Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SDCM-0066
Organization:
Location:
Online
Length:
Self-paced. 16 weeks (30 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Vietnam war
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to examine the conflicts, crises, important figures and ideologies in Vietnam from the First Indochina War until the Vietnam War, so that students can fully understand the causes and impact of the wars.

Learning Outcomes:

  • compare the important figures and events of the first Indochina war
  • summarize how president Roosevelt, president Truman, and president Eisenhower formed foreign policy during the first Indochina war
  • evaluate the consequences of the Geneva conference
  • explain the unites states’ involvement in Vietnam, including the policy formation of president Kennedy and the plan for withdrawal made by president Nixon
  • analyze American dissent during the Vietnam war and how this opposition affected policy
  • differentiate between the many battles and conflicts of the Vietnam war, as well as the tactics behind their operation
  • summarize and debate how the Vietnam war impacted Vietnam’s neighbors
  • outline the united states’ role in the Cambodian-Vietnamese war
  • estimate and infer the effects of the Vietnam war, both inside the united states and in southeast Asia
  • dissect how nationalism affected the nation of Vietnam

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

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials