HUM 201 - American People: CD

5.0 Credits
Explores literary and popular expressions of American culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Prerequisite Placement in ENGL& 101.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate comprehension of course readings.
Identify American cultural values, assumptions and characteristics as expressed in course readings.
Explain how cultural expressions in course readings reflect their historical contexts.
Apply course concepts to course readings in analytical essays and a major class project.
Collaborate with others in producing and presenting the class project.
Explain how texts read for the course and for the project reflect the experiences and perceptions of diverse groups within American culture at a particular time and place.
Use visual images to demonstrate diverse perspectives in American culture.

Course Typically Offered
Fall