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Course Name and Number: HIS 202 W01, U.S. History, 1865 - Present

Number of Semester Credit Hours: 3

Classroom Location and Semester: Online Course, Spring 2024

Faculty Member’s Office Location: Online
Faculty Member’s Office Phone: (678) 664-4313
Faculty Member’s Office Hours: Monday, 8-9 a.m. CST via Big Blue Button (Canvas Conferences). Students may also schedule online appointments as needed. Please request such appointments 24 hours in advance.

Faculty Member’s Email Address: cpatterson@dillard.edu, charmaynepatterson@gmail.com
Course Pre-requisites: None

Technology: This course will be offered completely online. Students must ensure that they have adequate and consistent internet connectivity and access to the university’s learning management system (LMS) CANVAS. Please contact the Department of Instructional Technology and Distance Education (DEAL) to set up your account and establish access.   

Course Communication: Canvas is my preferred method of communication. Messages can be submitted using the “Inbox” in CANVAS. I will respond to messages within 24 hours (48 hours on the weekend). Course announcements, including assignments and changes to the course schedule will all be communicated via CANVAS. Students are encouraged to check it daily. Students may also elect to send communication by email. If sending traditional email, please reference the course number (HIS 202) in the subject line. This will help me to identify legitimate emails from students.

Teaching/Learning Methods: Teaching/Learning Methods: The course will be conducted completely online and include:

  • Online presentations and activities
  • Online assessments (tests and quizzes)

 

COURSE INFORMATION

Brief Description: Historical survey of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present.

 

Course Description: This course will examine the development of United States’ history from the end of the Civil War through the twenty-first century. In particular, it will employ social and cultural lenses to assess the increased demands for inclusion and equality made by diverse groups (including marginalized communities) within American society. 

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate the ability to interpret primary and secondary sources and to compose an argument which uses them, as appropriate, for support.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of U.S. History through multiple analytical categories such as race, class, gender and ethnicity.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of America’s growth in a global context.
  • Explain the major economic, technological and scientific developments and their historical significance.
  • Analyze major political trends, attitudes, conflicts and events—including both mainstream and reform efforts—and explain their historical significance.
  • Explain the major social and cultural developments, their causes and effects, and their historical significance.
  • Analyze the relevancy of history in today’s world.

Course Content:

  • Reconstruction.
  • Expansion, immigration, industrialization, and urbanization.
  • Reform: Populism, Progressivism and others.
  • Imperialist expansion and emergence of the United States as a world power.
  • World War I
  • 1920s
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal
  • World War II
  • The Cold War
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Vietnam War era
  • The Conservative Turn
  • Globalization
  • Twenty first century and global change

Textbook: 

Great news: your textbook for this class is available for free online!
U.S History from OpenStax, ISBN 1-947172-08-5 

You have several options to obtain this book:

You can use whichever formats you want. Web view is recommended -- the responsive design works seamlessly on any device.

 

Important Notes:

  • All first week assignments need to be completed and submitted by the due date to avoid possibly being dropped from the class.

  • Disabilities Services Statement: All requests for accommodations must be submitted to the Office of Disability Services. Requests for accommodations must be in writing on the appropriate form(s) and with the appropriate supporting documentation for consideration and/or review (documentation must be dated within three (3) years of request). The review of the request may, at the discretion of the university, include an evaluation and determination of the scope of the disability and, if appropriate, request for additional medical documentation, examinations and/or opinions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. In order to request program services, please feel free to contact Ms. Sheila Judge, Director of Disability Services, Student Union Suite 270, (504) 816-4370, sjudge@dillard.edu.

  • Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will result in a failing grade on the assignment. Plagiarism is any reproduction of information or other work without acknowledging the source. Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. "Ideas or phrasing" includes written or spoken material, from whole papers and paragraphs to sentences, and, indeed, phrases but it also includes statistics, lab results, art work, etc.  If an assignment contains any plagiarized material—whether that material is taken from books, from the Internet, or from another student (including identical or closely copied submissions) —that assignment will receive a failing grade, and the student will receive a warning.  If such plagiarism occurs more than once in the course, the student will receive a failing grade for the course. Any student who cheats on an examination or quiz, including electronically, will also receive a failing grade for the assignment and, if it occurs again, a failing grade for the course.

    *Put simply, if you didn’t write it, don’t submit it as if you did.

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