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Syllabus

WSU Department Name

History

WSU Course Number & Listing

HIST AI1700: American Civilization (3 Credit Hrs.)

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Prerequisite High School Courses if any

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WSU Course Description:

An analysis of American civilization that traces social, cultural, economic, and political developments in the United States. May be taken to complete the American Institutions requirement (grade of C or better required).

WSU Course Objectives:

Utah State Code 53B-16-103(b) reads: "A student shall demonstrate a reasonable understanding of the history, principles, form of government, and economic system of the United States prior to receiving a bachelor's degree or teaching credential." Successful completion of this course will satisfy this "American Institutions" requirement; however, it does not fulfill the University's diversity requirement. As a result, the course meets instructional objectives in each of the following areas:

History: Students will gain a historical perspective of American Civilization, to include a basic knowledge of the historical method with its reliance on evidence, debate, skepticism, criticism, and the recognition of bias, and of ways historians derive theories about the nature of the past.

Principles: Students will contemplate and articulate a wide range of the values inherent in American Civilization, to include the ideals of republicanism, democracy, due process of law, equal protection, inalienable rights, and civil rights, and demonstrate an ability of distinguish among these ideals.

Form of Government: Students will understand the institutions and practices of government as they evolved during the colonial period and the Revolution, and their revisions since then, to include a comprehension of the workings of government in the Unites States at the national, state, and local levels.

Economic System: Students will comprehend the transformation of the United States from an agrarian-based to an industrial-based economy and the wide range of consequences for Americans of economic change, to include analyses of capitalism, communitarianism, and socialism as they have emerged in theory and practice.

Diversity: Students will grasp the rich cultural heritage of the American people and the ways race, creed, color, national origin, gender, and other distinctive qualities and characteristics among groups and individuals have shaped the American experience and have contributed to the vitality of the nation.

WSU Required Textbook & Materials:

Oates, ed., Portrait of America (8th Complete Ed.) listed by Author, "Short Title"

Sessions, ed., Primis History (documents reader) listed by short title in Italics

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