HIST160 History of American Labor
Department of Social & Behavioral Science: Social and Behavioral Science Department Archive
- I. Course Number and Title
- HIST160 History of American Labor Course No Longer Offered
- 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 development of American Labor, the forces shaping that development, and the role of labor in American society.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
- To trace the historical, cultural, economic and sociological development of American labor and the Union movement from colonial times to the contemporary era;
- To gain an appreciation of the unique role which the Union movement has played in shaping American society;
- To analyze failures of the Union movement in American society; and
- To demonstrate the relevancy of the study of labor history in order to understand properly this.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- The Colonial Era-The Beginnings
- The Nineteenth Century-The shaping of urban, middle class society
- Early modern unionization-the other side of conventional history
- Modern unionization in the Twentieth century
- Issues of contemporary unionization
- Crises and problems of the contemporary high-tech age
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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 -3/99; New Core 8/2015; Deactivated 9/2018