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PALOMAR COLLEGE
SYLLABUS / COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE TITLE :
The American Indian Frontier
Colonialism
Through the Present
COURSE NUMBER :
A.I.S. 101
I.
COURSE DESCRIPTION :
The
historical, economic, and cultural development of the American
Indian in
relation to European and American contact. Extensive use and analysis
of
historical sources from the colonial period through the present. A basic goal
which I pursue in all my classes, and one to which I am committed in this
course,
is the goal of exposing students to the many and varied experience of
the time
period being studied as well as the conflicting views as to what
happened, and
why it happened, and how it happened. I do not share the belief
that history and
politics can be easily encapsulated in some simplistic
ideological or patriotic|
synthesis. Even the ever popular narrative pattern of
politics leaves something to
be desired. Those of us of middle age have seen
many of the historical and political
generalizations we grew up with and
absorbed as truisms thoroughly ventilated and
fractured in the last several
decades. This is certainly true for the history of Indian /
non-Indian relations
in North America.
To me, then, a basic purpose or goal for A.I.S. 101 is to
expose students
to the variety of historical experience and to hope that this
might add to their
understanding (wisdom) of life. If you become more aware of
the need to maintain
cultural pluralism in American life today by this class
experience, I will be content.
II. COURSE CONTENT :
Module #1 - Origins and Pre-Contact North America
Module #2 - European Man and His Explorations
Module #3 - The
Colonial Period
Module #4 - The Early National Period
Module #5 - The Removal Period
Module #6 - The
Emerging Concentration Policy
Module #7 -
Reservation to Resistance
Module #8 -
The Reform Movement, Part I
III. EVALUATION :
Students
will work to attain mastery level of competency in all modules,
critiques,
papers, observations, simulations or other assigned work deemed necessary
by the
instructor to be included in the evaluation process. All written work will be
graded on the following scale :
90 - 100 = A Student has mastered the work exceptionally well.
80 - 89 = B Student has mastered the work well.
70 - 79 = C Student has mastered the work.
Below 70 = N/C No Credit.
Student has not achieved the minimum
criteria level
of competency yet. Must contact the instructor to obtain the
necessary redemption to
bring the level of competency up to the minimum. Usual
method employed is make-
up testing wherein a maximum score on the retake of the
same test is 70, with a score
of 60 - 69 = D and below 60 = F. N/C students may
be required to attend a Learning
Resource Center. Each N/C grade must be
removed before the next post-assessment
or it converts to 60 - 69 = D and below
69 =
F. There are normally four-five or more
post-assessments in any given semester.
DISTRIBUTION OF GRADES :
1. Post-assessments
.....................................................80 %
2. Case Study (See Separate
Instructions).....................20 %
IV. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION :
The instructor utilizes a modular approach and class time includes
lectures,
group discussions, multi-media presentations,
V. SPECIAL NEEDS - Please notify the
instructor in the first two
weeks of class if there are any special
requirements that you might need.
VI.
TEXT AND SUPPLIES :
The required texts for this course are :
1.
Edmunds, David et al. The People: A History of Native America.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007.
Not required but very helpful if you can find one:
1. Gibson, Arrell M. The
American Indian: Prehistory to the
Present. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1980.
2. Mintz, Steven :
Native American Voices,
(online version)
VII. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS :
(See college catalogue
for
further clarification.) Note the College Calendar in that any student still
listed on the course roster after the final drop date will receive a grade.
Date Revised : August 2008 |
