Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
EXCL-0007
Location:
Online
Length:
24 weeks (126 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 U.S. History Since Reconstruction
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to teach students the historical events of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present.

Learning Outcomes:

  • contemplate the major social and cultural developments, their causes and effects, and their historical significance.
  • interpret U.S. History through multiple analytical categories such as race, class, gender and ethnicity.
  • consider the relevancy of history in today's world
  • review the major economic, technological and scientific developments and their historical significance.
  • identify primary and secondary sources and form an argument which uses them, as appropriate, for support.
  • recognize major political trends, attitudes, conflicts and events—including both mainstream and reform efforts

General Topics:

  • Reconstruction
  • Expansion, immigration, industrialization, and urbanization
  • Reform: Populism, Progressivism and others
  • Imperialist expansion and emergence of the United States as a world power
  • World War I
  • 1920s
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal
  • World War II
  • The Cold War
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Vietnam War era
  • The Conservative Turn
  • Globalization
  • The Twenty-First Century and global change
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Computer Based Training

Methods of Assessment:

  • Quizzes
  • Proctored Final Examination

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
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