Overview
Description
Historical issues shaping national myth, vision and destiny growing out of the experience, opportunities and conflicts of American expansion to the Pacific.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Core
CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain the ethical principles, belief systems, and social contexts that have shaped the modern American culture (also known as the “American identity”) as it was expressed in Western Films 1905 to today and identify how different groups were represented and came to be included or excluded from this “American Identity.”
- analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
- find and use historical scholarship and sources to answer a research question.
- present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing.
- use relevant scholarship and historical evidence to articulate a theory of how and why American identity was shaped and reinforced by the social forces and cultural values exposed in American western films.