COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will consider the phenomenon of the New South from the Civil War through the Twentieth Century
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:
Escott and Goldfield, Major Problems in the History of the American
South v. 2.
Boles, The South Through Time, v. 2
Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!
Agee and Evans, Let's us Now Praise Famous Men
Fairclough, Race and Democracy
Barry, Rising Tide
Additional internet readings will be assigned from time to time.
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 fourth 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 complete all reading and writing assignments.
Additional internet readings and e-mail assignments may be required. There
will be two exams (a mid term and a final). Students will also be required
to write three short position papers on class readings as well as a final
research paper (more to follow on these). Of course, students are required
to take all quizzes, tests, and complete all assignments on time.
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 three short papers will
be
worth 30% (10% each) of your final grade; class participation
and cooperative quizzes will be worth 10%, the exams will be worth 40%
(20% each) of your final grade. The research paper will be worth
20% of the final grade. 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 which will be figured in
to my subjective assessment of your class participation. These two items
will be the part 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.
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT:
I do not allow tape recording or video taping of class sessions without
a request from the Office of Academic Enrichment. If you have beepers or
cellular telephones, please be sure to turn them off before coming
to class.
REVISION OF SYLLABUS:
I reserve the right to revise this syllabus at any time during the semester.
ASSIGNMENTS AND DEADLINES:
Specific reading assignments, deadlines, and test schedules will be posted on the web site shortly.
N. B. Students may submit a rough draft of the short paper to me at any time in the semester with the exception of the week before the deadline.
Week One
January 13 -- No reading assignment.
Week Two
January 18 -- 20
Escott, Ch. 1
Week Three
January 25 -- 27, e-mail assignment: (due January 28) post a one-paragraph description of your idea for the research paper on the class listserv.
Escott, ch. 2
Week Four
February 1 -- 3
Escott, ch. 3; Annotated Bibliography of 20 sources for the research paper due.
Week Five
February 8 -- 10
Escott, ch. 4, First paper: Write a brilliant analysis on one of the following topics: the role of the "Lost Cause," history and memory in the New South, or death and dishonor in southern history based on your reading of William Faulkner's, Absalom, Absalom!
Week Six
February 15 -- 17
Escott, ch. 5
Week Seven
February 22 -- 24
Escott, ch. 6, Mid Term Exam, February 24
Week Eight
February 29 -- March 2; Three-page detailed outline for research paper due.
Escott, ch. 7
Week Nine
March 14-- 16
Escott, ch. 8; Second paper: Write a brilliant essay on an aspect of New South promise based on your assigned readings and Southern Crossing.
Week Ten
March 21 -- 23
Escott, ch. 9
Week Eleven
March 28 -- 30
Escott, ch. 10; Cooperative Quiz on Rising Tide.
E-mail assignment: post on the listserv a one-paragraph reaction to
the essay in the Student Historical Journal by Anthony
Stanonis.
Week Twelve
April 4 -- April 6
Escott, ch. 11, Cooperative Quiz on Agee and Evans, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
Week Thirteen
April 11 -- April 13
Escott, ch. 12; e-mail assignment: write a one-paragraph reaction to the essay in the Student Historical Journal by Seth Hague on the listserv.
Week Fourteen
April 18 -- No Reading Assignment
Week Fifteen
April 25 -- 27
Escott, ch. 13; Fairclough, Race and Democracy; Third Paper due April 25 on Louisiana as a study in southern race relations based on assigned readings and Race and Democracy.
Week Sixteen
May 2 -- Escott, ch. 14; Research paper Due.