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- This course is a survey of American military history and the interaction
between society and military institutions, technology and techniques, from
1763 to the present. The course will study the interrelationships of warfare,
technology and society in American history. The course will focus on such
questions as how changing "styles" of warfare, the composition
of the military establishment (militias, citizen armies, paid professionals,
mercenaries), and the transformations in military technology have impacted
upon state and society. Conversely, it will also investigate how political
and societal changes have influenced the nature of warfare in American
history.
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- PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
- To acquaint students with the political, social, economic and cultural
impact of the military upon modern American and world history.
- To sharpen the students' skills in historical interpretation, research
and writing.
CLASS SCHEDULE AND PROCEDURE:
- The class schedule will consist of thirty-two web assignments. The
first part of each assignment consists of readings and exploring web readings,
while the second portion will be devoted to writing a essay on questions
based upon web texts and sites. These questions investigate problems and
look into interpretations of subjects in the readings and/or sites.
- After the eighth, sixteenth, twenty-fourth, and thirty-second assignments,
an overview examination on four assignments will be scheduled.
STUDENT REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:
- Assignments: Students are expected to regularly complete the
reading and writing portions of each web assignment.
- Reading assignments: Readings from the main text and supplementary
sources are given on the Web Assignments
page.
- Essays: One essay will be assigned for each web assignment.
The essay for each will be based upon questions on the main text readings
as well as supplementary source web readings and their links. Questions
are found on the Essay Questions and Policies
page. Students are expected to express their reaction and answer each question
in a 500 to 700-word e-mail paper. Each essay will be sent by E-MAIL to
his_ncp@shsu.edu. Each essay will be worth 50 points for each assignment.
Essays will constitute four-fifths of the overall course grade (1600 points).
For essay questions for each web assignment, evaluation criteria, and scoring
policy, see the Essay Questions and Policies page.
- Examinations: Examinations will be presented after the eighth,
sixteenth, twenty-fourth, and thirty-second web assignments. Each examination
will include one essay section; one identification section, and one objective
section consisting of multiple-choice questions based upon quotations taken
from the web readings. Each examination will count 200 points toward the
course grade. In total the four examinations will count toward 800 points
(one-third) of the course grade. For a study guide and evaluation criteria
of the examinations, please consult the Examinations
page.
- Evaluation of student performance will be made upon: a) Exams
[1/3]; ) Essays on the web readings and sites[2/3].
- Grade scale: 2260-2400=A; 1980-2259=B; 1740-1979=C; 1500-1739=D;
0-1499=F.
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