HIST 207B Welcome Letter - Summer 2023

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***IF THIS CLASS IS FULL, PLEASE REGISTER FOR ANOTHER OPEN SECTION, EVEN IF TAUGHT BY ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR. IF ALL SECTIONS ARE FULL, ADD YOURSELF TO THE WAITLIST VIA MY.CUESTA. CHECK YOUR POSITION REGULARLY AND KEEP IN MIND THAT IF ENROLLED STUDENTS DROP  PRIOR TO OUR COURSE START DATE (MONDAY, 6/12), YOU MAY BE AUTOMATICALLY ADDED INTO THE CLASS. IF YOU ARE STILL ON THE WAITLIST WHEN THE CLASS BEGINS ON MONDAY, 6/12, PLEASE EMAIL ME (SEE THE "CONTACT" SECTION BELOW) TO REQUEST AN ADD CODE. I WILL ACCOMMODATE AS MANY WAITLIST STUDENTS AS I CAN. ADD CODES CANNOT BE PROVIDED UNTIL MONDAY, 6/12.***

Dear Students,

Welcome to HIST 207B: History of the United States (CRN: 50811). My name is Professor Touryan and I will be your online instructor for the next 6 weeks.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

During our class, we will reconstruct the South following the Civil War, build American industries with Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan, survive the Great Depression, storm the beaches of Normandy with the Allies, march to Washington D.C. with Martin Luther King Jr., witness the fall of the Berlin Wall, and so much more!

Our course highlights these and many more incredible historical events, surveying the history of the United States of America from 1865 to present. We will concentrate on broad political, economic, religious, social, and cultural themes as well as how these forces interacted and often conflicted with race, ethnicity, class and gender to create the America we know today. I hope you are excited to take each of these incredible journeys!

ONLINE FORMAT

Please note, this class is fully online, there are NO mandatory meetings for this class. Please make sure you have a reliable Internet connection, a newer computer (no older than 5 years), and a current operating system.

IS AN ONLINE CLASS FOR ME?

I strongly suggest that all prospective online students complete the following "self-assessment" information put together by Cuesta College and the Online Readiness Tutorials designed by the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative - Is Online Education for You? Please also take the Online Education Readiness quiz to assess whether or not an online class is right for you. If, after reviewing these materials and completing the readiness quiz, your results show that an online is not right for you or may not be right for you, please drop this course and sign up for a traditional classroom course. Please see Class Finder for other options.

LENGTH OF COURSE

This class runs 6 weeks from Monday, June 12th through Thursday, July 20th. You must be able to commit to all 6 weeks of class. No assignments, quizzes, exams, or other coursework may be completed early to shorten the length of this class.

TEXTBOOKS

There are no required texts for this class. for this course. All primary source readings will be provided to students via pdf files on Canvas.

ASSESSMENTS

There will be two types of assessments in our class: reading quizzes and exams.

  • Reading Quizzes – Students will complete six (6) reading quizzes based on weekly primary source readings. Study guides will be provided to students to help them prepare for these quizzes. For additional instructions and specific due dates, please refer to the forthcoming course syllabus.
  • Exams – Students will take two (2) exams during the semester - 1 midterm exam and 1 final exam. All exams are timed. Once you begin an exam, you must complete it within the specified time limit (e.g. 2 hours for both the midterm and the final exam). For specific exam dates, please refer to the forthcoming course syllabus.

WORKLOAD

While some weeks are lighter than others, expect to spend an average of 6-8 hours a week completing course readings, reading through weekly course lectures material, watching supplemental films, and studying for and completing assignments/assessments.

COURSE SYLLABUS

On the first day of class, you will gain access to Canvas where you'll be able to view our course syllabus and other class material. For instructions on how to access Canvas, see the information below:

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

We will be using Canvas for our course. Please read the following instructions for logging in:

To visit Canvas, visit www.cuesta.eduLinks to an external site. and click on the word “Canvas” which is located on the upper left hand corner of Cuesta’s homepage, you can also access Canvas via your MyCuesta homepage, or type in the link below into your browser: http://cuesta.instructure.com/

  • Your login name matches your My.Cuesta login name: firstname_lastname
  • Your Canvas password also matches your My.Cuesta password 
  • Once you are logged in, you will see your Canvas dashboard with a list of courses in which you are currently enrolled (you should be automatically enrolled in HIST 207B)
  • If you need further technical support, please read the following Canvas Quick Reference Guide for students or email: support@my.cuesta.edu (in the email, please include your name, section number (CRN), class name, instructor’s name and describe the specific problem you are having; please allow 48 hours for a response)

ACCOMODATIONS 

For students with disabilities, please visit the following link to DSPS and familiarize yourself with their available services. If you wish to contact DSPS directly with more specific questions, please email them at: dspsinfo@cuesta.edu

CONTACT

If you should have any further questions regarding our course, feel free to contact me at: elena_touryan@cuesta.eduFor high school students taking this course, please be advised that you must email me directly; I cannot communicate with your parents and will not respond to any emails received from them at any point during the course.

COURSE OUTCOMES

  1. Demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of U.S. History from 1865 to present.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of America’s political structure and foreign policy from 1865 to present.
  3. Identify the major time periods in U.S. History from 1865 to present, analyzing and properly evaluating the cause of major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in U.S. History from 1865 to present.
  4. Make connections between different time periods in U.S. History from 1865 to present and discuss the value of historical study for understanding changes in American politics, foreign policy, etc.
  5. Demonstrate understanding of the experiences, conflicts, and social inequalities between and within diverse groups, taking into account issues such as race, gender, and class.
  6. Demonstrate knowledge of the efforts by minority groups, such as African-Americans, to secure unabridged legal, political, and economic equality.
  7. Demonstrate ability to interpret, analyze, and compose arguments utilizing appropriate support from primary sources (letters, diaries, speeches, etc.) and secondary sources (work produced by historians such as textbooks, articles, quotations, etc.).

I look forward to meeting each of you and learning with you this semester. 

 

Bon Voyage,

Professor Touryan

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