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HISTORY 120/ FALL 2004/ PROF. FRIEDHEIM

COURSE DESCRIPTION - A survey in printed and electronic text (World Wide Web) of American history from European discovery to 1877. 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.  Lateness will count as 1/3 of an absence.  You are allowed three un-excused absences.  Excessive absence will result in failure.

READING - Purchase:

ASHP, Who Built America - Volume One: To 1877 (Worth)

ASHP/Friedheim, Freedom's Unfinished Revolution (New Press)

These books are available at the BMCC bookstore and Manhattan Books

WORLD WIDE WEB - We will use resources from the World Wide Web to supplement the reading and classroom discussions. In addition, students will participate in electronic discussions using computer software.  Previous background in computers is not necessary. In class, you will learn the skills necessary to use these resources.

QUIZZES – There will be a ten-question multiple-choice quiz for every reading assignment.  Quizzes, given during the first five minutes of class, will be on the on the assigned reading for that day.  You will get a reading guide for each assignment that will specify the identifications and 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 extensive bibliographies at the conclusion of each chapter in Who Built America and on pages 290-295 of Freedom's Unfinished Revolution.

BMCC POLICY ON 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.


OFFICE: N- 611 (212-220-1220)/ Office Hours are 11 am - 12 pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays/ E-mail: bfriedheim@bmcc.cuny.edu


HIS 120/ BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE/ PROF. FRIEDHEIM/ FALL 2004