Bridge Painters, Brooklyn Bridge, 1914

COURSE DESCRIPTION - A survey in printed text, CD-ROMs and the World Wide Web of American history from 1877 to the present. Using a multi-media approach, the course will integrate social, political and economic history, focusing on how ordinary people changed history and how history changed ordinary people.

LATENESS/ATTENDANCE - Be on time to class. Students who are consistently late will be counted as absent. You are allowed three un-excused absences. Excessive absence will result in failure.

READING - Purchase Lichtenstein et al, Who Built America, Volume II, 1877 to the Present (Worth Publishing)

WORLD WIDE WEB - We will use Blackboard (an online course environment) and the World Wide Web to supplement the reading and classroom discussions. Previous background in computers is not necessary. In class, you will learn the skills necessary to use these resources.

QUIZZES - There will be a multiple-choice quiz for every weekly reading assignment.  Timed quizzes, generally given during the first ten minutes of the Monday clas, will be on the on the assigned reading for that week.  You will get a reading guide for each assignment plus questions covered by the quiz.  The average of your highest nine quiz grades will count as 20% of your final grade.

GRADES - Exams will comprise 60% of your grade, quizzes 20% and computer lab and class participation another 20%.

BIBLIOGRAPHY - There are useful bibliographies at the conclusion of each chapter in Who Built America.

OFFICE: N- 611 (212-220-1220)/ Office Hours are  12:30  PM - 1:20 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays.  E-mail: bfriedheim@bmcc.cuny.edu 

WEBSITE:  There is a web version of this syllabus available at http://socrates.bmcc.cuny.edu/bfriedheim/overview05.htm or http://www.friedheimweb/overview05.htm.  

PLAGIARISM:

[Below is the college's official policy on plagiarism.  This statement can be found on the BMCC website at http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/academics/grades/rules/plagiarism.html

Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else’s ideas, words, or artistic/scientific/technical work as one's own creation. A student who copies or paraphrases published or on-line material, or another person's research, without properly identifying the source(s) is committing plagiarism.

Plagiarism violates the ethical and academic standards of our college. Students will be held responsible for such violations, even when unintentional. To avoid unintended plagiarism, students should consult with their instructors about when and how to document their sources. The library also has both print and digital guides designed to help students cite sources correctly.

Plagiarism carries a range of penalties commensurate with severity of the infraction. The instructor may, for example, require the work to be redone, reduce the course grade, fail the student in the course, or refer the case to the Faculty-Student Disciplinary Committee (see Article 15.4 of the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees). Cases referred to that committee could result in suspension or expulsion from the college.