Course Syllabus
Course
Information
History 1302,
Section 005, Spring 2013
Survey of
U.S. History, Civil War to Present
JO 4.614, T/TH
4:00-5:15
Professor
Contact Information
Dr. Monica Rankin
JO 4.916
Office: (972) 883-2005
Mobile: (972) 822-5375
Office Hours: T/TH
1:00-00 or by appointment
Teaching Assistant Contact
Information
Toni Loftin
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
This course will cover the history of the United
States from the post-Civil War era (roughly the 1860s) to the present day. The course will introduce major social,
political, economic, and cultural events and it will address how those events
affected the development of American society. Particular attention will be devoted to
the role of popular cultural and to the emergence of the United States as a
world power.
Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
Required Textbooks and Materials
Textbook: Michael Schaller, et.
al. American
Horizons: U.S. History in a Global Context (volume II since 1865) Oxford
University Press, 2013 ISBN: 9780199739912
Essay
Reader: Binder, Frederick, et. al.
The Way We Lived Vol 2, 7th ed., 2013.
ISBN: 9780840029515.
Students are responsible for all of the readings for quizzes, in-class activities, and exams. Due to the lack of time in lecture to cover all of the main aspects of the course material, students are responsible for material from the readings that will not be covered in lectures. Students should feel free to ask for clarifications about the readings during class time or see the instructor or TA during office hours.
Assignments
Class
Participation:
All students are expected to attend class and be engaged with the classroom
materials. Class participation will
be assessed partially on attendance as well as student engagement in classroom
activities. Please feel free to ask
questions and offer contributions during lectures. When time permits, we will discuss any
questions and/or make necessary points of clarification after lectures. All students should make a point of
visiting with the TA outside of class.
Note: the TA will pass around a sign-in sheet to track attendance. Students who arrive late to class may
not be allowed to sign the attendance sheet.
**A note on
classroom behavior: This is a large lecture hall setting and
in order to provide the most learning-conducive environment, we will require
the cooperation of all students.
Please refrain from disruptive behavior such as arriving late, sleeping,
talking, whispering, doing homework for another class, reading the newspaper,
browsing the web, updating Facebook, and/or engaging in any other hobbies while
in class. I will allow electronic
equipment in the classroom, but I reserve the right to revoke computer, cell
phone, iPad, etc. privileges
if they are abused. Students may not have any electronic equipment visible on
their desks during exams and quizzes. Disrespectful, disruptive, or any other
inappropriate behavior will result in a lowering of a studentÕs participation
grade.
** Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in
this class. Please review the
following UT-Dallas policy on academic integrity. Any suspected cases of academic
dishonesty will be immediately reported to the Judicial Affairs Office.
ÒThe faculty expects from its students a high
level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value of an academic degree
depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that
degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a
high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work.
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not
limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for
enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as oneÕs own work or
material that is not oneÕs own. As
a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or
falsifying academic records.
Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary
proceedings.
Plagiarism, especially from the web, from
portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is unacceptable
and will be dealt with under the universityÕs policy on plagiarism (see general
catalog for details). This course
will use the resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for possible
plagiarism and is over 90% effective.Ó
Weekly
Quizzes: Every week (usually Tuesdays)
there will be a short open note quiz during the first ten minutes of
class. Quizzes will be made up of
questions from the previous weekÕs lectures plus assigned readings from the
Binder volume. Suggested questions
for analysis for the Binder assignments will be posted on the course website
available at www.utdallas.edu/~mrankin. I highly suggest students use the
questions on the website and write out answers/notes to the Binder
readings. There will be absolutely
no make-ups allowed for weekly quizzes.
Students who miss class or who arrive late will not be allowed to take
that weekÕs quiz. Since this is an
open-note quiz, students may use any notes from lectures or from the Binder
readings to complete the quiz.
Notes must be either hand-written or typed and printed out. Absolutely no electronic equipment or
books will be allowed on the desk during the weekly quizzes or exams.
Exams: There will be three exams in this
class. Each exam will comprise
various ID terms and/or short answer questions. Each exam question will be a term and/or
issue that has been covered in lecture and/or in the assigned readings from the
Binder book. Exam dates are listed on the course schedule. Please note that you must bring a blue
book and your comet card to each exam.
Students without a blue book or comet card will not be allowed to take
the exam. The final exam for this
course will not be cumulative.
Grading
Policy
The grading in this course is based on three
exams, weekly quizzes, and class participation. The breakdown of the grading is as
follows:
Exam
1 100
points
Exam
2 100
points
Final
Exam 100
points
Weekly
Quizzes
100
points
Participation 100
points
Course & Instructor Policies
A sign-in sheet will be distributed each day to
help track attendance and class participation. Please keep in mind that it is not
possible to Òmake-upÓ class participation.
If you are not physically (and mentally) present in the classroom, it
will affect your participation grade.
Furthermore, past experience has proven that students who attend class
regularly tend to earn higher grades.
I frequently include information in my lectures that is not necessarily
covered in your reading. It
behooves you to be present to listen to lectures and participate in class.
No late assignments will be accepted and there
is no make-up policy for in-class work.
I will drop the lowest quiz score at the end of the semester in lieu of
offering make-up opportunities. If you have missed a quiz, that is the score that will be dropped. There will be no exceptions to this
rule.
All assignments for this class are
mandatory. Materials used in this
course have been carefully selected for their scholarly value, but some
audiences may take offense at topics of a sensitive nature. There will be NO substitutions of
readings, films, documents, presentations, and/or other course requirements to
suit personal preferences and/or sensitivities. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule.
Academic Calendar:
The following schedule outlines the topics and
reading assignments for each class.
This schedule is subject to change.
Any changes made to the schedule and/or any other course requirements
will be announced in class and will be posted on the course website: www.utdallas.edu/~mrankin
Week
1
Jan. 13 Introduction
and Syllabus
Lecture 1: Civil War and
Reconstruction
Jan.
15 Lecture
2: Westward Expansion
Week 2
Jan.
20 Quiz
#1: Binder, Chapters 1-2
Jan.
22 Lecture
3: Industrial Expansion
Week 3
Jan.
27 Lecture
4: Urban Expansion
Jan. 29 Quiz
#2: Binder, Chapter 4
Lecture 5: Indian Policy
Week 4
Feb.
3 Lecture
6: WeÕre Off to See the Wizard (In the Gilded Age)
Feb. 5 Quiz
#3: Binder, Chapter 3
Lecture 7: Imperial
Expansion
Week 5
Feb.
10 Exam #1 – Bring blue book and Comet
Card to class
Feb.
12 Lecture
8: Progressive Era
Week 6
Feb.
17 Progressive
Era Video: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Feb. 19 Quiz
#4: Binder, Chapter 5
Lecture 9: Progressive
Reform
Week 7
Feb.
24 Lecture
10: Progressive Era Diplomacy
Feb. 26 Quiz
#5: Binder, Chapter 6
Lecture 11: World War I
Week 8
March
3 Lecture 12: The Roaring 20s
March 5 Quiz
#6: Binder, Chapters 7&9
Lecture 13: The United
States in the Great Depression
Week 9
March
10 Lecture
14: RooseveltÕs New Deal
March 12 Quiz
#7: Binder, Chapter 10
Lecture 15: World War II
March 16-20 No Class – Spring Break
Week 10
March
24 Lecture
16: The United States Homefront
Textbook
Chapters 4-10
March 26 Quiz
#8: Binder, Chapter 11
World War II Video: The Homefront
Week 11
March
31 CUSLAI
Presentation – Zoot Suits & Diplomacy
April 2 Exam #2 – Bring blue book and Comet
Card to class
Week 12
April 7 Lecture
17: The United States and the Cold War
April
9 Lecture
18: The Rise of Suburbia
Week 13
April 14 Quiz
#9: Binder, Chapter 12
Lecture 19: Space and
Race in the Post-war
April
16 Lecture 20: New Hope and Great Society
Week 14
April 21 Quiz
#10, Binder, Chapter 13
Lecture 21: The War in
Vietnam
April
23 Lecture
22: The Nixonian Paradox
Week 15
April 28 Quiz #11: Binder,
Chapter 14
Lecture 23: That Ô70s
Show
April 30 Lecture 24: USA Today
Date/Time Final
Exam
TBA BRING BLUE BOOK AND COMET CARD TO CLASS
These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the
discretion of the Professor.
General
policies and procedures for the University of Texas at Dallas can be found at: http://go.utdallas.edu/syllabus-policies