Instructor: | Michael G Kelley PhD | Office Phone: | N/A | | Office: | CASA 225 | Office Hours: | MW 1:00-1:30 pmMW 4:20-5:00 pm | | | | | michael.kelley@lonestar.edu | | |
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Course Title: | U.S. History to 1877 | Semester and Year: | Spring 2013 | Course Prefix: | HIST | | | Course Number: | 1301 | Class Days & Times: | CASA 228Sec. 5023 – MW 1:30 – 2:50 p..m. Sec. 5024 – MW 3:00 – 4:20 p.m. | Credit Hours: | 3 | | |
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This course is a survey of U.S. History from Pre-Contact Societies through Reconstruction. Themes to be developed include westward expansion and globalization, slavery, Native Americans, and religious …show more content…
In becoming a part of the academic community, students are responsible for honesty and independent effort. Failure to uphold these standards includes, but is not limited to, the following: plagiarizing written work or projects, cheating on exams or assignments, collusion on an exam or project, and misrepresentation of credentials or prerequisites when registering for a course. Cheating includes looking at or copying from another student's exam, orally communicating or receiving answers during an exam, having another person take an exam or complete a project or assignment, using unauthorized notes, texts, or other materials for an exam, and obtaining or distributing an unauthorized copy of an exam or any part of an exam. Plagiarism means passing off as his/her own the ideas or writings of another (that is, without giving proper credit by documenting sources). Plagiarism includes submitting a paper, report, or project that someone else has prepared, in whole or in part. Collusion is inappropriately collaborating on assignments designed to be completed independently. These definitions are not exhaustive. When there is clear evidence of cheating, plagiarism, collusion, or misrepresentation, disciplinary action may include but is not limited to requiring you to retake or resubmit an exam or assignment, assigning a grade of zero or "F" for an exam or assignment; or assigning a …show more content…
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