SECTION A - Curse Infrmatin 1. Curse ID: 2. Curse Title: 3. Divisin: 4. Department: 5. Subject: 6. Shrt Curse Title: 7. Effective Term:: HIST 7H Histry f the United States t 1877 - Hnrs Humanities and Scial Sciences Divisin Histry and Art Histry Histry Histry US t 1877- Hnrs Summer 2012 SECTION B - Official Curse Infrmatin 1. Recmmended Class Size: a. Maximum Class Size: 20 b. Class Size Apprval Date: 2. Methd f Instructin: þ Lecture Labratry Lecture and Labratry Wrk Experience, Occupatinal Wrk Experience, General Open Entry/Exit Independent Studies Distance Learning (Distance Educatin Delayed) fr nline curses. Distance (Hybrid Online) fr nline supprted curses 3. Cntact Hurs fr a Term: Nte: If nt a variable unit/hur curse, enter the hurs in the "Lw" clumn nly. Leave the hurs in the "High" clumn blank. Lw High Lecture: 54.00 T Lab: T Lab/Lecture Parity? Yes þ N Activity: T Clinical: T Ttal Hurs 54 T 4. Credit Units: 3.00 T 1 Unit f credit per eighteen (18) hurs f lecture cntact hurs fr a term 1 Unit f credit per fifty-fur (54) hurs f lab, activity r clinical cntact hurs fr a term 5. Taxnmy f Prgrams (TOPS) Infrmatin: a. TOPS Cde and Curse Prgram Title: Page 1 f 6
220500 - Histry b. Curse Cntrl Number: (T be entered by the Instructin Office Only.) 6. SAM Pririty Cde:(Select One) Apprenticeship Curses ffered t apprentices nly. Advanced Occupatinal Curses taken in the advanced stages f an ccupatinal prgram. Each B level curse must have a C level prerequisite in the same prgram area. Clearly Occupatinal Curses taken in the middle stages f an ccupatinal prgram. Shuld prvide the student with entry-level jb skills. Pssibly Occupatinal Curses taken in the beginning stages f an ccupatinal prgram. þ Nn-Occupatinal 7. Please place this curse int the apprpriate discipline by selecting frm the drp dwn list. The discipline placement indicates what preparatin is needed t teach the curse. Discipline faculty may place their curses int mre than ne discipline as apprpriate: Histry 8. General Curse Infrmatin a. Curse Credit Status: b. State Transfer Cde: c. State Classificatin Cde: d. Basic Skills Status/Level: e. Sprts/Physical Educatin Curse: D Credit Degree Applicable A Transferable, UC/CSU/Private A Liberal Arts/Sciences Degrees N Nt a Basic Skills Curse Yes ( Only check here if the curse is a physical educatin curse.) f. Grading Methd: g. Number f repeats allwed: Letter Grade Only Nn-repeatable Credit (equates t 0 repeats) h. Overlap/Duplicate Curse: 9. Curse Preparatin: Nte: If this curse has a new requisite, a cntent review supplemental frm must be cmpleted. þ Prerequisite Acceptance int the Hnrs Prgram Page 2 f 6
Crequisite Advisry Nne 10. Curse Special Designatrs 11. Curse Prgram Status þ Prgram Applicable Stand-alne 12. Funding Agency Categry: þ Nt Applicable Primarily develped using ecnmic develpment funds Partially develped using ecnmic develpment funds SECTION C - Transfer Status Baccalaureate Status is granted by the Educatinal Design General Educatin and Baccalaureate Level Subcmmittee. þ CSU Transferable Apprval Date: þ UC Transferable SECTION D - General Educatin Request Mt. San Antni Cllege and CSU General Educatin curse apprval are submitted t the Educatinal Design GE and BL Subcmmittee fr apprval. 1. The Articulatin Officer submits the curse directly t the CSU Chancellr fr apprval. 2. Upn receiving apprval, the curse is apprved fr the Mt. SAC Assciate Degree GE and placed in the area(s) CSU apprval indicate(s). þ Yes N Apprved fr inclusin n Mt. SAC and CSU General Educatin List? 1. Mt SAC General Educatin Applicability: ASC2 - Humanities AAC2 - Humanities AAD1 - U.S. Histry & American Institutins ASD1 - US Histry & American Institutins 2. CSU General Educatin Applicability (Requires CSU apprval): CSD6 Histry CSH1 - Optin 1 Hist 7/7H (with 8/8H) CSC2 - Humanities Page 3 f 6
3. IGETC Applicability (Requires CSU/UC apprval): IG3B - Humanities IGH1 - Humanities SECTION E - Curse Cntent 1. Curse Descriptins a. Catalg Descriptin Survey f American histry frm Native American rigins thrugh pst-civil War Recnstructin with an encmpassing apprach t the United States and its majr ethnic and scial grups. Explres the influence f the gegraphy and envirnment f Nrth America and the ethnic, scial, and religius cmplexity f the ppulatin. Als examines plitical, philsphical, and intellectual influences n the funding fathers, American plitical institutins, and the citizens f the cuntry. Satisfies the requirement fr a curse in American histry, including the study f American institutins and ideas and the Cnstitutin f the United States as required by Title 5 f the Califrnia Administrative Cde. An hnrs curse designed t prvide an enriched experience. Students may nt receive credit fr bth HIST 7 and HIST 7H. b. Class Schedule Descriptin: þ Yes N Is a curse descriptin t be printed in the Class Schedule? Hnrs curse designed t prvide an enriched experience. May nt receive credit fr bth HIST 7 and HIST 7H. 2. Curse Outline Infrmatin a. Lecture Tpical Outline: - Discvery and clnizatin: Eurpean ethnic presence, dminance f and blend with Native American cultures - Clnial Institutins: French and Hispanic America; English America; scial, ethnic, religius, ecnmic diversity f the clnial experience; the African presence - Birth f the natin: independence, revlutin, recgnitin, and the Cnfederatin perid - The Cnstitutin: Plitical and philsphic aims f the Framers; Bill f Rights - Early Natinal Perid: the Cnstitutin in peratin; Federalists and Antifederalists - Jeffersnian America: expansin f natin; War f 1812; Era f Gd Feelings - Rise f the Cmmn Man: extensin f vting rights; Jacksnian America; the emergence f a demcratic republic - Refrm: wmen's issues; mral crusades; educatinal pprtunities; Transcendentalism - Manifest Destiny: The Cntinental Natin; Mnre Dctrine; Mexican War - Sectinalism: One natin/tw ecnmies; ablitinism and Suthern retrenchment - Causes f the Civil War; sides and strategies - Civil War and Recnstructin: Key battles and results; plitical and cnstitutinal changes; ecnmic and scial recnstructin - Final exam ** This curse will be enhanced by requiring each student t demnstrate higher levels f critical thinking, writing lnger, mre cmplex critical essays using schlarly publicatins, and facilitating in-class discussins. b. Lab Tpical Outline: 3. Curse Measurable Objectives: Page 4 f 6
1. Describe the chrnlgical rder f central events and perids in United States histry. 2. Identify and explain the bligatins f citizens under the U.S. Cnstitutin. 3. Identify and explain histrical events, changes, and prcesses that have shaped the relatinship between lcal, state, and federal gvernment. 4. Identify and explain significant plitical, scial, cultural, ethnic, intellectual, and ecnmic grups and mvements and their rles in United States histry. 5. Distinguish and explain the rigins f the signal elements f strength, stability and cntinuity in the ecnmic, legal, and gvernmental rganizatin f the United States. 6. Cmpare and cntrast divergent viewpints f majr scial, ethnic, ecnmic, and plitical grups, leaders, and rganizatins in each f the chrnlgical perids f United States histry. 7. Identify and analyze the essential elements f plitical, scial, ecnmic, intellectual, and cultural change in the histry f the United States. 8. Analyze and explain the cntributins t United States histry achieved by all majr scial, ethnic, racial, class, religius, and gender grups. 9. Evaluate the peratin f plitical institutins and prcesses under the U.S. Cnstitutin. 10. Evaluate the salient features f central appraches t the study f the histry f the United States, including but nt limited t: ecnmic, plitical, scial, wmen's, gender, ethnic and/r racial minrity, intellectual, and cultural histry, as well as theries f multiple causatin and gegraphic determinism in histry. 4. Curse Methds f Evaluatin: Categry 1. Substantial written assignments fr this curse include: -minimum f tw essay exam prmpts f at least 1000 wrds f textual evaluatin r analysis f central appraches t the study f the histry f the United States. -at least ne research paper f up t 3000 wrds in MLA frmat using at least fur utside surces cmparing and cntrasting If the curse divergent is degree histrical applicable, pints substantial f view. written assignments in this curse are inapprpriate because: - in grups f three r mre, a full perid presentatin f the tpic fr the day. -up t weekly-assigned reading respnses f at least 300 wrds each where students evaluate bth primary and secndary surces describe plitical, scial, cultural, ethnic, intellectual grups r mvements, integrate scial, plitical, ecnmic, cultural themes and issues, and evaluate and apply American principles and values t events and happenings. Categry 2. Cmputatinal r nn-cmputatinal prblem slving demnstratins: N/A Categry 3. Skills Demnstratins: N/A Categry 4. Objective Examinatins: - Multiple chice, shrt answer, matching, fill-in, and/r true/false t explain histrical events, persnalities, and perids 5. Sample Assignments: Page 5 f 6
1. In a careful, thughtful, thugh brief essay, analyze, evaluate and interpret a case study f ne f the histrical case studies presented in ur text. 2. Research, prepare fr, and participate in a grup discussin n this tpic: Eurpean settlers and Native Americans clearly frmed images and impressins f ne anther. What influenced these perceptins? Which images seem mre accurate? Mre inaccurate? Why? Write at least a 3-page summary f yur research (using at least 3 surces), and generate at least 5 discussin questins based n that research. 3. In an essay discuss the fllwing prpsitin: The wrking girls at Lwell were a cheap, explited, abused labr frce disguised as a nble refrm experiment t prevent the spread f the evils f the factry system. 4. Write a majr interpretive essay (f at least 2000 wrds) based n yur analysis f the Narrative f the Life f Frederick Duglass, An American Slave identifying the mst bnxius and inhumane elements f the institutin f slavery? Is there anything redeeming abut the institutin? Exemplify fully with incidents frm Duglass' life as a slave. 5. In a minimum 3000-wrd research paper, address ne f the fllwing: a) analyze the primary causes f the Civil War; b) evaluate the five mst significant battles f the Civil War; r c) discuss and evaluate the plitical and racial aspect f Recnstructin. 6. Representative Text: Bk 1: Authr: Title: Publisher: Date f Publicatin: Editin: Rbert Divine The American Stry Vlume PearsnI 2007 Third Page 6 f 6