HIS 236 North Carolina History

Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course is a study of geographical, political, economic, and social conditions existing in North Carolina from America’s discovery to the present. Topics include native and immigrant backgrounds; colonial, antebellum, and Reconstruction periods; party politics; race relations; and the transition from an agrarian to an industrial economy. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in North Carolina.

This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement.

Pre-requisite(s): DRE 097 or ENG 002
Course is typically offered in Spring.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Analyze selected major developments, trends and issues of the indigenous North Carolinians.
Assess selected major developments, trends, and issues related to the decisions regarding revolution and independence.
Contrast selected major developments, trends, and issues related to slavery, the march towards civil war, and the Confederacy, and post Civil War Reconstruction.
Analyze major developments, trends, and issues from World War I to WWII.
Examine the major post WWII developments leading to the ‘sit in’ movements and the civil rights movement.
Integrate multiple source materials in the analysis of North Carolina history.