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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
RELS 32 | Title:
RELIGION IN AMERICA |
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| 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 |
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| | 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:
Formerly:
HUMAN 10.4
Catalog Description:
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This course will explore and analyze the history of and interaction among 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:
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This course will explore and analyze the history of and interaction among 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
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 1997 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 1997 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1996 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1996 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 07 | Course Created/Approved: | 10/30/1996 |
| Version Created: | 9/28/2021 | Course Last Modified: | 12/30/2023 |
| Submitter: | Emmanuel Raymundo | Course Last Full Review: | 10/8/2018 |
| Version Status: | Approved Changed Course | Prereq Created/Approved: | 10/8/2018 |
| Version Status Date: | 10/11/2021 | Semester Last Taught: | Fall 2023 |
| Version Term Effective: | Summer 2022 | Term Inactive: | |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Identify and analyze the spectrum of American religious culture
in its historical development.
2. Compare and contrast the diverse cultural and ethnic roots
of religious expression in America.
3. Describe and give examples of the historical, social, and psychological processes
that involved in the creation of new religions.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Track and analyze the impact of colonization on both European and
indigenous peoples' religious expressions.
2. 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.
3. Describe and appraise the impact of industrialization and
immigration in non-Anglo Europeans and their religious
expressions.
4. Distinguish and compare the leading and intellectual
and scientific claims behind emerging spiritual expression.
5. Explain and appraise the interaction between religious communities
and secular political culture in America.
6. Identify and evaluate the major personalities and events which
shaped American religious discourse.
7. Examine and appraise the effect of religious enthusiasm in the
shaping of such American political discourse and institutions as
abortion, Suffrage, Prohibition, Civil Rights, evolution, Scientific
Creationism, Intelligent Design, Same-Sex Marriage etc.
8. Probe the variety and rivalry of religious denominations and the
restless debates within denominations which led to schism and
proliferation in American culture.
9. Investigate and evaluate the emergence of new religions and new
religious expression in American society.
10. List examples of religious institutions and styles of expression from
each major historical source of origin and
their cognate traditions.
Topics and Scope
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I. Native American Religious Expression
A. Rituals
B. Myths
C. Religious Concepts
D. Ecological Sustainability
II. Puritanism and Early Colonists
III. The Impact of Colonization on the Religious Expressions of Europeans
and Indigenous Peoples
IV. Protestant Denominations such as:
A. Methodist
B. Baptist
C. Presbyterian
D. Congregationalist
E. Episcopalian
V. Quakers and Mennonites
VI. Deism and the First Amendment
A. Jefferson
B. Paine
C. Franklin
VII. Slavery and African American Religions such as:
A. African-Christian Syncretism
B. African American Christianity
C. Nation of Islam
VIII. Judaism in the United States
A. The impact of immigration
B. The Reform movement
C. Orthodox and Conservative
D. Reconstructionism and Zionism
IX. Catholicism in the United States
A. Americanism
B. Nativism & "Know Nothings"
C. The Catholic Worker
X. 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
XI. Pentecostal, Holiness Movements, Evangelism and Revivalism
XII. Politics, Religion, and Social Change
XIII. Humanism & Free Thought
XIV. World Religions in the United States
A. Buddhism
B. Islam
C. Hinduism
D. Others
XV. American Civil Religion
Assignments:
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1. Weekly reading assignments of between 25-50 pages
2. Multiple choice and/or essay exams (2 - 5)
3. An argumentative or expository term paper of minimum of 1000 words
4. Quizzes of objective or short written answer format (4 - 10)
5. Optional field trips, interviews, debates and oral presentations
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
30 - 50% |
| Reading reports and essays | |
| 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
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 70% |
| Multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion, essay exams, text analysis | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 10% |
| Classroom participation, optional: oral presentations, reports on interviews, museum visits, or field trips | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Religion In America. 9th ed. Corrigan, John and Hudson, Winthrop. Routledge. 2018
America's Four Gods: What We Say About God and What That Says About Us. Froese, Paul and Bader, Christopher. Oxford University Press. 2015
Religion in American Life: A Short History. 2nd ed. Butler, Jon and Wacker, Grant and Balmer, Randall. Oxford University Press. 2011 (classic)
Revive Us Again: The Reawakening Of American Fundamentalism. Carpenter, Joel. Oxford University Press.1999 (classic)
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | E | Requires English Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | NP | No Prerequisite |
| Advisories-generate description: | A | Auto-Generated Text |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | N | No Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| Area department: | HUMAN | Humanities and Religion |
| Division: | 71 | Language Arts & Academic Foundations |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Major Applicable Course |
| Repeatability: | 00 | Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP |
| Repeat group id: | | |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 4905 | Humanities & Fine Arts |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | Humanities
OR
Religious Studies |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Either online or hybrid, as determined by instructor |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Fully Online
Partially Online
Online with flexible in-person activities
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| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | Y | Not Applicable, Credit Course |
| Classification: | Y | Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses |
| SAM classification: | E | Non-Occupational |
| TOP code: | 1510.00 | Religious Studies |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an in-Service Course |
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