AIS 460: POWER AND POLITICS IN AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY

AIS 460: POWER AND POLITICS IN AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY

This course addresses the historical and cultural factors informing modern political issues defining relations between the U.S. and American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians while being mindful of the Native peoples of U.S. territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. Specific topics include issues relating to governance, territorial rights, and cultural autonomy.

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This course satisfies the University’s US History and Government Requirement and is part of the elective requirements in the AIS B.A. and minor program.

Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.

Taking An On-Line Course

This syllabus details your obligations in this on-line section of AIS 205: American Indians and U.S. Laws. The CSU and SFSU consider the syllabus your “contract” in a class – you and I are obligated to the requirements it outlines. So read it closely and follow the directions carefully to complete the class successfully. It is your responsibility to make certain that you have a full grasp of all of the requirements. It is also your responsibility to check the iLearn course page and your sfsu.edu email account regularly for announcements and/or changes to the schedule. Be warned, an on-line course is not necessarily less work or easier than an in-class course. It is not a course in which you work at your own pace. In fact, an on-line class requires more initiative on your part to make it meaningful and relevant to your studies and educational goals. The advantage lies in being able to complete any of the assigned work – tutorial, quizzes, readings, writings – at any time before its due date as noted on the schedule and from anywhere you have a reliable internet connection.

Regarding Email Correspondence

On-line courses generate an especially high volume of email correspondence between faculty and students. In order to manage these communications, the following rules apply: 1) I respond to emails during the university’s normal business hours, Monday to Friday, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, as time allows and in the order that they are received; 2) At high impact times of the term—such as the first or last week—it may take me several days or even a week to respond.

I do not respond to emails that: 1) ask questions whose answers are clearly contained in the syllabus; 2) ask me why you have received a particular score or grade on a paper when you have not read my comments on the paper; 3) are disrespectful or rude. If you are feeling frustrated or angry with course requirements or a particular score/grade you have received, you should wait to email me until you can write a well-defined set of questions or comments seeking clarification or assistance.

Requirements

Please note that students not completing the assignments through the last day to drop of the term risk being dropped from the class. This includes the plagiarism quiz, reading responses, and discussion forums.

By staying enrolled in the course, you agree to the following requirements.

1) Course Textbooks: There is no assigned textbooks for the class. All readings are posted as .pdf files or hyperlinks to the course page.

2) Plagiarism Tutorial and Quiz: In order to stay enrolled in the course, you are required to complete the AIS Plagiarism Tutorial and Quiz. Please refer to the schedule below for the due date/time. You are allowed one attempt on the quiz and must earn a 70% or C- or better to pass. If you do not pass the quiz, you risk being dropped from the class.

Tip: Do not attempt the quiz until you have worked through the tutorial. It is not a “common sense” quiz about plagiarism, it is a quiz about SFSU policy regarding acts of plagiarism and the consequences.

3) Response Papers: Response papers are required on all assigned readings. You must adhere to the following guidelines to receive full credit:

Tip: A response paper is not an essay. You are not expected to cite from the book three times or have five paragraphs as is often expected of essays.

1. Papers must include two equal parts:

• a review of the readings. A review is not a close reading of a couple of key issues nor is it a string of quotes. It is a summary of the main argument and key topics the author addresses. The review should demonstrate how you are working through the assigned chapter(s), providing citations to the main sections you are summarizing and to specific quotes. The review is worth about half of your total response paper score.

Tip: Article titles and subheadings basically pose questions or give direction to readers. Transform the titles and topics into questions to help focus your review.

• a thoughtful, critical analysis on how/why the issues addressed in the readings are important. The analysis is worth about half of your total response score.

Tip: After you have completed the review/summary, think about what issues the reading has addressed. Are there particular issues that you find important? Are there arguments or perspectives that you disagree with or were confused by? Can you compare/contrast the arguments or perspectives between authors? Can you relate the readings to other courses you have taken? What take-away points stand out to you?