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Dec 26, 2024
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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
- evaluate the relevance of the 20th centurys global conflicts to their own lives.
- Southeast Asia: The colonial empires
- Southeast Asia: Emerging nationalism
- Southeast Asia: WWII and Japanese hegemony
- Southeast Asia: Independence
- Vietnam: What’s where and who’s who
- Vietnam: The First (French) Indochina War
- Vietnam: The Second Indochina War begins
- Vietnam: An American War
- Vietnam: A year in the life of a war
- Vietnam: The war grinds on
- Vietnam: The end of the war
- Laos and Cambodia: The other war
- Vietnam: After the war
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the Vietnam War from the differing perspectives of the people involved.
- Analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
- Synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
- Demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
- Evaluate the relevance of Southeast Asian History and the Vietnam War to their own lives.
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