HIST178 The American Indian

Department of Social & Behavioral Science: History

1. Course Number and Title

   HIST178 The American Indian

2. Number of Credits

   3 credits

3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

   2250 minutes

4. Prerequisites

   None

   Corequisites

   None

5. Other Pertinent Information

   None

6. 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.

7. Required Course Content and Direction

   1. Learning Goals:

      1. To gain a working knowledge of the Native American especially during the period prior to the twentieth century.
      2. 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.
      3. To draw connections between significant conflicts and issues of the Indian experience and analogous conflicts and issues today.

   2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. Indian medicine
      2. Death and burial ceremonies and practices
      3. the Indian woman
      4. the Indian as environmentalist
      5. Warfare practices (Eastern, Western, Great Plains)
      6. Spiritual life

   3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

   4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      See course format

8. Teaching Methods Employed

   Classroom, lecture, discussion, written responses, and videos

Review/Approval Date - Experimental