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History is an attempt to understand the
stories of the past. We
must not ignore dates and facts, but interpretations define
the way we view the world around us.
Course
Information:
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Course: |
Modern
Western Civilzation (Hybrid) |
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Section: |
Hist 102.004 |
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Semester: |
Spring 2017 |
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Date/Time: |
Wednesday 12:30 - 2:00 pm |
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Location: |
LC
309 |
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Name: |
John
(Kinch) Kincheloe |
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Email: |
jkincheloe@nvcc.edu |
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Phone |
(703)948-7571 |
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Office
Location: Website: |
LR
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-By focusing on the expansion of ideas
and the use of those ideas, we will probe into the nature of
human society as it acts and reacts to new ideologies and
movements.
-Instead of
studying development in every corner of Europe, we will focus on
the most representative examples to illustrate the wider
movements leading to the modern western mindset that exists
today. In the end,
our search will focus on one phrase:
Dare to Know.
-We will examine
the history of modern Europe by focusing on the history of the
expansion of free thought, the development of new ideas, and how
those ideas have changed the world for the better and worse. In this course you
will be asked to question each other, the textbook, the primary
sources, and even ME, so as to develop your own ideas.
By the end of
the semester you should:
-Be able to
explain how the power of ideology and knowledge has impacted
the western world and continues to reshape the world
-Be able to
devise original arguments about historical trends and events
and prove them using both primary and secondary information.
Stuff the
college makes me include:
Course
Description
Surveys the general
history of the Western world from about 1600 CE to the present
and allows students to reach a basic understanding of the
characteristic features of the Western world's historical
development in that span of time. Students will learn about
some of the important political, economic, social,
intellectual, cultural and religious changes that shaped the
development of West in this period of time.
Objectives
- Establish a chronology
of historical events in the Western world since 1600 CE.
- Explain the changing
geopolitical structures of the Western world up since 1600 CE.
- Define the importance of
key individuals and developments in Western civilization
before 1600 CE.
- Identify the social,
economic and political forces at work in the evolution of
modern Western history.
- Recognize and describe
the significance of some of the cultural achievements of
modern Western Civilization.
There are no
pre-requisites, but this is a writing intensive course so an
introductory English course is highly recommended.
-Textbook=
- Western Civilizations Cole,
Symes, Coffin & Stacey (Brief
Edition)
-Additional books =
- Candide, Voltaire
- Things Fall
Apart, Achebe
- All Quiet on the
Western Front,
Remarque
Course includes
both classroom and online meetings. A portion of this course is
delivered via the World Wide Web in lieu of traditional
classroom hours. Student
must have access to the Internet and access to Blackboard. A
hybrid class requires additional work outside the traditional
lecture period. To that end, you will complete a series of
assignments, which will take you about the same amount of time
as you spend in class. This will require you to have access to a
computer and reliable, preferably high-speed, Internet
connection.
-Students must
have some version of office, have a basic working knowledge of
Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
-Students must
store course work on a cloud server such as Dropbox, Google
Drive, or OneDrive. (A
computer crash is not a valid excuse for late work.)
This is a paperless course.
- All additional readings,
assignments, and course materials are set as links on the
syllabus and the course schedule.
-All assignments, quizzes, and
discussions must be submitted to BB before the due date and
time.
-You will need to check your VCCS
email or Blackboard acct. weekly for course updates.
-To access Blackboard = Log in to “My NOVA” https://nvcc.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp
HYBRID ACTIVITY
DETAILS:
Hybrid
assignments are intended to take the place of in class learning,
and should be thought of as an opportunity to engage with the
material, not just basic HW.
Spring 2017 His 102 Hybrid
Course Schedule
note: due to the Hybrid nature of the
course there are Multiple weekly deadlines.
Class
Date
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Topic:
Face-to-Face
Meeting
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Hybrid
Activities/Reading
(Due Monday 2pm -
BEFORE CLASS)
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Group Presentation (Doc-Doc. Lead) (Sum-Summary) |
Class
Reading / Assignments
(to be
completed before the class)
[Wed.
12:30 pm] |
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(Jan.
11) |
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(Jan.18) |
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-Read Textbook Ch.
13 & 14
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-Take
Quizzes 14
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(Jan. 25) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 15-Write and
submit to BB |
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Read:
Candide -Take
Quiz 15
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-Take Quizzes 16-17 |
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(Feb. 8) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 18-Write and
submit to BB |
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-Take Quiz 18
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(Feb.
15) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 19 |
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-Take
Quiz 19
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(Feb. 22) |
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(Mar.
1) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 20-Write and
submit to BB |
Group 4 – Doc |
-Take
Quiz 20
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| Spring Break |
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(Mar. 15) |
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(Mar.
22) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 23-Write and
submit to BB
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-Take Quiz 23
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(Mar. 29) |
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-Read Textbook Ch.
21 & 22
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-Take Quizzes 21 - 22
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(Apr.
5) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 24-Write and
submit to BB |
Group 4-Sum.
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Read: All Quiet on the Western Front-Take
Quiz 24
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(Apr. 12) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 25==Paper 2 due== |
Group 7- Doc
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-Take Quizzes 25 |
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(Apr.
19) |
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-Read Textbook Ch.
26
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Group 8- Doc Group 5-Sum. |
-Take
Quiz 26
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(Apr. 26) |
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-Read Textbook Ch. 27
& 28
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-Take Quizzes 27 - 28 |
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Week
16 |
Final Exam |
Wed.
May 3rd, 12 Noon |
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All assignments
are graded on a 100 point scale and averaged accordingly to the
percentages listed below.
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Assessment
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Percentage
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In class Participation
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10 |
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Group Presentations |
15 |
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Chapter Quizzes |
5 |
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2 – 3 page papers |
20 |
Grading
Scale |
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Hybrid Activities |
20 |
A |
90-100 |
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Midterm Exam |
10 |
B |
80-89 |
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Final Exam |
20 |
C |
70-79 |
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D |
60-69 |
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F |
59 and below |
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Late Assignments
-Late papers and Hybrid activities will be accepted
after the due date and time for half credit, as long as they are
submitted before the final class period of the term.
-Discussion, Quizzes, Participation, and Presentation
assignments will only be accepted during the week they are due.
-All assignments should be stored on a cloud server and
submitted online. Excuses
such as “my dog ate my homework” and “my computer crashed” are
no longer valid.
For exam sessions, make-ups will not be given other than
in the case of a genuine emergency with appropriate
documentation (ie, emergency room documents, court summons,
etc.) Missing class due to "not feeling well," not being
able to get a ride, having to work, and the like are not genuine
emergencies.
HW, Hybrid
Assignments, and presentations will be graded and posted within
a week of their due date.
Papers and Exams
will be graded and posted within two weeks of their due date, in
order to give more detailed feedback.
Attendance Policy:
This is a hybrid
course whereas 50% of the coursework assignments are completed
outside the classroom. Students
are expected to work at least nine (9) hours a week to completed
coursework expectations. Students are required
to log onto blackboard at least three times a week,
to ensure awareness of assignment updates, coursework
modifications and weekly announcements.
Absences,
Late arrival, and leaving early will affect a student’s grade
due to the student not being able to participate in
class/group discussions. Regular attendance is expected and an
attendance record will be maintained for each class. Students who fail to
attend class during the first 25 percent of the course will be
administratively withdrawn from the course.
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Group Work
§ You
will
be assigned a group that you will work with throughout the
semester.
·
Your group will have its own
discussion board and collaboration on BB beginning in week 2
of the semester.
§ Video
Group
Research Presentations
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Your group will
produce a publicly posted five minute research presentation.
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Chapter
Summary
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Once during the semester your group will
give a 5 minute lesson to the class explaining the most
important points made in the assigned chapter of chapters for
that week.
§ Discussion lead -Click Here = for detailed instructions.
·Your
group will present on and lead a class discussion of
the primary sources assigned for your week.
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Hybrid
Activities
§ Weekly
short written exercises and/or discussion carried out
through BB.
§ Exercises
will be graded as written assignments/ discussion will be
graded based on both quantity and quality of posts.
§ Due every
Monday before 2pm.
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Participation
& Quizzes
§ Based
on
attendance and active engagement in daily discussions.
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2- 3pg. argumentative
papers
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Utilizing
readings from primary sources, and the textbook.
o (All
papers
should be submitted via attachment on blackboard before
class of the assigned due date.)
o Midterm
o Final
§ Exam
on
second half of course. (same model as midterm)
Final Cumulative Exam Question
How did ideology,
knowledge, and the escalation of ideas lead to both positive
and negative developments across the span of modern western
civilization? Has society benefited or suffered from the
expansion of “free thought” over the last 500 years. Be sure
to address both sides of the argument and the entire span of
the course.
(Evidence and
Information must be used from across the breath of the semester
and 3 different primary documents to prove your Argument.)
Extra
Credit
Assignments (due by the end of Week 13) =
-Digital
History
Project- http://www.nvcc.edu/home/jkincheloe/extracredit.html
Take
a look and talk to Kinch if you are interested.
Formatting:
All Papers should be double
spaced, using 12 point Calibri font and one inch margins.
All papers must be word processed and submitted through
Blackboard as “doc,” “docx,” or “rtf.”
E-mail submissions will not be accepted.
Style and Grammar:
You must present your arguments in clear, concise, and
grammatically correct English. Make sure to proofread and
use spell-check. For information on writing papers for this
class, make sure to read Kinch’s writing guide (under course
documents on BB.) You also might want to consult the
following handy websites:
o NVCC
Loudoun's
Writing Center
o Charlie
Evans’
History Writing Center
Citations:
You
MUST include a formal citation any time you refer to a specific
passage in a text, even if you do not quote the text
directly. The required method for citing sources in this
class is Chicago Style
formatting for footnote citations.
According to this format, you “Insert Footnote” (under
references) and enter the citation information as laid out in
this link.
Attendance Policy:
Absences, Late arrival, and leaving early will affect
a student’s grade due to the student not being able to
participate in class/group discussions. Arriving on time for
class must be observed to maximize student benefits from course
activities and minimize disruption to other students. Students
missing more than thirty percent of the scheduled classes
without an excused absence from the professor will receive ZERO
points for the class participation grade. Class absence does not
excuse a student from meeting assignment due dates
Academic Dishonesty will not be
tolerated.
Students involved in cheating will receive a grade of
“0” on the activity during which cheating occurred and
particularly flagrant or obviously intentional instances of
cheating or plagiarism will result in a grade of "F" for the
course. In
addition the student will be reported to the Dean of
Students for further disciplinary action.
Please read the section titled Student Conduct, Rights,
and Responsibilities: F.
Academic Dishonesty in the Student
Handbook.
Academic
dishonesty, as a general rule, involves one of the following
acts:
1.
Cheating on an
examination or quiz; including the giving, receiving, or
soliciting of information and the unauthorized use of notes or
other materials.
2.
Substituting for another
person during an examination or allowing such substitution for
one’s self.
3.
Plagiarism. This is the
act of appropriating passages from the work of another
individual, either word for word or in substance, and
representing them as one’s own work. This includes any
submission of written work other than one’s own.
-Please note that even copying a
sentence or two from another source without citing it is enough
to trigger a plagiarism penalty. Likewise, changing a word
here or there from content which you copy is plagiarism.
Your work should be entirely in your own words except
for the passages which you quote and appropriately cite. All of
your papers for the class will be checked for plagiarism by
SafeAssign software.
4.
Collusion with another
person in the preparation or editing of assignments submitted
for credit, unless such collaboration has been approved in
advance by the instructor.
5.
Knowingly furnishing
false information to the College; forgery and alteration or use
of College documents or instruments of identification with the
intent to defraud.
Be aware of
the following:
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Internet-enabled devices, dictionaries and/or calculators are
prohibited during testing.
- If you need
to leave the room during testing, for whatever reason, your
test will be collected immediately for grading without any
additional time for more work on the test or quiz.
The primary means of
communication outside the classroom between the Instructor and
the student is via Blackboard Announcements and e-mail. Students
should check Blackboard and their e-mail daily for any
Instructor communications. Failure on the part of the student to
check Blackboard and e-mail on a regular basis is not an excuse
for missed /late assignments or exams. The Instructor
turn-around time to respond to e-mails is 24-to-48 hours
Monday through Friday.
Instructors receive a significant number of e-mails from
students over the course of the semester. To specifically
identify the course in which the student is enrolled, all e-mail
from the student must include the
course and section number
(e.g., ACC211-000) in the Subject of the e-mail.
I will email you at the email address on my class list
which is your VCCS email address. If you do not check this
address frequently, I would recommend you set it up for
automatic forwarding to an email address you do check more
frequently. When emailing the instructor, always send email from
your VCCS email address.
Laptops and
tablets are encouraged in class, but surfing for
non-subject related material during class will not be tolerated. If seen you will be
asked to explain the relevance of what is on your screen and you
may be asked to leave the room.
You will be required to engage with your own or provided
devices during class discussion. Screens under 7 in. are not
valid in-class devices for this course. Phones should be stowed and
silenced during class time. If the device is heard, I reserve
the right to respond to the call or incoming message.
Please be considerate. Disruptive behavior, on the
ground and online, will not be tolerated. Private
conversations during lecture or class discussions, ringing
mobile phones, texting, sleeping, or walking into class late or
out of class early all distract and disturb your instructor and
your classmates, and will count against your participation
grade. Repeated instances of rude behavior will result
your removal from the classroom. If you have a
question or a comment on the course material, please raise your
hand and share it with the class.
All students are considered adults and will conduct
themselves in a professional manner at all times. Please read
the section titled Student Conduct, Rights,
and Responsibilities: B.
Student Conduct in the Student Handbook.
"Netiquette" is an
abbreviation for "Internet etiquette" – simply, basic rules of
the road for the "Information Superhighway." Online learning
involves much communication using email, bulletin boards,
chats and other methods.
Anonymity – While anonymity is often, and
justifiably, desired in many Internet communications,
maintaining your identity is essential in an online course. If
at any time you have concerns about your privacy in an online
course, please let your instructor know. Make sure you include
your name on all your emails as some messaging systems will
not include this and many email addresses do not indicate the
name of the sender.
Brevity – Very few people want to read long
messages. Other than for special situations, try to keep most
of your communications brief and to the point. Others will
thank you, and you'll be equally grateful to everyone else.
Communication – Use the Subject Line. Make your
entry in the Subject Line concise and informative. Focus on
one subject per message and always include a pertinent subject
title for the message; that way the user can locate the
message quickly. Include your name at the bottom of email
messages. Be careful when using sarcasm and humor. Without
face to face communications, your joke may be viewed as
criticism.
Inappropriate material – Suggestive or pornographic content
or links do not belong in online courses, nor does anything
promoting hatred or discrimination.
Large files – Avoid sending unnecessarily large
files and attachments. Many of those cute screen savers and
computer games circulated via email place a heavy load on
email systems and create large downloads, particularly for
those who are on slower modems or using older computers. They
often may also carry malicious content such as viruses.
Privacy – It is simple to forward a message
you have received from someone else. However, unless it is
clear you have their permission to do so, check first. This is
particularly important when you post a private message sent to
you from someone else to a public bulletin board or email
list.
Readability – Try to format your messages with
lots of breaks and headings. One long paragraph that fills
some else's full screen with no breaks will very likely not be
read. Watch for errors: a careful read as well as a
spell-check will solve most problems--lots of mistakes are
extremely annoying.
Shouting – What is shouting? THIS IS: TYPING A
MESSAGE IN CAPITAL LETTERS IS TYPICALLY UNDERSTOOD AS THE
EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING AT SOMEONE. It is perceived as rude and
will usually result in a request by others to "Stop yelling"
or worse, a "flame"--a flurry of angry responses that will
bombard your email inbox.
Adapted from http://www.jibc.bc.ca/onlineLearning/online/online/net.htm.
The IT Help Desk provides
first-level technical support to all faculty, staff and
students of Northern Virginia Community College. Additional
details and resources are located at http://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/.
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to the goal of providing each qualified student an equal
opportunity to pursue a college education regardless of
disability. Efforts will be made toward meeting reasonable
requests for services to students with disabilities eligible
under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Please read the section
titled Disability Services for
Students in the Student Handbook.
Students requiring
special needs in accordance with the American’s With
Disabilities Act must provide to the professor the NOVA Accommodation
Form. Every effort will be made to meet student’s
special needs when the student makes those needs known
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counselor’s, to present the NOVA Accommodation Form
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begin as soon as the form is received and are not
retroactive.
Please visit the Disability
Support
Service (DSS), Disability
Documentation
Guidelines, and Students
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In the event
of a College-wide emergency, course requirements, classes,
deadlines, and grading schemes are subject to changes that may
include alternate delivery methods, alternate methods of
interaction with the instructor, class materials, and/or
classmates, a revised attendance policy, and a revised
semester calendar and/or grading scheme.
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schedule – You are responsible for all readings and
assignments regardless of whether we have class on not.
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In event
of an emergency just regarding this class, check
Blackboard for announcements regarding course
progress/assignments.
------Note: The
instructor
has the right to alter or change the course and course
schedule at any time as he deems appropriate.-------
contact: jkincheloe@nvcc.edu