Course Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: SDCM-0066 Version: 5 Organization's ID: History 308 Organization: Study.com, LLC Location: Online Length: 30 hours for 16 weeks Minimum Passing Score: 70 ACE Credit Recommendation Period: 11/1/2025 - 10/31/2028 11/1/2022 - 10/31/2025 11/1/2019 - 10/31/2022 9/1/2016 - 10/31/2019 4/1/2016 - 8/31/2016 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Vietnam War Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: By the end of this course, you will be able to analyze the primary twentieth-century circumstances that contributed to the onset of war in Vietnam and evaluate the conflict's most significant global and national outcomes. Learning Outcomes: Explain the social and political effects of the Vietnam War on Cambodia and Laos. Explain how the aftermath of World War II and the rise of Vietnamese nationalism contributed to the onset of the First Indochina War. Analyze primary sources, including photographs, news broadcasts, and speeches, that express various American sentiments about the Vietnam War. Analyze how the outcomes of the Geneva Conference affected both Vietnamese politics and U.S. Cold War foreign policy. Explain how cultural, religious, and ideological divisions within Vietnam escalated the conflict. Describe the major aspects of U.S. intervention and escalation in the Vietnam War from the aftermath of the 1954 Geneva Conference to American military withdrawal in 1973. Analyze the impact of significant military engagements on the trajectory of the Vietnam War. Compare the nature and scale of the foreign policy interventions of three U.S. presidential administrations during the First Indochina War. Analyze the legacy of the Vietnam War, including how it affected U.S. intervention in southeast Asia as well as the social and political landscape of the U.S. General Topics: Vietnamese Nationalism The First Indochina War Early American Involvement in Indochina The Geneva Conference & the Vietnam War U.S. Involvement in Vietnam Opposition to the Vietnam War Battles & Operations of the Vietnam War Participants & Strategies in the Vietnam War Cambodia & Laos in the Vietnam War Effects of the Vietnam War Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Methods of Assessment: Examinations Quizzes Written Papers Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Equivalencies Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Study.com, LLC View All Courses College Credit Opportunities Page Content