St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 5 Designation
History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
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Response Date: ______________________
Effective Date: ______________________
1.
Prepared by: Jason Eden
Phone: 8-4935
Proposal Number: _________________
Email: jeeden
2.
Requesting Unit: History
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: HIST 109 Race in America
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Goal 7 GE Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the U.S.
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
The roots of racism and the manifestations of white supremacy and racial discrimination in a particular
period of U.S. history. 3 Cr. F, S.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
All undergraduate students seeking general education credit in areas 5 and 7, as well as a diversity class.
Does not meet any requirement in the history major or minor, but may serve as recruitment to those programs.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
None
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
n/a
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
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for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 5: History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Develop understanding of human societies and behaviors, and of the concepts, theories, and methods of
history and the social sciences.
Through the examination of “Race in America” students will acquire a familiarity with major events,
movements, and figures as studied via the various racial and ethnic groups within the United States. The student
will also develop skills in critical reading of both primary and secondary sources, in research, in the
comprehension of textual and lecture material, in class discussion, and in the composition of essays.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 5, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Describe or use the methods and data by which historians, social scientists, or behavioral scientists investigate
human conditions.
2. Analyze human behavior, cultures, and social institutions and processes from the perspectives of history or the
social and behavioral sciences.
3. Develop explanations for and explore solutions to historical or contemporary social problems.
4. Reflect upon themselves in relation to family, communities, society, culture, and/or their histories.
5. Apply and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories about human societies and behaviors.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
1. Students will fulfill this objective by reading and analyzing primary and secondary sources related to
the racial history of the United States. These sources will relate to the topics (I-X) listed on the course outline.
By comparing and using various sources to learn about historical events, students will learn about and gain
practical experience with the methodologies of historians. Students will demonstrate their competencies with
these methodologies through in-class discussion and written work.
2. To accomplish objective 2, students will investigate the creation, imposition, and negotiation of race as a
cultural category in the United States (see I, III, V, VI, VII, VIII on course outline). Students will also learn about
how various racial and ethnic groups interacted with one another in the United States (see II, IV, VI, VII, IX, X
on course outline). Students will demonstrate their competencies with these issues through in-class discussion
and written work.
3. Students will investigate the origins of racial ideologies and racist policies in the United States (see I, III, IV, V,
VI, VII, VIII, IX). Through this process, they will gain an understanding of the historical and contemporary
social problems of racism and racial conflict. They will also consider how people have attempted to solve the
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problems of racism and racial conflict in the past (see I, VII on course outline). Students will demonstrate their
competencies with these issues through in-class discussion and written work.
4. Students will critically consider their own identities and histories in the context of racial history in the United
States (see II, III, IV, IX, X on course outline). Students will demonstrate their competencies with these issues
through in-class discussion and written work.
5. Students will investigate the various ways in which gender, religion, education, language, and other factors
shaped the creation and imposition of racial ideologies (see I, IV, VIII, IX, X on course outline). Students will
demonstrate their competencies with these issues through in-class discussion and written work.
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X.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
The Student Learning Outcomes are met throughout the curriculum described in the course outline below:
Historical Perspectives on the Construction and Perpetuation of “Race”
10%
Immigration and Migration
10%
The Politics of Exclusion
10%
Family, Community, and Identity
10%
Economics, Poverty, Labor, and Exclusion
10%
Violence
10%
Responses to Oppression
10%
Image, Media, and Stereotypes
10%
The Matrix of Race and Gender
10%
Culture and Enculturation (Religion, Education, Language, etc.)
10%
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