Proposed Core Category
American History [60]
The History Curriculum Team representative, Kimberlee Ball, has submitted a Core course proposal to add HIST 2382 to the LSC Core in the American History [60] area.
Application Documents
- Application
- Syllabus
- Additional Documentation
Course Description
A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of people of African descent in the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction period to the present. African American History II examines segregation, disenfranchisement, civil rights, migrations, industrialization, world wars, the Harlem Renaissance and the conditions of African Americans in the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. This course will enable students to understand African American history as an integral part of U.S. history. (May be applied to the U.S. History requirement.)
Prerequisites
College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing
Student Learning Outcomes
- Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.
- Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.
- Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of African American history.