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HIST 2053 - Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This second-year course is an in-depth study of Southeast Asia history with an emphasis on the period of the Vietnam War between 1945 and 1975. Emphasizing the different perspectives of the peoples involved in the war, students will examine the colonial period, independence movements, the conflict between the Southeast Asians and Americans, and Southeast Asia today.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000 , or completion of RDNG 0900  oro RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher; and assessment score placement in ENGL 1021 , or completion of ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. evaluate the relevance of the 20th centurys global conflicts to their own lives.
  2. Southeast Asia: The colonial empires
  3. Southeast Asia: Emerging nationalism
  4. Southeast Asia: WWII and Japanese hegemony
  5. Southeast Asia: Independence
  6. Vietnam: What’s where and who’s who
  7. Vietnam: The First (French) Indochina War
  8. Vietnam: The Second Indochina War begins
  9. Vietnam: An American War
  10. Vietnam: A year in the life of a war
  11. Vietnam: The war grinds on
  12. Vietnam: The end of the war
  13. Laos and Cambodia: The other war
  14. Vietnam: After the war

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

  1. Explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the Vietnam War from the differing perspectives of the people involved.
  2. Analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
  3. Synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
  4. Demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
  5. Evaluate the relevance of Southeast Asian History and the Vietnam War to their own lives.


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