HIST178 The American Indian
Department of Social & Behavioral Science: History
- I. Course Number and Title
- HIST178 The American Indian
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- None
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- A study of the North American Indian, including daily life, social relationships, myths, legends, and their fate at the hands of European settlers in the New World.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
- To gain a working knowledge of the Native American, especially, during the period prior to the twentieth century;
- To learn to employ insights gained from an understanding of the experience of the American Indian in an effort to understand the reality for racial and ethnic minorities throughout the world; and
- To draw connections between significant conflicts and issues of the Indian experience and analogous conflicts and issues today.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Indian medicine
- Death and burial ceremonies and practices
- The Indian woman
- The Indian as environmentalist
- Warfare practices (Eastern, Western, Great Plains)
- Spiritual life
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - Experimental; New Core 8/2015