HIST 300 History of Education in the United States

5 credits

This course explores the history of education in the United States from the Colonial Era to the present. Students consider how cultural, social, economic, and political developments shaped educational practices. Discussion covers a number of recurring questions: Who went to school? What change was schooling supposed to bring about in individual students? Why and how did ideas about the role of schools and teaching change? These questions will help students understand how Americans thought about education during different times and how new ideas and practices emerged.

This course meets the Humanities general education distribution requirement.

Prerequisites: Admission to a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) program

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify and describe important ideas, individuals, events, and movements relating to the history of education in the United States
Explain how the history of education relates to wider historical developments in America
Synthesize multiple viewpoints in order to develop comprehensive descriptions of the events and social issues being examined
Use basic skills of the historical method, including critical evaluation of both primary and secondary sources
Demonstrate skills in critical thinking, writing, conducting research, and constructing arguments
Deliver effective presentations

General Education Distribution Area Outcomes
Students who successfully complete courses in the Humanities distribution area will be able to:

Discuss and explain methods of creative expression, social interaction, and aesthetic considerations employed by individuals and societies
Employ methods of intellectual and creative inquiry central to the selected Humanities course of study, using the vocabulary, concepts, historical perspectives and materials common to the chosen area
Dependent on the Humanities area selected, interpret specific artifacts from art, film, history, language, literature, philosophy, religious thought, or narrative form and develop one’s own viewpoint or artifact using the techniques common to that area

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50