HSTAA 338: The U.S. and Vietnam (Course Syllabus)
Source/Contributor: Robert Cruickshank, Lead TA
Course: HSTAA 338 The United States and Vietnam
Date: Summer 2005
Format: PDF

Four-page course syllabus, focuses on the impact of the Vietnam War and includes ideas on how students should respond to a controversial and still-contested topic. Course requires two short essays, one of which is a oral history. Section headings: "Course Readings," "Assignments and Grading" (0.2 per day late penalty, 15% for participation, requirement to pass each part of the class to pass course, and a frank statement about plagiarism and its penalties), "Quick Guide" (outlines grade weights and due dates), and readings.