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 four absences. Upon the fifth 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. Students who miss two classes or are tardy more than twice in the first four weeks of the semester will be cited for “irregular attendance” on the early warning rosters that I return to the Dean’s office. Those students or their parents will receive early warning letters from the Dean.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Students will be required to write four short (500-750 wd) papers based on their assigned readings. These assignments are to be double-spaced typewritten essays based on original work. Periodic in class and e-mail writing exercises based on assigned readings will also be required. Students will also be required to take a mid-term and a final exam (essay format).
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. PAPERS ARE DUE IN CLASS ON THE DAY OF THE ASSIGNMENT. ANY PAPERS SLIPPED UNDER MY DOOR DURING CLASS WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF "0."
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 four short papers will be worth 40% (10% each) of your final grade; in-class and e-mail writing assignments together with class participationswill be worth 10%; the mid term exam will be worth 25%; and the comprehensive final exam will be worth 25%. The in-class writings and email 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 in-class exercises. My subjective assessment of your class participation will be the basis of that 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 course and the incident will be reported in writing to the Dean.
REVISION OF SYLLABUS:
I reserve the right to revise this syllabus at any time during the semester.
N. B. Students may submit a rough draft any written assignment to me at any time in the semester with the exception of the week before the deadline.