Fall 2005 Telecourses

Two telecourses are offered this term: HIST 2010 (U.S. to 1877) and SOAA 1020 (Introduction to Sociology).

SOAA 1020-524 is a video check-out course. After completing a short form, students will receive a complete set of vhs tapes that they can watch at their convenience. Contact the Distance Education office at 439-6809 for assistance. Orientation for the course is scheduled on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at noon in 428 Rogers-Stout. Any additional on-campus requirements will be addressed at the orientation. The instructor is Olivia Sparks-Wallace (SparksWallace@aol.com).

HIST 2010-523, 533, 543 will be shown on WSJK/WKOP on Saturday mornings from 9:00-10:00 beginning September 17, 2005. The broadcast schedule follows. Orientation for the course is scheduled on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. in 102 Rogers-Stout. Any additional on-campus requirements will be addressed at the orientation. The instructor is Dr. Colin Baxter (baxterc@etsu.edu).

Schedule — Broadcast Times of Programs — WSJK/WKOP
(Channel 2 on Charter or Comcast cable)

Fall Semester 2005

Shaping America: US History to 1877 

Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. beginning September 17, 2005

 Week                                                                                Program
No.                     Date                            Time                       No.               Lesson Title__________________

1                         Sept. 17              9:00 - 9:30 am                 1                 America Before 1492: A World Apart       

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                2                 The Columbia Exchange: Worlds Transformed

2                         Sept. 24              9:00 - 9:30 am                 3                 British America: Settling in the Southern Colonies Failing in Roanoke

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                4                 British America: Settling in New England

3                         Oct. 1                  9:00 - 9:30 am                 5                 Diversifying America: Life in a New Century

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                 6                 A Distinctive Society: Slavery and Identity

4                         Oct. 8                  9:00 - 9:30 am                 7                 Making a Revolution

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                 8                 Declaring Independence

5                         Oct. 15                 9:00 - 9:30 am                 9                 Winning Independence

                                                        9:30-10:00 am                10                Inventing a Nation

6                         Oct. 22                9:00 - 9:30 am                11                Searching for Stability

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                12                A Peaceful Transfer of Power

7                         Oct. 29                9:00 - 9:30 am                13                Jeffersons’ Vision of America

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                14                The Market Revolution

8                         Nov. 5                 9:00 - 9:30 am                15                A White Man’s Democracy

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                16                The Slave South

9                         Nov. 12               9:00 - 9:30 am                17                Perfecting America

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                18                Moving Westward: The U.S.-Mexican War

10                       Nov. 19               9:00 - 9:30 am                19                Crisis and Compromise

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                20                Irrepressible Conflicts

11                       Nov. 26               9:00 - 9:30 am                21                The Union Collapses

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                22                And the War Came

12                       Dec. 3                 9:00 - 9:30 am                23                Home Fronts

                                                       9:30-10:00 am                24                Union Preserved, Freedom Secured

13                       Dec. 10                 9:00 - 9:30 am                25                Reconstructing the Nation

                                                        9:30-10:00 am                26                1876: The Shape of America