Your Emergency Contact Information and Your Plan for the Grade You Want to Earn          Date __/__/___ 
A careful plan, combined with following the Course Schedule at the end of the syllabus, makes success easier. 

1.	Type your name as shown in Blackboard, your phone number, and an alternative email address so I have several ways to reach you if it is in your interest if I contact you, such as you did not complete your Final Exam. 

Last Name: _________________ 1st Name________________   Phone # ____- ____-_____  Alternative Email: ____________________ 

2.	This is a 1000-point course. Place an X to the left of YOUR planned grade.  Notice the difference in 895 points and 894 points.
_ an A (895-1000 points)  _ a B (795-894 points)  _ a C (695-794 points)  _ D (595-694 points)  _ F (594 or less)

3.	Place an X to the left of EACH of the assignments you plan to do so you earn the grade that you plan. 
Tip: If you want an A, you need to select them all. 

Cautions: if you chose a number of points less than the points required for the grade you want or if you would have to make 100% on each assignment you attempt, you will have to redo this and will get fewer points. If you have questions, just ask. I am glad to help you. 
Getting Started (Subtotal 50 Points)
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take Syllabus Acknowledgement Quiz	1	
_	Post your Introduction in the Discussion	4	
_	Determine your plan and submit it to Turnitin	20	
_	Follow the tour as a link and confirm that you followed the tour by completing the quiz 	25	
		50	
Unit 1: From New World to New Empires – the 16th Century to 1776 (Subtotal 340 Points
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take Evidence Quizzes 1 (1/20), 2 (1/24), 3 (1/26), and 4 (1/31) @10 each 	40	
_	Post your 1st Primary Writing in its discussion on the Discussion Board @ 20 points for content and 20 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence. 	40	
_	In the 1st Primary Writing discussion, reply to 2 other students’ Primary Writings with a careful Peer Review on content and evidence @ 10 points for content and 10 for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence for each one	20
20
	
_	Post and reply in Unit 1: Collaborate! discussion (Use its Concepts list.)	20	
_	Take Unit 1 Objective Exam (100), Concepts Exam (50), and Written Exam @ 25 points for content and 25 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence	200	
		320	
	With the 2nd 20	340	
Unit 2: From Making a Revolution to Making a Nation – 1776 to 1830s (Subtotal 260 Points)
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take Evidence Quiz 5 (2/07), 6 (2/09), 7 (2/14), and 8 (2/16) @10 each	40	
_	Post and reply in Unit 2: Collaborate! discussion (Use its Concepts list.)	20	
_	Take Unit 2 Objective Exam (100), Concepts Exam (50), and Written Exam @ 25 points for content and 25 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence	200	
		260	
Unit 3: Transforming the Nation–1830s to 1877 (Subtotal 250 Points)
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Read and prepare carefully; submit your Plan in Turnitin for your Analysis of Primaries @ 20 points for content and 20 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence A (The grade for the Good Habits for Evidence for the analysis determines the Good Habits grade for the Pan.)	40	
_	Post and reply in Unit 2: Collaborate! discussion (Use its Concepts list.)	20	
_	Take Unit 3 Objective Exam (100) and Concepts Exam (50) (No Written Exam.)	150	
_	Write your Analysis of Primaries and submit your paper to Turnitin for feedback. You may correct and resubmit until the last date accepted. @ 20 points for content and 20 or following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence	40	
		250	
Final Exam: 16th Century to 1877–Includes a Review (Subtotal 100 Points
	Assignment 	Points	
_	Take the Final Exam (100)	100	

50	
340	
260	
250	
100	
1000	

I reserve the right to modify the syllabus during the semester.

WCJC Department:	History – Dr. Bibus	
Contact Information:	281.239.1577 or bibusc@wcjc.edu	
Last Updated:	2017	
WCJC Home:	http://www.wcjc.edu/