HIST 112 American History Since 1877
After completion of this course, students will be able to describe the major political, diplomatic, economic, and social developments in American history from the end of the Reconstruction period to the present. In particular, students will study: the rise of industrial capitalism; the end of the frontier and the wars with the Native Americans; immigration; urbanization; the changing role of the family; the history of women; the history of African Americans; the political party system; the Populist, Progressive, and New Deal reforms; the impact of the New Deal on current domestic politics; and the impact of World War II and the Cold War on American Foreign Policy.
Prerequisite
Eligible to enroll in
ENGL 121
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Engage in an exploration of late American worldviews and their relationship with non-American worldviews.
- Describe late American cultures and values, views on human nature, aesthetics, and ethics in a reflective manner.
- Identify and explain the numerous different late American perspectives and how they impacted both American and non-American development.
- Analyze events in late American history within a global context from economic, political, environmental, aesthetic, social and ethical perspectives.
- Formulate specific, unified, and concise theses through writing that demonstrate an understanding of historical thinking.
Course Objectives
- Engage in an exploration of late American worldviews and their relationship with non-American worldviews.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Writing Assignments
- Global paper
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Describe late American cultures and values, views on human nature, aesthetics, and ethics in a reflective manner.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Writing Assignments
- Global paper
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Identify and explain the numerous different late American perspectives and how they impacted both American and non-American development.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Writing Assignments
- Global paper
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Analyze events in late American history within a global context from economic, political, environmental, aesthetic, social and ethical perspectives.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Writing Assignments
- Global paper
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Formulate specific, unified, and concise theses through writing that demonstrate an understanding of historical thinking.
This objective is a course Goal Only