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HIST 601

American Constitutional and Legal History

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

The origin and growth of the constitutional system. May be used to satisfy requirement in U.S. Constitution.

Units

Lecture3

Learning Outcomes

  • explain fundamentals of the U.S. Constitution related to the divisions of power within the Federal Government, i.e., executive, legislative, judicial.
  • explain fundamentals of the U.S. Constitution and meaning of federalism and the place of the state of Nevada within that structure.
  • interpret, analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
  • articulate the factual outline and thematic narratives of U.S. constitutional history and its interaction with national history of the United States.
  • explain the expanding meaning of citizenship overtime and the greater inclusiveness of the rights that citizenship confers, especially to groups historically excluded by race, ethnicity, and sex.