4/29/2024 9:50:04 AM	HIST 8.1 Course Outline as of Fall 1981	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HIST 8.1	Title:  THE AMERICAS
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
		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:

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:

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	Inactive:
Area:	D	Social and Behavioral Sciences
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	D	Social Science		Fall 2008
	D6	History
	D	Social Science		Fall 1981	Fall 2008
	D5	Geography
	D6	History
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1981
	4F	History
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
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:

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

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:

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:

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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