course 1302 syllabus addendum spring 2011 hybrid

8/8/2019 Course 1302 Syllabus Addendum Spring 2011 Hybrid

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Course 1302 with Additional Online Material —US History II Syllabus Addendum

E-mail Address: [email protected] Number: 903-693-2047

Office Hours: Monday 1:30-4:00

Tuesday 2-4Friday 8-12:30

Grading procedures:

Students will be evaluated by major exams and daily grades. A brief explanation of each

follows.

Exams —Students will take three exams during the semester along that will each count25% of the overall course grade which means that the three exams added together count

75% of the grade. If a student has to miss an exam, it is the responsibility of the student

to contact the instructor to make arrangements for a make-up exam. The instructor

reserves the right to deny make-up exams. Students missing exams due to illnessshould have a doctor’s note to make up the exam. All other reasons for missing an

exam will be handled on a case by case basis. In the event a student misses an examdue to an emergency, the student should contact the instructor as soon as possible to

make arrangements for a make-up exam. Students, who fail to notify the instructor of

missing an exam within 24 hours of the exam, will receive a grade of “0”. This obviously

will put the student in serious jeopardy of failing the class. Hence, it is wise to take allexams on time if at all possible.

Research Assignment —students will write a 900 to 1000 word paper over a topicrelated to U.S.-Mexico Border History. An additional handout will be provided to explain

the assignment. The research assignment will count as 50 percent of the second exam. Adetailed explanation and handout of this assignment will be given during classroominstruction.

Service Learning Alternative to the Research Paper —Students may choose to participate in a service learning alternative assignment to the research paper. The service

learning assignment, if chosen by the student, will count as 50 percent of the second

exam. A detailed explanation and handout of this assignment will be given during

classroom instruction.

Daily Assignments —Students will take lecture notes each class period, including notes

on any video, audio, or outside presentation used as part of this course.A. WebCT Assignments —Students enrolled in classes that meet two days a week

with additional material online will complete weekly assignments through

WebCT. These assignments will be due by class time on Monday of each week.

Students should not view the additional time out of class as free time. This

time is to be treated the same as if students are in class. The instructor will

give further instructions in class about the WebCT assignments.



B. Pop quizzes and announced quizzes may be given at any time at the discretion of

the instructor.

C. No late daily assignments will be accepted. The instructor will drop the

lowest two daily grades.

D. Students will have the opportunity during the semester to earn up to 100 bonus

points that will be added in with the daily grades.Sample Grade Compilation

In the following example, a student has earned a 78 average on the three major exams

and a 90 average on daily assignments. The following example explains how the gradewould be determined for this student.

Test Average= 78 X .75=58.5

Daily Average=90 x.25=22.5

Total Average for the course=81 (Note this figure comes from adding the two columnsabove together.

Textbook : Tindall & Shi’s America: A Narrative History. 8th ed., W.W. Norton & Co.(2010). Information not covered in lecture or the textbook will be presented via handout,

library supplement, or links online.

Student Conduct

General Classroom Expectations —As students of history at Panola College, I expect you

to adhere to high ethical standards. I realize that in today’s society, many do not have aclear understanding of what it means to be ethical. In relation to the class that I will teach

to you, ethical will mean respecting one another and respecting me as the instructor.

Within this framework of respect, the following rules will be adhered to:1. Do not work on other materials or engage in conversations with other students

during class.

2. No eating or tobacco use is permitted in the classroom.3. Be punctual to class and be prepared to start class at the appointed time for

class. Students should have notebooks and pens ready when class is ready to start.

(See attendance policy below)

4. Leaving class early is prohibited unless prior arrangements have been made

with the instructor or illness occurs during class.

5. Do not put books or notes until class is dismissed.

6. Turn-off pagers, phones, and any other electronic device during class. Prior totesting the instructor will ask everyone to turnoff all electronic devices. Anyone

caught violating this principle will be dealt with on a case by case basis.

Attendance Policy as per Panola College*

Regular and punctual attendance at classes and laboratories is required of all students.

When a student has been ill or absent from class for approved extracurricular activities,he or she should be allowed, as far as possible, to make up the work missed.

In accordance with Section 51.911, Texas Education Code, Panola College shall allow a

student, who is absent from class in observance of a religious holy day, to take an

examination or complete an assignment schedule for that day within a reasonable time



after the absence. By the end of the second week of class, the student must notify his or

her instructors of the student’s intent to be absent for religious holy days, which occur in

the semester. When an instructor feels that a student has been absent to such a degree asto invalidate the learning experience, the instructor may recommend to the VP of

instruction that the student be dropped from the course. Instructors may drop students for

nonattendance after they have accumulated the following number of absences.Regular session

5 absences—MWF classes

3 absences---TTH classes2 absences—One-day-per week classes

Summer sessions

3 absences—Five-day-per-week classes2 absences—Two-evenings-per-week classes

*Excessive absences will result in the reduction of the student’s overall grade. Students

who miss more than five times in a semester without providing valid reason for theabsences will receive a ten percent reduction in his/her grade. A valid reason means that

the student is seriously ill, a death has occurred in the family, or some other reason thatthe instructor determines as a valid reason for missing the exam.

Students are responsible for seeing that they are officially withdrawn from class.

Cheating or plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as the taking of a person’s ideas or the copying of a person’s

writings and claiming those ideas or writings as one’s own work. Plagiarism will consistin this class as the copying of 7 or more consecutive words from an author. Quoting and

citing borrowed information is not plagiarism. For the purposes of this class, a student

who plagiarizes is subject to failure of the assignment for the first offense and failure of the class after repeated offenses. (This policy shall be adhered to unless mitigating

circumstances should prove a lesser penalty should apply).

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