SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how the creation and development of how the institution of slavery shaped British North America and the early American Republic. To be able to articulate the multitude of experiences among enslaved people and those who held them in bondage. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Appreciate the multitude of contributions made by enslaved and free Black people in the social, political, and economic development of the North American colonies and the early American Republic. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Articulate the creation, development, and legacies of race-based slavery in colonial North America and the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze primary documents and succinctly summarize historical information from various secondary sources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe how certain histories have been valued and devalued, and how these differences have promulgated disparities in contemporary American society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Communicate with others in a way that displays an understanding of racial inequities in the US. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Understand and apply the primary theories and methods employed by scholars of African American history. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how the creation and development of how the institution of slavery shaped British North America and the early American Republic. To be able to articulate the multitude of experiences among enslaved people and those who held them in bondage. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Appreciate the multitude of contributions made by enslaved and free Black people in the social, political, and economic development of the North American colonies and the early American Republic. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Articulate the creation, development, and legacies of race-based slavery in colonial North America and the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze primary documents and succinctly summarize historical information from various secondary sources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe how certain histories have been valued and devalued, and how these differences have promulgated disparities in contemporary American society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Communicate with others in a way that displays an understanding of racial inequities in the US. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Understand and apply the primary theories and methods employed by scholars of African American history. Audience: Graduate