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COURSE SYLLABUS
1. TITLE OF COURSE: U.S. History I
PREFIX/NUMBER: HIS 201 CREDIT HOURS: 3
2. PREREQUISITE: REA 090 or permission of the instructor
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT: TBA
SUPPLIES:
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Explores events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions in North America and United States history, including the multiple perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity, between the period when Native American Indians were the sole inhabitants of North America, and the American Civil War. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.
This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-HI1
5. COURSE GOAL:
The student will examine and analyze events, trends, people, cultures, ideas, and institutions in North American and United States history from the first inhabitants of North America through the Civil War period.
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
I. Four general goals integrate history with workplace skills:
A. Acquire information
B. How to break complex and multiple sources of information down into parts to create clearer understanding
C. How to understand the impact of time and space on perspective
D. How to develop narrative structures
II. Throughout the survey course, students should be introduced to course content, practice using course content, and demonstrate they can:
A. Identify trends, events, peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions covered in this course
B. Communicate orally and in writing about the content
C. Use library resources for historical research
D. Demonstrate that they can analyze secondary sources and recognize differences in historical interpretation
E. Identify the perspective of primary sources
F. Construct historical narratives by identifying patterns of continuity and change and referring to specific primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts.
G. Demonstrate the ability to select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems or compile information.
7. COURSE OUTLINE
I. Native North America
II. Colonial North America, 1607-1763
III. North America at 1750
IV. The American Revolution, 1763-1790
V. The New Republic, 1790-1834
VI. Antebellum North America, 1820-1860
VII. Sectionalism and the American Civil War, 1854-1865
8. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
9. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
10. ADA NOTICE:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.
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