AMER HIST TO THE CIVIL WAR ERA, THE ORIGIN & GROWTH OF THE U S

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe major developments of early American history, specifically: how the early American colonies developed in the context of a rich and interconnected world centered on the Atlantic Ocean; how those colonies created the United States; and how tensions in the nation's early history ultimately led to the Civil War. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss how historians know what they know about the past and why understandings of the past change over time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Do what historians do: ask questions about the past and answer them using primary sources. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe major developments of early American history, specifically: how the early American colonies developed in the context of a rich and interconnected world centered on the Atlantic Ocean; how those colonies created the United States; and how tensions in the nation's early history ultimately led to the Civil War. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss how historians know what they know about the past and why understandings of the past change over time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Do what historians do: ask questions about the past and answer them using primary sources. Audience: Undergraduate