HIST 2053 - Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This is a course about the wars that ravaged mainland Southeast Asia during the second half of the twentieth-century, with a particular focus on the specific experiences of different ethnic groups within these conflicts.  Topics include colonialism and resistance, independence movements, ethnic conflict, anti-colonial wars, Hmong and other refugee migrations, and contemporary Southeast Asia.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

 

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Early Southeast Asia
2. French Colonialism and Emerging Nationalism
3. World War II and Japanese Colonialism
4. Revolution and Independence in Vietnam
5. The First and Second Indochina Wars
6. The Escalation of the Second Indochina War
7. The Secret War and the Hmong
8. Refugees in Southeast Asia
9. Civil Wars in Cambodia and Laos
10. Post-1975 Vietnam
11. Ethnic Conflict in Burma/Myanmar and the Karen
12. Legacies of the Wars in Southeast Asia

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. interpret the history of Southeast Asia by making connections between significant events, people, movements, and ideas in the past.  
2. use historical thinking to make connections between the history of Southeast Asia and the present.
3. apply the standards of historical evidence and credibility while using diverse sources.
4. formulate a historical argument.
5. explain how politics, culture, and economics have affected relations between different states and societies throughout the history of Southeast Asia.

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