Course Title: U.S. History I
Course Description: History of the United States with focus on development of American characteristics and institutions, including the forging of a new society from European, African, and American cultures. Emphasis on colonial and early national periods through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Students must take 6 credit hours of HIST 1301, 1302, or 2301 to fulfill the Texas legislative requirement for history.
Course Credit Hours: 3 Lecture hours: 3 Lab hours: 0
Prerequisite: Placement in college-level reading and English 1301
College Repeat Policy: A student may repeat this course only once after receiving a grade, including “W.”
Course Delivery Method: Lecture
Instructor’s Information:
Instructor’s Name: Matthew Ware Coulter
Office Number: B-235a
Contact Information: Phone 972-881-5816
E-mail MCoulter@ccccd.edu
Department Office 972-881-5800
Supplies: Five SCANTRON Mini-Essay Books, available at the Collin Bookstore
Student Learning Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
Outcomes:
1. Describe the pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas and summarize the impact of European discoveries and settlements on those civilizations.
2. Describe the aspects of Western and Non-Western culture that have contributed to the American experience. Describe the development of the English colonies and the growth of independent colonial government.
3. Reconstruct the internal social, economic, and political events which led to the War for Independence.
4. Identify the factors, values, and compromises which shaped the U.S. Constitution.
5. Describe the formation of political parties, the development of sectionalism, and the early nationalist era.
6. Define Manifest Destiny and describe nineteenth-century territorial expansion.
7. Outline major social, economic, political, and religious aspects of the antebellum United States.
8. Describe the slavery controversy.
9. Outline the series of events which culminated in the Civil War.
Course Requirements: To successfully complete this course, a student must complete the various tests and assignments as described below under Methods of Evaluation.
Method of Evaluation:
Title, Format, and Value
Quiz, 5 multiple-choice at one point each, 5 pts.
Test One, 35 multiple-choice at one point each, 2 identification short essays at five points each, 45 pts.
Test Two, same as Test One, 50 pts.
Test Three, same as Test Two, 50 pts.
Test Four, 35 multiple-choice at one point each, one essay question at fifteen points, 50 pts.
Final Exam, 35 multiple-choice at one point each, 2 identification short essays at five points each, 45 pts.
Writing Opportunities, Nine of ten in-class writing opportunities will count up to five points each toward the final grade, 45 pts. The lowest score from the ten opportunities will count as extra credit, 5 pts.
Laboratory Project, select a project from the choices offered, 50 pts.
Total, 340 pts.
Extra Credit, lowest two Writing Opportunity scores, 5 pts.
Final grades will be assigned as follows: Individuals who earn 306 or more total points (90 percent or more of the possible points) will receive A grades. Those earning from 272 to 305 points will receive B grades. Those earning from 238 to 271 will receive C grades, and those earning from 204 to 237 points will receive D grades. Anyone earning less than 204 points will fail the course.
Your attendance is strongly encouraged. Please read the weekly assigned pages from your textbook before the week’s classes meet. In-class assignments cannot be made up. It is your responsibility to bring preparation sheets for in-class assignments to class on the day of the assignment. If you miss class on a day when preparation sheets are distributed, you may get a preparation sheet by coming by my office during my office hours. You must have a preparation sheet in your possession when class begins on the day of the in-class assignment. The lowest score from the in-class assignments will be counted as extra credit points toward your final grade. If you do not complete more than eight in-class assignments, you will receive no extra credit points.
Tests may be made up under the following conditions:
You must have a written medical excuse to take the same test as the rest of the class.
If you do not have a written medical excuse, you may take a make-up test in the Testing Center. The make-up test consists of essay questions.
Religious Holy Days:
Please refer to the Collin Student Handbook.
ADA Statement:
It is the policy of Collin County Community College to provide reasonable and appropriate accommodations for individuals with documented disabilities. This college will adhere to all applicable Federal and State laws, regulations, and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the ACCESS Office (SCC G-200) or 972-881-5898, (V/TDD: 972-881-5950) in a timely manner to arrange for accommodations.
Academic Ethics:
The college may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to statements, acts, or omissions related to application for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission of one’s own work of material that is not one’s own. Scholastic dishonesty may involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher’s editions, and/or falsifying academic records.
Plagiarism is the use of an author’s words or ideas as if they were one’s own without giving credit to the source, including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct quotation.
Cheating is the willing giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying computer or internet files, using someone else’s work for the assignments as if it were one’s own, or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a course.
Collusion is intentionally adding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to, providing a paper or project to another student; providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communicating answers to a classmate during an examination; removing tests or answer sheets from a test site, and allowing a classmate to copy answers.
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