HIST 2060 African-American History

• Analyze historical facts and interpretations.
• Analyze and compare political, geographic, economic, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual institutions, structures, and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
• Recognize and articulate the diversity of human experience across a range of historical periods and the complexities of a global culture and society.
• Draw on a historical perspective to evaluate contemporary problems/issues.
• Analyze the contributions of past cultures/societies to the contemporary world.

• Students will demonstrate understanding of the West African origins of African Americans and identify the retention of West African culture that connects people of the African Diaspora. 
• Students will be able to define key terms, historical facts, events, and people that have contributed to the experiences of African Americans.  
• Students will demonstrate critical thinking about how African Americans have, through their own active agency, shaped their history in response to and independent of racial oppression.  
• Students will demonstrate appreciation for both commonality and diversity among African Americans.  
• Students will be able to assess the significance of African American history within the context of U.S. History.