Hist 151/152

Hist 151 US History: Young America  (BCCC):

This course explores U.S. history from European colonization until the end of the Civil War. Students critically examine the social, cultural, economic, and political dynamics of America's agrarian age. Students will be able to: demonstrate an understanding of U.S. history, and the relationships and conflicts between the diverse peoples of North America, from the colonial era to the end of the Civil War [Diversity]; critically analyze and evaluate competing points of view and voices in early American history [Critical Thinking]; demonstrate an understanding of the social and political systems, economies, and cultures of the various African, European, and Native American societies, from the colonial era to the end of the Civil War [Arts/Humanities]; identify the major reasons for the start and later victory of the American Revolution; describe the rise of the United States as a nation domestically and internationally during the Antebellum Period; demonstrate an understanding of the reasons for and process of American expansion during the Antebellum Period and its impact on American society, culture, and politics; and identify the causes and course of the American Civil War.

*Note: You must get a B or better to get the college credit

 Hist 152 US History: Modern America  (BCCC)

Students explore America's transformation into an industrial and global power since the Reconstruction era. Topics critically examined include: immigration, modernization, struggles for race, class, gender, and sexual equality, nationalism, world war, and broad social, economic, and cultural change. Students will be able to:  demonstrate an understanding of the history of the United States, and the relationships and conflicts between diverse Americans, from the Reconstruction era to the beginning of the twenty-first century; critically analyze and evaluate competing points of view and voices in modern American history [Critical Thinking]; identify events, politics, social systems, economic arrangements, and ideologies that set the framework for modern race relations in the U.S. [Diversity]; examine the Reconstruction Era's broad effects in setting the framework American politics, economics, and social systems in the 20th century; identify the major intellectual, technological, and cultural developments of the Progressive Era and World War I [Arts/Humanities]; demonstrate an understanding of intellectual and cultural history of the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression [Arts/Humanities]; and demonstrate an understanding of the WW II Homefront and warfront; and demonstrate an understanding of the cold war and post-cold war periods.

*Note: You must get a B or better to get the college credit.

Hist 151 Syllabus

Hist 152 Syllabus