Course Description
The history of the state, with an emphasis on its racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and regional diversity, to be examined through historical documents, novels, short stories, folklore, memoirs, music, and film.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional research and/or writing projects are normally required for graduate students.
Athena Title
Multicultural Georgia
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in HIST 4110H
Prerequisite
Any HIST course or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1102S or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about the history of multicultural Georgia by gathering and weighing evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how the history of multicultural Georgia shaped diverse social and cultural attitudes toward race and slavery, colonization and Native American contact, religion, immigration, and civil rights, encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to generate their own research question or topic, locate suitable primary and secondary sources, and synthesize their ideas in novel ways.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to initiate, manage, complete, and evaluate their independent research projects in stages and to give and receive constructive feedback through the peer review process.
Topical Outline
- I. Spanish Exploration -- Native American Contact
- II. Oglethorpe's Vision of a Multicultural Colony (Salzburgers, Moravians, Jews, etc.)
- III. Cherokee and Creek Removal
- IV. Slavery and Emancipation
- V. Reconstruction and Jim Crow
- VI. Georgia Jews and Anti-Semitism
- VII. Race, Gender, and Miscegenation
- VIII. Appalachian Georgia
- IX. The Civil Rights Movement
- X. Women's Cultures, Black and White
- XI. Latino Georgia
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
Social Awareness & Responsibility
The capacity to understand the interdependence of people, communities, and self in a global society.
