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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
HIST 20 | Title:
U.S. SINCE 1945 |
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| Full Title:
History of the US Since 1945 |
| Last Reviewed:11/25/2019 |
| 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 | 17.5 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:
HIST 17.3
Catalog Description:
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Study of American political, social, and economic history since 1945 within the context of the U.S. as both an affluent society and the dominant world power after World War II. Main themes will include the Cold War and anticommunist crusades, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, the New Left and 60's counterculture, the Great Society and decline of liberalism, feminism, Watergate, deindustrialization and economic crisis in the 70's, environmentalism, the second Cold War and nuclear arms race roles, the rise of neo-conservatism and the Reagan legacy. Lecture, video, small group discussion.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Study of American political, social, and economic history since 1945 within the context of the U.S. as both an affluent society & the dominant world power after WW II.
(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: | Spring 1994
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | D
G
| Social and Behavioral Sciences
American Cultures/Ethnic Studies
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | D | Social Science | Fall 2012 | |
| | D3 | Ethnic Studies | | |
| | D4 | Gender Studies | | |
| | D6 | History | | |
| | D | Social Science | Fall 1992 | Summer 2012 |
| | D1 | Anthropology and Archeology | | |
| | D2 | Economics | | |
| | D3 | Ethnic Studies | | |
| | D4 | Gender Studies | | |
| | D6 | History | | |
| | D | Social Science | Fall 1981 | Summer 1992 |
| | D1 | Anthropology and Archeology | | |
| | D2 | Economics | | |
| | D3 | Ethnic Studies | | |
| | D4 | Gender Studies | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 2013 | |
| | 4C | Ethnic Studies | | |
| | 4D | Gender Studies | | |
| | 4F | History | | |
| | 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 1981 | Fall 2013 |
| | 4F | History | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| 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:
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Relate lecture materials, audio-visual presentations and textual
readings into a coherent base for study of history.
2. Recognize that history is not dogma; that it is a process of
interaction between factual sources and those who interpret them.
3. Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills in a series of
objective tests, written examinations and critical papers that
probe the American past.
4. Apply historical learning to in-class discussions of past
controversies and contemporary concerns.
5. Integrate geographical knowledge with historical study - the human
study moves through both space and time.
6. Identify and employ atypical and non-traditional source materials
such as fiction, music, cinema and sport to study American
popular culture.
7. Examine the contributions of women, racial and ethnic minorities
and other under-represented groups to the formulation of American
ideals and institutions.
8. Question their own values and popular myths as well as conventional
historical analysis.
9. Synthesize the ideas of past and current historians and (from this
synthesis) develop their own means of addressing fundamental
historical questions of causation and consequence.
10. Debate the claim that the heritage and institutions of the United
States are to some degree unique and explore the causational
rationale that underwrites this alleged uniqueness.
11. Recognize that informational and interpretive knowledge of our
nation's history can be programatically employed in everyday
life as an individual and as a citizen.
Topics and Scope
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1. Legacies of World War II
2. Containment and Origins of the Cold War
3. The Cold War at Home and the Specter of Internal Subversion
4. Suburbanization, Consumption, and the Family in the 50s
5. The first "Youth Revolt": The Beatles, Rock and Roll and
Juvenile Delinquency
6. The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement: from Montgomery to the
Sit-In Movement
7. From Greensboro to Black Power
8. Kennedy and Cold War Liberalism
9. Lyndon Johnson and the "Great Society"
10. U.S. and Vietnam: From WWII to Defeat of the French
11. The Americanization of the War: From Diem to Vietnamization
12. The Anti-War Movement and Rise of the New Left
13. The Counter-Culture, Sexual Revolution, and Hippies
14. Origins of the Women's Movement
15. Changing Gender and Family Relations in the 60s and 70s
16. Years of Polarization and Backlash Against the 60s Revolts
17. Watergate and the Crisis of Legitimacy
18. Economics and Ideology in the 70s
19. Nuclear Delusions and Superpower Rivalry: From Carter to the
Reagan Presidency
20. Reagan and the Rise of Neo-Conservatism
21. Iran-Contra and the National Security State
Assignments:
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1. Regular attendance and extensive notetaking in class is expected
and assumed.
2. Read and study appropriate chapters in text and anthologies.
3. Write one 7-10 page term paper based upon one of the books
selected from the supplementary reading list.
4. Prepare at least three oral synopsis of weekly readings.
5. Prepare for scheduled quizzes.
6. Prepare for extensive in-class mid-term and final essay examinations.
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
10 - 40% |
| 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
10 - 15% |
| Oral Synopsis of Weekly Readings | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 70% |
| Quizzes and Essay Exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 15% |
| CLASS PARTICIPATION | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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UNFINISHED JOURNEY: AMERICA SINCE WORLD WAR II, William Chafe, 4th ed.,
Oxford, 1998
A HISTORY OF OUR TIME, William Chafe and Harvard Sitkoff, 4th ed.,
Oxford, 1995.
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