Colonial North America (Diversity)

General

Prefix

HIST

Course Number

420

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Description

Cultural, political, military, economic, and social experiences.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

Yes

MN Goal Designation(s)

07

Cultural Diversity

Yes

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Demonstrate, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, knowledge of the discipline of history by identifying the principles of historiography and its limitations.

Outcome

Identify and read, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, primary sources that show how Native Americans, African Americans, and Europeans contributed to and were affected by historical events in colonial North America.

Outcome

Analyze, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, historiographical interpretations of the contributions that Native American, African American, and European populations made to the history of colonial North America.

Outcome

Demonstrate, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, historical analysis through quality written work which includes utilization of primary and secondary source materials.

Outcome

Correctly utilize, in a manner suitable for an upper division level course, important analytical categories--such as gender, race, class, and age--as a way to explain and understand political, economic, and religious events in colonial North America.