Stephen J. Hanna
Office Ohlone College
43600 Mission Blvd., Rm. 2203
Fremont, CA 94539–5847
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Spring 2012 Courses

Click one of the links below for detailed information on the courses I am teaching this semester.

History 104B
Western Civilization since 1550
Sec. 02
Rm. 4202 		History 117B
U.S. History since 1865
Sec. 03
Rm. 1402 		AJ 121/PS 106
Constitutional Law and the United States
Sec. 01
Rm. 8204

Spring 2012 Schedule

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:00          
History 104B
Sec. 02
9:15–10:50
Rm. 4202		 History 104B
Sec. 02
9:15–10:50
Rm. 4202
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00 Office
11:00–11:30		 Office
11:00–11:30
11:30    
History 117B
Sec. 03
11:45–1:20
Rm. 1402		 History 117B
Sec. 03
11:45–1:20
Rm. 1402
12:00
12:30
1:00
1:30 Office
1:30–2:30
Rm. 2203		 Office
1:30–2:30
Rm. 2203
2:00
2:30    
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30 Office
5:30–6:30
Rm. 2203
6:00
6:30 AJ 121/PS 106
Sec. 01
6:30–9:40
Rm. 8204
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
 

Spring 2012 Final Exam Schedule

ClassSectionDateTime
History 104B02Thursday, May 179:30–11:30 AM
History 117B03Thursday, May 1712:00–2:00 PM
AJ 121/PS 10601Thursday, May 177:30–9:30 PM

The final exam is required in all classes.

Resources

Making the Leap from High School to College
If you just graduated from high school and this is your first semester in college, you may want to look at this list of differences you can expect to encounter as part of your college experience.
The Ohlone Library
The Ohlone Library provides many resources, both in print and on-line, to help you in your studying. Some of these are listed below. Visit the library and get to know the library staff! They are uniformly helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly.
The Annals of America
This collection, published by the Encyclopædia Britannica Press, is a collection of about twenty volumes of primary source documents applicable to American history. It is available in the Ohlone Library.

Ohlone's librarians have kindly produced a handout, which you can get here or at the desk of the Library, which both describes this collection and shows you specifically how to cite articles from it.

The Founders' Constitution
This five-volume set, also available in the Ohlone Library, contains the background for all parts of the U.S. Constitution. Every precedent, theoretical discussion, and argument that went into every clause of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is discussed in this set, along with Supreme Court decisions that further defined the meaning of the Constitution, up to 1835 (the death of John Marshall).
The Bedford/St. Martin's Series in U.S. History
Bedford/St. Martin's (the publishers of your textbook) have published a large number of short paperback "monographs" that focus on specific issues in American history. The Newark LRC has several dozen of these available for you to check out. They're great for getting more depth on a particular event, person, or topic.
On-Line Resources
The Ohlone Library's web site, http://www2.ohlone.edu/org/library, contains links to many high-quality on-line resources. Click on the Find Links to Internet Resources link, and pay particular attention to the section labeled, History and Politics, where you will find links to an astounding number of resources, all available on-line for free. Three sets of primary sources deserve your particular attention:
University of Chicago (Turabian) Style Guide
The papers you write for this class must be footnoted using the University of Chicago citation style (NOT the MLA style, with which you may be familiar). I'm not trying to make life difficult for you, but the history profession uses the Chicago style. This document, from UC Berkeley, describes how to construct footnotes and bibliography entries correctly. The description includes two variants: for this class, use the "Notes and Bibliography" style. "Turabian" refers to Kate L. Turabian, who was with the University of Chicago Graduate School for many years and published a summary of the Chicago style, entitled A Handbook for Writers of Theses, Term Papers, and Dissertations.

Several Web sites are available that give examples of all the types of citations you are likely to need. Some will generate proper Turabian/Chicago footnotes and bibliographic entries for you, based on answering a few questions. While some of these are very flexible, they often require you to enter an enormous amount of detail. One I can recommend is Diana Hacker's site (now supported by Bedford/St. Marten's). Use the pull-down menu to select the type of reference you want. For The Annals of America, select 13. Work in an anthology as your model (you can also check the handout mentioned above). For articles taken from the Web, the appropriate model is probably 35. Short work from a web site. Just substitute the information you have for your source for the information shown in these models, making sure to format them as the models show, and you'll probably get it right.

Specific Resources for Each Class
The syllabus for each class contains a section of additional resources that apply to that class, including a link where you can download class handouts that you may have missed or misplaced. Click the link at the top of this page to go to the syllabus for your class, then click the "Resources" link at the top of that syllabus.
Writing Help
If you need help with your writing, please visit the Writing Lab on the second floor of Hyman Hall. Instructors there will help you with the mechanics of writing a good essay, including refining your thesis, structuring the essay, focusing each paragraph, and including footnotes and a bibliography.
Special Services
Students requiring special services or arrangements because of hearing, visual, or other disabilities should contact me, a counselor, and the Disabled Student Services Office.

Cheating and Plagiarism

It would seem to go without saying that cheating is not allowed. The penalty for cheating on an assignment or a test is an automatic F for that assignment. The instructor may also give the student an F in the class, and may, in extreme cases, refer the student to the Vice President of Student Services for administrative sanctions (such as suspension or expulsion).

Here are some examples of cheating:

Plagiarism is the act of representing someone else's work as your own. Avoiding plagiarism does not require you to avoid using other people's work; it does require you to give proper credit to the source of the material. In scholarly papers, such credit is typically given in footnotes. Copying material, either verbatim or in substance, from published sources without giving the original author appropriate credit is plagiarism. Please be aware that copying from Web sites without giving credit is plagiarism, just as much as copying from a book or from another student's paper, and I will find out.

You can, and should, read the Procedure on Academic Dishonesty, or you can obtain a copy from your Division Dean's office or the Office of Student Services.

Important Dates

Due dates for assignments in a particular class are given in the syllabus for that class. This table lists significant dates recognized by the College.

Instruction begins Monday, January 23
Last day to add semester-length class without instructor's signature Friday, January 27
Last day to drop and be eligible for a refund Tuesday, January 31
Last day to add semester-length class (requires instructor's signature) Sunday, February 5
Last day to drop semester-length class without a "W" grade Sunday, February 5
Last day to petition to complete a class on a credit/no credit basis Thursday, February 16
Holiday: Presidents' Day Friday, Feb. 17 –
Monday, Feb. 20
Spring Break Monday, Mar. 19 –
Sunday, Mar. 25
Last day to drop semester-length courses with a "W" grade Friday, April 20
Last day of instruction Friday, May 11
Final Exam period Saturday, May 12 –
Friday, May 18

For the complete Ohlone academic calendar for this semester, see the Spring 2012 Academic Calendar.