Spring 2025 

Wednesdays 6:00-8:50pm in UH 025 – Live and in the Flesh

Office Hours: Virtual only and by appointment
Participation/Attendance:

While assigned readings, browsings, and viewings, contain a great deal of important information, many of the critical concepts and themes necessary to mastering the material will only be addressed during regular class meetings. As such, attendance is vital to one’s success during the semester. Attendance, however, is not a component of one’s semester grade; students do not receive credit or “points” for showing-up to class. Consider this a rope.

Use of AI

The use of any form of Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, iA Writer, DALL-E, etc.) is not permitted in this course. The assignments have been designed to ensure that you develop and demonstrate the knowledge and skills associated with the learning outcomes laid out in the syllabus. Because generative AI tools and detection software are developing at a rapid pace, it is possible that assignments you turn in might appear as “false positives” and raise concerns of possible academic dishonesty. To ensure that you can demonstrate intellectual ownership of the assignments you submit, you are expected to maintain clear evidence of your work (e.g., time-stamped drafts and notes; copies and links to source material, etc.). Any violation of these rules will result in a zero “0” for the assignment and will be reported to the institution’s Office of Student Affairs as a violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity. 

Make-up Assignments and Exams:

Students will be granted an opportunity to make-up either of the two required in-class exams missed for any reason during the course of the semester. Make-up exams, however, must be completed on the lone designated “Make-up Day” scheduled during the last week of semester. [The precise day/times will be announced and posted by the end of the third week of instruction.] Any missed exam not completed on “Make-up Day” will be recorded as a zero (“0”). By contrast, students will not be allowed to “make-up” or turn-in required “Reading Response” essays & quizzes beyond the established deadlines of those individual assignments. No exceptions or accommodations will be made to this policy.

Required Institutional Statements and Policies:

MANDATED INFORMATION

“Student Learning Outcomes”

Students who successfully complete this course will:

1) identify and explain how the Great War affected social, political, and economic transformations around the globe and across time and space including up to the present day

2) enhance critical thinking skills by describing and analyzing the cultural, social, and political factors that led to the outbreak of war in 1914, prolonged the conflict until 1918, and contributed to the uneasy peace that lasted until 1939

3) develop an ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely with appropriate organization and style through analytical narratives targeted to educated audiences 

Academic Success Center

The Academic Success Center (ASC) includes a variety of resources and services to help you maximize your learning and succeed as a student at the University of Texas at Arlington. ASC services include supplemental instruction, peer-led team learning, tutoring, mentoring and TRIO SSS.  Academic Success Center services are provided at no additional cost to UTA students. For additional information visit:  Academic Success Center.  To request disability accommodations for tutoring, please complete this form.

Note: Students who seek additional academic support and resources for courses offered by the Department of History are encouraged to use the History Tutoring Center. For more information, please ask your instructor.

INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENTS AND POLICIES:

https://resources.uta.edu/provost/course-related-info/institutional-policies.php

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Disclaimer:

As is true of all courses, “The Great War, 1914-1918” is a “work-in-progress.” The instructor reserves the right to revise, alter, and/or supplement course content, assignments, and requirements as he deems necessary. This syllabus is a guide, not a contract.