The General Education Program prepares students for informed citizenship, leading to responsible participation in local, national, and global, communities.

HST 103 American Civilizations

Foundations - Historical Analysis
Cultures - U.S. Diversity

Knowledge Student Learning Outcomes

1. Explain how causation, change, continuity, chronological thinking, based on comprehension of primary sources (textual, material, or both), shape historical analysis and interpretation.
2. Explain historical trajectories and consequences, worldviews, languages, and/or ways of life of diverse cultures within the United States.
3. Evaluate a range of primary sources (textual, material, or both) as evidence of historical analysis and interpretation.
4. Explain how social constructions of ethnicity/race and at least one of the following social attributes shape group and individual identities: gender, class, abilities, age, sexual orientation, religion, or common history.
5. Explain how individual and systemic racism affect those who are discriminated against and those who discriminate against others in the United States.
6. Recognize and evaluate historical analysis and interpretation in a variety of secondary sources.

Essential Skills Student Learning Outcomes

1. Ethical Reasoning: Apply ethical principles and codes of conduct to decision making.
• Recognizes ethical issues when presented in a complex, multilayered (gray) context and can recognize interrelationships among the issues.
• Applies ethical theories or concepts to a complex issue accurately and considers the full implications of the application.
• States a position in-depth and effectively defends against other ethical perspectives.
2. Information Literacy: Identify the need for information; access, evaluate, and use information effectively, ethically, and legally.
• Defines the scope of the research question or thesis with clarity and appropriate depth.
• Accesses information by using effective, well-designed search strategies and the most relevant research tools.
• Chooses a variety of quality sources appropriate to the scope and discipline of the research question, incorporating seminal works and essential theorists/thinkers by using multiple evaluative criteria.
• Organizes and synthesizes information from sources to fully achieve the intended purpose, with clarity and depth. Completely and accurately cites all information sources used.