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History of the US since 1877 - HIST-1220-371
* (Transforming America)
Office
CCRI Knight Campus, Warwick - 3rd. floor - Social Sciences section
Office hours and contacting the instructor
You may phone me Monday evenings from 4 PM to 7 PM at 294-4805. I am in my office on campus from 2:00 to 3:00 PM on the Wednesday. The office is located on the 3rd floor faculty area, next to the "human services" office.
My e-mail is nlasalle@cox.net or nlasalle@ccri.edu. Please check your college email at least once a week as this is the only way I can send out reminders and notices to the entire class. You may email me at any time.
Workforce & Community Ed office
The contact person for the telecourses is Jaime Nash and the phone for that office is 331-7070 on the Lincoln campus.
Videos
This course uses 26 half hour videos that coordinate with the text. If you miss a video, you may view it at the library. For problems with the programs, report them to the Workforce & Community Ed office in Lincoln. Go to the telecourse website at www.ccri.edu/tvcourses and click on US History for the viewing schedule.
Books
The following two books MUST purchased by each student from the bookstore:
Roark, James et al. The American Promise: A History of the United States from 1865. Vol. II 4th ed. 2009. Bedford/ St Martins, 2005. ISBN#9780312452933.
Alfers, Kenneth. Telecourse Guide for Transforming America: United States History Since 1877. 2nd ed. 2009. ISBN#9780312470043.
Reading Assignments
The reading assignments for each week is found in the Telecourse Guide.
Orientation Meeting
This meeting is optional. I will review the syllabus and answer any questions you may have concerning the course, exams and assigned paper. It will be held on Wednesday, January 26 at 5:15 PM in Room 3082-3083 on the Warwick campus. This room is located on floor 3 in the faculty office area next to the Copy Room. All exams are also in this room.
Exams
The course is divided into 4 units as seen in the CONTENTS page of the Telecourse Guide. There will be four multiple choice exams (100 questions) each covering one unit.
Please bring a pencil with you to the exam. All 4 exams MUST be taken to pass the course. I will set up the exam room at 4:45 if you wish to start earlier. Just come to the room and take a question paper and a machine scored answer sheet. If you borrow a pencil, please return it. Write your name on both the answer sheet and the questions. You must hand in both when you are finished.
Exam 1
(Unit 1-lessons 1 through 7 or "The Guilded Age" through "The Question of Empire.") Wednesday March 2 at 5:15 PM Room 3082-3.
Exam 2
(Unit 2-lessons 8 through 14 or "The Progressive Paradox" through "World at War.") Monday March 28 - 2:30 PM-Room 3082-3. Note that this is a different day and time from the other exams. That is due to the fact that the college is on spring break the previous week.
Exam 3
(Unit 3-lessons 15 through 20 or "The Cold War" through "The Decline of Liberalism.") Wednesday April 13 - 5:15 PM-Room 3082-3.
Exam 4
(Unit 4-lessons 21 through 26 or "The Conservative Resurgence" through "A More Perfect Union.") Wednesday May 4 at 5:15 PM Room 3082-3083.
Make-up policy
If you miss an exam or cannot take the exam at the assigned time, you must contact me either before the exam or no later than 24 hours after the exam date. You have two choices to make-up the exam. I am in my office every Wednesday at 2 PM. And you may take it at that time. Please let me know if you are going to take it then, so I will be certain to be in my office at that time. Another alternative is that you can take the exam with the Social Sciences Department Administrator. You must call her in advance to take the exam with her at her convenience during her work day (8:30 AM to 2:30 PM). Her name is Ms. Villanueva and her phone number is 825-2171. After you have arranged a time with her you must e-mail me to let me know so I can give her an exam for you. ALL EXAMS MUST BE DONE NO LATER THAN MONDAY FOLLOWING THE WEDNESDAY EXAM DATE. In the case of the March 28th exam (Monday), all exams must be done by Friday, April 1. You can e-mail me for your grades starting on Monday after the exam date.
Research Paper
Each student MUST submit a 4 to 5 page research paper in addition to taking the 4 exams. The paper must be doubled spaced with the pages stapled together and numbered. You must select the topic from the Essay Questions (not the short answer questions), which appear in the Practice test in the Telecourse Guide for each lesson. This is a sample of the questions you may select and the page in the Telecourse Guide.
Essay questions
q. 13 on page 8, q. 14 p. 16; q. 14 p. 24 etc. The only essay questions I have eliminated are questions 12 on page 191 and questions 10, 11, and 12 on page 213. Do not select these questions for your paper.
You must select your topic from one of the Essay questions. Write the exact question that you are answering, the page it is found in the Telecourse Guide and your name on the title page. Remember to Include the page in the Telecourse guide where the question is stated. You must number the pages of the paper and staple pages together. Do not use plastic folders.
A formal college paper requires both citations (any form –footnotes, endnotes etc) to cite direct quotations or ideas along with a bibliography at the end listing the sources used in your research. At least 3 SCHOLARLY sources should be used. Textbooks (including the one used in the course), encyclopedia articles and Internet articles that are not written by a professional historian should not be used. At the end of each chapter in your textbook are suggestions for scholarly sources. Do not use Internet sources only. Go to the library and read articles or books on your topic.
Please make a copy of your paper in case it gets lost in the mail. Papers can be submitted at any time during the semester but no later than April 27. It must be submitted as a hard copy. You may leave the paper in my mailbox located in the Social Sciences faculty area on the 3rd. floor, bring it with you to the third exam or mail it to me at:
Norma LaSalle, Social Sciences Dept.Community College of RI
400 East Ave, Warwick, RI 02886.
Grades
Each exam counts 20 percent and the research paper counts 20 percent.
Please remember these dates:
Orientation – Wednesday Jan 26 at 5:15 PM
Exam 1 - Wednesday - March 2 at 5:15 PM
Exam 2 - Monday - March 28 at 2:30 PM
Exam 3- Wednesday - April 13 at 5:15 PM
Exam 4 - Wednesday - May 4 at 5:15 PM
Papers due - April 27
*Denotes Telecourse title
