12/21/2024 5:10:24 PM	HUMAN 10.4 Course Outline as of Fall 2006	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HUMAN 10.4	Title:  RELIGION IN AMERICA
Full Title:  Religion in America
Last Reviewed:10/8/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
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Catalog Description:

This course will look at the interaction between diverse ethnic and cultural groups in the shaping of American religious discourse and institutions and the encounter between secular and religious forces. It will survey the many multi-cultural personalities, ideas and movements of the past 400 years.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course will look at the interaction between diverse ethnic and cultural groups in the shaping of American religious discourse and institutions and the encounter between secular and religious forces.  It will survey the many multi-cultural personalities, ideas and movements of the past 400 years.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1996	Inactive:
Area:	E G	Humanities American Cultures/Ethnic Studies
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1997
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1997
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1996	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1996	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

 1.  Describe and analyze the spectrum of American religious culture

     in its historic development.

 2.  Examine and evaluate the diverse cultural and ethnic roots of

     religious expression in America.

 3.  Track and analyze the impact of colonization on both European and

     indigenous peoples' religious expressions.

 4.  Describe and distinguish the impact of the institution

     of slavery on both the Europeans and Africans in

     America and on their religious expressions and

     political and cultural development.

 5.  Describe and appraise the impact of industrialization and

     immigration in non-Anglo Europeans and their religious

     expressions.

 6.  Distinguish  and compare the leading and often contentious

     intellectual and scientific claims behind emerging spiritual

     expression.

 7.  Explain and appraise the interaction between religious communities

     and secular political culture in America.

 8.  Identify and evaluate the major personalities and events which

     shaped American religious discourse.

 9.  Examine and appraise the effect of religious enthusiasm in the

     shaping of such American political discourse and institutions as

     abortion, Suffrage, Prohibition, Civil Rights, etc.

 10. Distinguish and describe the diversity of religious expression in

     America, probing the variety and rivalry of religious

     denominations and the restless debates within denominations

     which led to schism and proliferation in American

     culture.

 11. Discern and evaluate the emergence of new religions and new

     religious expression in American society.

Topics and Scope

1.  Native American Religious Expression

   A.  Rituals

   B.  Myths

   C.  Religious Concepts

2.  Puritanism and First Colonists

3.  The Impact of Colonization on the Religious Expressions of Europeans

   and Indigenous Peoples

4.  Protestant Denominations such as:

   A.  Methodist

   B.  Baptist

   C.  Presbyterian

   D.  Congregationalist

   E.  Episcopalian

5.  Quakers and Mennonites

6.  Deism and the First Amendment

   A.  Jefferson

   B.  Paine

   C.  Franklin

7.  Slavery and African American Religions such as:

   A.  African-Christian Syncretism

   B.  African American Christianity

   C.  Nation of Islam

8.  Judaism in the United States

   A.  The impact of immigration

   B.  The Reform movement

   C.  Orthodox and Conservative

   D.  Reconstructionism and Zionism

9.  Catholicism in the United States

   A.  Americanism

   B.  Nativism & "Know Nothings"

   C.  The Catholic Worker

10. Apocalypticism and New American Religions

   A.  The Mormons

   B.  Christian Science

   C.  The Millerite Craze

   D.  Jehovah's Witnesses

   E.  Seventh-Day Adventists

   F.  Mesmerism

   G.  Scientology

11. Pentecostal & Holiness Movements

12. Humanism & Free Thought

13. World Religions in the United States

   A.  Buddhism

   B.  Islam

   C.  Hinduism

   D.  Other

Assignments:

1.  Reading assignments of 25-50 pages per week

2.  Multiple choice and/or essay quizzes and exams

3.  Field trips to religious services and or museums

4.  Personal personal interviews with religious leaders

5.  Oral and/or written reports about field trips

6.  An argumentative term paper of 5-10 pages or and expository term

   paper of 5-10 pages

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 50 - 75%
Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 5 - 10%
Oral presentation
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 15 - 30%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Essay exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 15%
Interview, Museum, or Field Trip Reports

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Joel A. Carpenter, Revive Us Again: The Reawakening Of American

   Fundamentalism, Oxford, 1997.

John Corrigan & Winthrop S. Hudson, Religion In America, 7th Ed.,

  Prentice Hall, 2004.

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