HIST2053 — Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War
HIST 2053 - Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War HIST 2053 - Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War 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 use historical thinking to make connections between the history of Southeast Asia and the present. apply the standards of historical evidence and credibility while using diverse sources. formulate a historical argument. explain how politics, culture, and economics have affected relations between different states and societies throughout the history of Southeast Asia. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6) 05. 01. Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition. 05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures. 05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories. Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10) 08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052