HIST 120 US History I

Course Information

Pre/Corequisites

Prerequisite: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score 250+ OR Classic Accuplacer Reading score 77+ OR MCA Reading score 1046+ OR ACT Reading 21+ OR completion of one of the following courses with a grade of C, 2.0, or higher: READ 0099, ENGL 0099, or ENGL 100 [or equivalent].

Institutional Core Competencies

• Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility - Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to engage in the social responsibilities expected of a community member.
• Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.

Course Competencies

1. Use historical concepts (such as multiple causation and effects ofmajor events) to analyze contemporary developments.
2. Analyze the major political, technological and economic themes and forces in American history.
3. Analyze the major social and intellectual artistic - cultural, and religious themes and forces in American history.
4. Analyze the causes of continuity and change, using appropriate historical examples.
5. Identify and describe the leading personalities in American history, and to give a value judgment, based on evidence, about the role of the individual in the historical process.
6. Locate geographical areas and places significant in the development of American history.
7. Analyze the history of American diplomacy and foreign policy.
8. Analyze the validity of socio-political systems, economic systems, and intellectualvalues.
9. Examine and identify the major elements of Americanhistoriography.
10. Evaluate race, class, and gender in American history.
11. Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
12. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.