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Spring 2004 Dr. Huddleston CH 218 3 credit hours MW 1 – 2:15 pm History 3311 Syllabus Jan 7 Introduction 12 Prewar Economics 14 International Chaos 19 Holiday-no class 21 World War II 26 Post-war Domestic America 28 Cold War Feb 2 Cold War; Chafe/Sitkoff 4 TEST ***** 9 Red Scare 11 Labor Issues 16 Civil Rights 18 Pop Culture 23 Suburbia 25 Foreign Affairs; Chafe/Sitkoff Mar 1 TEST ***** 3 Camelot and Hope 8 Spring Break 10 Spring Break 15 Disallusionment 17 At Home and Abroad 22 Vietnam 24 Student and Women’s Movements 29 1968--Year of Turmoil; Chafe/Sitkoff 31 TEST ***** Ap 5 Nixon and Watergate 7 Ford and Carter Years 12 Easter Monday Holiday 14 Politics of Reagan/Bush 41 19 Paper Critiquing 21 Assessing Clinton/Bush 43 26 Chafe/Sitkoff 28 Review
Readings: Paul Boyer, Promises to Keep: The United States Since World War II, 1999 and William Chafe and Harvard Sitkoff, A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America, 1999. Test 1, Feb. 4: Promises to Keep, Chap. 1,2; A History of Our Time, pp. 7-40 (for the 2/2 class). Test 2, Mar. 1: Promises to Keep, Chap. 3-6; A History of Our Time, pp. 41-107 (for the 2/25 class). Test 3, Mar. 31: Promises to Keep, Chap. 7-10; A History of Our Time, pp. 108-120, 143-182, 222-238, 244-256, 291-296, 309-316 (for the 3/29 class). Final, May 4, Tuesday, 1:30 pm: Promises to Keep, Chap.11-14; A History of Our Time, 367- 478 (for the 4/26 class). Welcome to History 3311, an assessment of the domestic and foreign policies of the United States since the second world war. There will be three midterm tests and a final in this course. Each test will be essentially essay, and the professor will before each test inform you of the exact structure of the exam. The final will be non-comprehensive. Each test will be equally weighted in determining your final course grade. In addition, you will have one, ten page paper to write. The subject of this paper will be decided in consultation as soon as possible with the professor and will involve some subject relative to either domestic or foreign policy concerns in the context of the course. This paper is to be a standard research paper with footnotes and bibliographical documentation. A 10% penalty will be assessed late papers (for one week only). Papers which have been plagiarized to any degree or not conforming to standard footnote and bibliographical style (use Turabian or any other style form you wish which conforms to standard history practices--but use one please; I would suggest "borrowing" the style of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly) will not be graded. Please take note of this. Papers in the upper division history classes in the recent past generally have been of inferior quality for all SC history professors. Your final grade will be the average of the four examinations and the one writing assignment. The grading scale will be the basic standard, i.e. 100-90, A; 89-80, B, etc. If you miss an exam, makeups will be given only for excused absences (excused before, not after, the fact). Makeups will be given during the 15th week before the final exam at a time and place to be announced by the professor as soon as the last midterm exam is taken. No final exam will be made up. Finals will be taken at the assigned period unless extraordinary circumstances prevail, and the student and professor mutually agree to a change in the final’s date or time. Miss two midterms or more and be able to makeup one exam only. Abuses of the testing policy necessitates this new policy. Sorry. Attendance is mandatory, and the roll will be taken regularly to determine who is attending or not. In upper division classes it is generally difficult for the professor not to note your absence. Please do not be tardy. You and I are expected on time. Roll will be taken at the first of class and not at the end. Therefore, lateness may result in your being counted absent. Don’t hurt yourself here. Upper division students should be self-disciplined to get to clas and on time. Indeed, I insist upon that fact. Please adhere to SC’s policies prohibiting smoking, drinking, eating, chewing, et al, in the classroom. Gentlemen, be gentlemen and remove your caps and hats. Failure to do so in the presence of the opposite sex or in an enclosed room is considered by all reasonably cultured people to be both discourteous and crude. The object of this course not only involves your exposure to, and knowledge of, American history but should involve the development of an informed, educated citizen-elite. To that end, class discussion is encouraged. Be a gladiator and politely defend your views and ideas. Write cogent, informative essays on the exams utilizing good, proper English. Get involved. Begin reading and studying well in advance of each exam. If you need to see me, come by Hoon 22 or give me a call at 792-7286 (voice mail) or 367-2207 (answering machine). My office hours this semester will be determined and announced during the first full week of the semester, and my on-campus email address is jhuddles@schreiner.edu. Research Paper Dates Paper Topics Due -- Jan. 28 Paper Outline and 10 References Due -- Feb. 18 Paper Due for Critiquing -- Ap. 14 Critiques Returned -- Ap. 21 Papers Due to Professor -- Ap. 28
A Selected Bibliography for History 3311 (begins on next page and reproduced in hard copy for students)
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