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Course 2301Texas History Syllabus Addendum (8:00 9:15 TR)

E-mail Address: codom@panola.edu

Telephone Number: 903-693-2047

Office Hours: Monday 1:30-4:00Tuesday 2-4

Friday 8-12:30

Grading procedures:

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

each follows.

ExamsStudents will take three exams during the semester. Each exam will count 25%

of the overall course 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. Students

missing exams due to illness should have a doctors note to make up the exam.Allother reasons for missing an exam will be handled on a case by case basis. The

instructor reserves the right to deny make-up exams. In the event a student misses anexam due 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.

Daily AssignmentsStudents will take lecture notes each class period, including noteson any video, audio, or outside presentations used as part of this course. Daily

Assignments will include pop quizzes, announced quizzes, periodic key termidentifications, writing assignments and other activities as announced by the instructor inclass. The average of the daily assignments will count 25% of the students daily

assignments. The instructor will not accept late daily assignments. The instructor will

drop two daily grades, this includes quizzes, during the semester. Students will have theopportunity 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 grade would 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

columns above together.

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Textbook: Rupert N. Anderson et al. Texas: The Lone Star State, 10th edition. Upper

Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2010. Information not covered in

lecture or the textbook will be presented via handout, library supplement, or links online.

Student Conduct

General Classroom ExpectationsAs students of history at Panola College, I expect youto adhere to high ethical standards. I realize that in todays society, many do not have a

clear 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 madewith 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 to

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

her instructors of the students 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 as

to invalidate the learning experience, the instructor may recommend to the VP ofinstruction 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 absencesMWF classes

3 absences---TTH classes2 absencesOne-day-per week classes

Summer sessions

3 absencesFive-day-per-week classes

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2 absencesTwo-evenings-per-week classes

*Excessive absences will result in the reduction of the students overall grade. Studentswho miss more than five times in a semester without providing valid reason for the

absences 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, who miss less

than five times in a semester, will have the option of allowing the final exam to replace

the lowest exam grade for the semester.

Cheating or plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as the taking of a persons ideas or the copying of a personswritings and claiming those ideas or writings as ones own work. Plagiarism will consist

in 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 ofthe class after repeated offenses. (This policy shall be adhered to unless mitigating

circumstances should prove a lesser penalty should apply).