Syllabus

Syllabus
New York College of Technology
The City University of New York
History 1102
Professor Stephanie Boyle

Office hours Th 10-12 (zoom link provided on blackboard to avoid zoombombing)
sboyle@citytech.cuny.ed

Grade Breakdown

Weekly Writing 40%

Film 10%

Exam 1 20%

Exam 2 25%

Plagiarism exam 5%

93-100 A (exceptional)
92-90 A- (superior)
87-89 B+ (very good)
83-86 B (good)
80-82 B- (above average)
77-79 C+ (slightly above average)
70-76 C (average)
60-69 D (poor)
Below 59 F (fail)

Please note that there are no plus or minus grades below C so be mindful that if you fall below 70 there is no cushion. Keep on top of your grades and come see me during office hours if you feel like you are lagging behind.

Also note that missing one or more assignments nearly guarantees that you will not get a score above a D.  If you cannot do an assignment or attend a test, you must inform the professor in advance and ask for an extension. THERE IS NO LATE WORK.

Course and Classroom Policies

In order to provide an atmosphere of mutual respect that fostered intellectual cooperation and free thinking the following criteria for the classroom are not negotiable.  These policies are based on my experience as a professor and do not necessarily reflect you as individuals or students.

1. You must use your Citytech email address and have access to Blackboard.
2. You must have an OpenLab account.
3. All assignments will go through an originality check and offer students a score. It picks up quoted text and questions, but neither are considered for plagiarism and cheating. Only original work submitted by student will be considered.
4. If you have taken this class before you may not resubmit work- it will result in an F.
5. You must complete the plagiarism test before you submit any work and submit your score via email. Follow the link here: https://www.turnitin.com/static/plagiarism-quiz/
6. All students and the professor recognize that this class is a learning environment. Students may read perspectives that you may not agree with, may find offensive and may wholeheartedly believe are wrong. However, it is a college level class and being confronted with ideas that upset our worldview is a healthy and necessary process in a globalized world.
7. I respond to emails between 9-5pm M-F- If you send me an email late at night or over the weekend, it will take me longer to get back to you then when I am at school during the week.
8. All reading and writing assignments are mandatory and must be turned in by 11:59 pm on the date that they are due.
9.  I give extensions, but there are NO late papers.
10. Plagiarism of any kind will result in an F in the course. Cheating also results in an F in the course.
11. If you stop completing assignments then you will receive a WU, if you have poor attendance that results in missed assignments then you will receive an F.
12. I give lots of feedback- It is meant to help you improve for your next assignment.  It is never meant to hurt or insult you.
13. If you have a question about an assignment, grades or anything related to this course, please refer to this syllabus first. Most answers can be found here.
14. This syllabus will serve as a contract between student and instructor and if at any time there is any question with regard to the policies of the classroom, this syllabus will serve as the foundation.
15. The syllabus is the law regarding grades, policies and assignment deadlines.
16. Paraphrased ideas from your assignments must be cited.  if you read something from the internet/ sources assigned and then change or manipulate it to represent it as your own idea- this is plagiarism and will result in an F in this course. Cite all Work.
17. Please review the course guidelines
    • You will be expected to submit plagiarism free assignments from DAY 1. Remember ANY ideas that do not emerge from your head, must be cited. Even readings for this class for your daily assignments. Please cite all work with quotations that are direct quotations and also all paraphrased citations.

If you have any questions about citations, please come and see me. Below you will find the NYCCT academic integrity statement:

Academic Integrity at City Tech

Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the
College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York City College of
Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion.  The complete text of the College policy on Academic Integrity may be found in the catalog.
— NYCCT statement on academic integrity

 Schedule of Readings and Assignments

Week One:

The Age of Exploration and the problems of “Discovery” Narratives

Read: Submit Discussion questions based on the readings on Blackboard no later than each Thursday by 11:59 pm (you must complete 10 weeks of discussion questions-it will be offered 12 times-you skip two).

Complete Plagiarism exam due Feb 1st(submit the screenshot on Blackboard)

• The Enlightenment
• The Age of Discovery
• The Scientific Revolution
• Enlightenment Thinkers

Week Two:

Protestant Reformation/ Catholic Counter Reformation

Read: Submit Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

• Protestantism
• The Thirty Years’ War

Week Three:

The African Empires

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

• • Central African Empires
  • West African Empires
  • East African Empires
  • Southern African States

Week Four:

The Americas

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

Native American Cultures in North America

• The Maya
• The Toltecs and the Aztecs

Week Five:

Life in the Americas

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

• The South American Revolutions
• Brazilian Independence
• The Mexican War of Independence
• North America

Week Six: Slavery in the Atlantic World

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

1619 Project Reading

Week Seven:

The Atlantic Revolutions

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

Part one: Haiti

Read this  

and this

and this

Part two: The US

read this

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read this

read this

Week Eight:

Atlantic Revolutions Continued

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

Part three: The French revolution

• France under Louis XV
• Louis XVI’s Early Years
• Constitutional Monarchy
• The Reign of Terror
• The Beginning of Revolution

Week Nine:

Question and terms will be posted on Blackboard

Midterm Exam Due 4/12

Week Ten:

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

Industrial Revolution

• Textile Manufacturing
• Steam Power
• Iron Making
• Innovations in Transportation
• Social Change
• The Agricultural Revolution

Week Eleven:

The Middle East and North Africa

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

 Ottoman Empire (it will default to the table of contents please go to the link Ottoman Empire from the table of contents.

Read this too:

Northern Africa

Week Twelve:

Asia

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

• The Last Chinese Dynasty
• From the Edo Period to Meiji Restoration in Japan

Week Thirteen:

Read: Discussion Questions (always due Thursdays 11:59pm)

Scramble for Africa

• The Berlin Conference
• The Belgian Congo
• France in Africa
• Africa and the United Kingdom
• German Imperalism
• The Independent African States

Week Fourteen:

Discussion questions based on the film due 5/13

Week Fifteen:

Final Exam Due 5/20