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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - HIS7939
Tracking Number - 5449

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Current Status: Removed from DB by orginator -
Campus:
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: Withdrawn at faculty request 9/29/16


Detail Information

  1. Date & Time Submitted: 2016-04-15
  2. Department:
  3. College:
  4. Budget Account Number:
  5. Contact Person: Julia F. Irwin
  6. Phone:
  7. Email:
  8. Prefix: HIS
  9. Number: 7939
  10. Full Title: The U.S. and the Modern World
  11. Credit Hours: 3
  12. Section Type: -
  13. Is the course title variable?:
  14. Is a permit required for registration?: Y
  15. Are the credit hours variable?:
  16. Is this course repeatable?:
  17. If repeatable, how many times?: 0
  18. Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum):
  19. Course Online?: -
  20. Percentage Online: 0
  21. Grading Option: -
  22. Prerequisites:
  23. Corequisites:
  24. Course Description: This readings course examines the history of the United States and its relations with the world from the turn of the 20th century to the present.

  25. Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course:
  26. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service?
  27. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times?
  28. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.)
  29. Objectives: In this class we will:

    •discuss central themes in the history of the United States in a global context, c. 1877-2001

    •become familiar with significant authors, arguments, and texts in the historiography of this era

    •develop students’ skills in researching and writing historiographical essays and historical scholarship

  30. Learning Outcomes: After completing this course, students will be able to:

    •enumerate central themes in the history of the United States in a global context, c. 1877-2001

    •identify, describe, and analyze (orally and in writing) the authors, arguments, and texts that constitute the historiography of this era

    •propose, conceptualize, research, and write a historiographical review, thesis or dissertation chapter, or historical journal article based on U.S. history in a global context, c. 1877-2001

  31. Major Topics:
  32. Textbooks:
  33. Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: •George Herring, From Colony to Superpower

    •Theresa Rundstedtler, Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line

    •Julie Greene, The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal

    •Brooke Blower, Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture Between the World Wars

    •Jenifer Van Vleck, Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy

    •Elizabeth Borgwardt, A New Deal for the World: America’s Vision for Human Rights

    •David Ekbladh, The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order

    •Greg Grandin, The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War

    •Nico Slate, Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United States and India

    •Frederik Logevall, Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam

    •Paul Chamberlin, The Global Offensive: The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order`

    •Sarah Snyder, Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War: A Transnational History of the Helsinki Network

  34. Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Participation and Engagement (40%)

    Three Book Reviews: One 500-word, One 750-word, and One 1,000-word (20%)

    A: 93-100 A-: 90-92 B+: 87-89 B: 83-86 B-: 80-82 C+ 77-79

    C: 73-76 C-: 70-72 D+: 67-69 D: 63-66 D-: 60-62 F: Below 60

  35. Assignments, Exams and Tests:
  36. Attendance Policy: Course Attendance at First Class Meeting – Policy for Graduate Students: For structured courses, 6000 and above, the College/Campus Dean will set the first-day class attendance requirement. Check with the College for specific information. This policy is not applicable to courses in the following categories: Educational Outreach, Open University (TV), FEEDS Program, Community Experiential Learning (CEL), Cooperative Education Training, and courses that do not have regularly scheduled meeting days/times (such as, directed reading/research or study, individual research, thesis, dissertation, internship, practica, etc.). Students are responsible for dropping undesired courses in these categories by the 5th day of classes to avoid fee liability and academic penalty. (See USF Regulation – Registration - 4.0101,

    http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/ogc%20web/currentreg.htm)

    Attendance Policy for the Observance of Religious Days by Students: In accordance with Sections 1006.53 and 1001.74(10)(g) Florida Statutes and Board of Governors Regulation 6C-6.0115, the University of South Florida (University/USF) has established the following policy regarding religious observances: (http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/gc_pp/acadaf/gc10-045.htm)

    In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It’s the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.

  37. Policy on Make-up Work:
  38. Program This Course Supports:
  39. Course Concurrence Information:


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