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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
HIST 8.1 | Title:
THE AMERICAS |
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Full Title:
The Americas |
Last Reviewed:1/28/2019 |
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:
Catalog Description:
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Development of the Western Hemisphere during colonial times with emphasis on Latin America: pre-Columbian setting, European backgrounds, exploration and discovery, colonial institutions and revolutionary era.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Pre-Columbian & colonial Latin America.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
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 1981
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Area: | D
| Social and Behavioral Sciences
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| D | Social Science | Fall 2008 | |
| D6 | History | | |
| D | Social Science | Fall 1981 | Fall 2008 |
| D5 | Geography | | |
| D6 | History | | |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 1981 | |
| 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:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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The students will:
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 Latin America's past.
4. Apply historical learning to in-class discussions of past
controversies and contemporary concerns.
5. Integrate geographic knowledge with historical study--the human
story 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 Latin Americcan
popular culture.
7. Examine the contributions of women, racial and ethnic
minorities, and other underrepresented groups to the formulation
of Latin 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 Latin
American countries are to some degree unique and explore the
causational rationale that underwrites this alleged uniqueness.
11. Value the awareness that informational and interpretive knowledge
of the Western Hemisphere nation's history can be programatically
employed in one's everyday life as an individual and as a citizen.
Topics and Scope
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I. New World Civilizations
A. Pre-Colonial America: A Survey of the Three Major
Indian Cultures
B. Aztec
C. Maya
D. Inca
II. The Colonial Foundations, 1492-1880s
A. The European Context
B. Spanish America: From Conquesto to Colony, 1492-1600
C. Spanish America: The Transformation of Colonial Society,
1600-1750
D. Portugese America: A Different World?
E. Colonial Economies
F. The Church
G. Social Stratification
III. The Roots of Independence: 18th Century Reform
A. The Colonial Response
B. Achieving Independence
i. Mexico - Hidalgo, Morelos, Irurbide
ii. Northern South America - Bolivar and Sucre
iii. Southern South America - O'Higgins, and San Martin
iv. The Brazilian Path to Independence
IV. The Pull of the International Economy, 1850-1880s
A. The Dependency Paradigm
B. The Development Paradigm
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. Read and write papers in response to assigned or approved books
and/or articles.
4. Participate in discussions as directed by the instructor.
5. Prepare for scheduled quizzes.
6. Prepare for extensive in-class mid-term and final 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 - 60% |
Reading reports, Essay exams, Term papers | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 10 - 20% |
Quizzes, Exams | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 10 - 10% |
Ind. or grp oral/writ pres. | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 10 - 30% |
Multiple choice | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 0% |
None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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E. Bradford Burns: Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History,
5th Edition.
Thomas Skidmore &
Peter H. Smith: Modern Latin America
Ralph L. Woodward, Jr.: Positivism in Latin America, 1850-1900
Jay Kinsbruner: The Spanish-American Independence Movement
Women in Latin American History: Their Lives
June E. Hahner: and Views
Annual Editions: Readings in Latin American
History
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