HIST 101H - U.S. History to 1877 – Honors

Credits: 3

Description
An Honors-level survey of United States political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural development from colonial times to 1877. This course emphasizes interactive and independent learning through readings, discussion, and writing. Satisfies the United States Constitution requirement. HIST 101H and HIST 102H need not be taken in sequence; either class may be taken alone.

Student Learning Outcomes

Explain key historical concepts in American history to 1877 through descriptive, summative, and analytical forms of writing.
Integrate primary and secondary source materials into research and other coursework related to US history, culture, and social life to 1877 through historical methods.
Draw connections across time and between historical concepts to produce sound historical conclusions in U.S. history from the pre-colonial era to 1877.
Apply constitutional principles that underlay the U.S. Constitution while engaged in historical analysis of key events in U.S. history from the early national era to the present.
Engage in research that meets established professional standards at the upper-division level of college history courses to produce a culminating paper on a topic relevant to U.S. history in the colonial to 1877 period.

Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors program