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- The Student
Center of the Online Learning Center (OLC) provides a range of
tools to help you succeed in your world history course. Chapter-specific content such as Self-test (s-t) Multiple-choice Quizzes, Study Questions, Internet Activities, Interactive Maps, and more can be accessed by choosing from the chapter drop-down menu. Course-wide content such as the Glossary and Timeline can be accessed as well as the Primary Source Investigator online (PSI), and interactive maps.
- Each chapter in the
Student Center provides a twenty-five to thirty question, multiple-choice self-test that
can be submitted for grading. Material
contained in the self tests is a valuable supplement to the text and useful
for preparation for the unit quizzes and exams. NOTE: DO NOT email your quiz score to the instructor on the form provided at the end of the test. Keep your own grade record for each self-test.
Thematic Units:
The course is divided into three units.
- Unit I is Encompassing
the Globe ~ Origins of Global Interdependence, 1500 To 1800
- Unit II is Reshaping the Globe ~ Revolution, Industry, Empire, & War, 1750 to 1918
- Unit III is Realigning the World ~ Globalization
Each unit has a companion
set of PowerPoint slides with images, unit outline and key words and terms. Students will be able
to view (and/or download) all unit PowerPoint slides
Class
Sessions:
- The basic course format
is lecture/discussion/group work, supplemented by Web
materials, discussion topics/written analysis, and textbook readings.
- Time will be given during
each session for discussion and students are encouraged to contribute ideas,
comments and questions.
- There is one Topic Discussion/Activity and companion report
per unit.
- All TPs involve completing
a study guide, participating in a class discussion of the topic, and a report or designated writing assignment.
- PLEASE NOTE:
the computer you are working on must have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®
installed in order to download PDF documents made available to you on the
course website from the professor or a SAC Library database.
- If your computer
does not have this program, download and install it for FREE here.
BbV Access via BbV login:
- Several aspects of on-campus sections of HIST
2322 will be conducted in Blackboard Vista (BbV) Learning Managment System
- BbV is an Internet
based Learning Managment System. In
order to access your BbV course support materials and the student resource/tutorial go to Alamo Blackboard Vista portal page.
Required
Reading:
Students are expected
to complete all reading assignments prior to class meeting (see calendar) and come prepared to discuss the lesson material, respond to new ideas
presented, and use a variety of assigned materials to enhance your reading of the text.
Pay particular attention
to each of the three part Introductions and Timelines, each chapter opening
Vignette, Images, Maps, chapter summary,
and Chronology.
See the Student
Responsibility Web page for additional information.
Exams: Unit Quizzes: There
will be two or three ten to fifteen minute quizzes per unit, see calendar,
— based primarily on the the Student Center online multiple choice chapter
self tests — a total of eight (8) for the course. Grades from the
six (6) highest will be retained. No make-ups will be given for the quizzes,
therefore each student is allowed to drop their two (2) lowest quiz grades.
The format is multiple choice, questions will be selected from each chapter
self test.
Unit Exams: There
will be three (3) one hour unit exams (30% matching, 30% multiple
choice, 40% essay) and a final exam. The final exam is comprehensive with questions
taken from the eight unit quizzes.
Scantrons: All
students must supply their own pencils and scantrons for exams. Five
(5) will be required. A package of scantrons may be purchased at any area
college bookstore (form # 882-ES or similar) .
Schedule: Quizzes
and exams are given on the dates marked in the assignment schedule. All
students are expected to take tests in class at that time. If you have
an excused absence for a unit test you must arrange with the professor
to take a make-up exam. There are no make-ups possible on the unit quizzes.
NOTE:
In
the event of illness, special arrangements must be made with the instructor
prior to the exam or within 24 hrs. after the exam in order to be considered
for make-up work. Call: 210-486-1095
(leave message) or email.
- Final Exam policy:
A
student who must be absent from a final examination should petition that
instructor for permission to reschedule the examination.
- A student absent without
permission from a final examination is graded "F."
- Postponed examinations
result in a grade of "I." The final examination must be taken within 120
calendar days from the end of the semester, or the grade automatically
becomes an "F."
- See Grading
Policy for more information.
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