AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1900

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2016 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the multitude of contributions that people of African descent made to the social, political, and economic development of the United States of America. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the creation, development, and legacies of race-based slavery in the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe how race-based discrimination was used to marginalize African Americans socially, politically, and economically, and how Black people fought back against institutional oppression Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Use primary sources and secondary peer-reviewed sources to explain and discuss how certain histories have been valued and devalued and how these differences have promulgated disparities in contemporary American society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate critical reading, writing, speaking, and thinking skills, specifically concerning teaching students to harbor healthy skepticism toward knowledge claims. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Contribute as a well-rounded, informed, and educated citizen capable of beginning to address the goals of the Ethnic Studies Requirement, including engendering students’ ability to participate in a multicultural society effectively and successfully. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Apply the primary theories and methods employed by historians of African American history. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the multitude of contributions that people of African descent made to the social, political, and economic development of the United States of America. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the creation, development, and legacies of race-based slavery in the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe how race-based discrimination was used to marginalize African Americans socially, politically, and economically, and how Black people fought back against institutional oppression Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Use primary sources and secondary peer-reviewed sources to explain and discuss how certain histories have been valued and devalued and how these differences have promulgated disparities in contemporary American society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate critical reading, writing, speaking, and thinking skills, specifically concerning teaching students to harbor healthy skepticism toward knowledge claims. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Contribute as a well-rounded, informed, and educated citizen capable of beginning to address the goals of the Ethnic Studies Requirement, including engendering students’ ability to participate in a multicultural society effectively and successfully. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Apply the primary theories and methods employed by historians of African American history. Audience: Graduate