HIST 389 - Social Justice and Reform Movements in America

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4; Social Justice
Examination of reform movements in US history, which may include: Abolitionism, Evangelicalism, Reconstruction, Labor, Civil Rights, feminism, environmentalism, LGBTQ rights, and the rise of the Religious Right; including discussion of what drives organization, identity development and tactics employed for change.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, Overlay - Social Justice
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division GE Area 4 requirements (Area D1-2 requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify major reform movements in US History and the language and tactics employed by various groups to work towards social justice and equity;
Analyze successes and shortcomings of sharing messages and the challenges to achievement of goals;
Apply the content of the reading and lectures to understand how the global historical context shapes the messages of and challenges to social justice movements in the US;
capture and analyze a historical moment in the history of social justice reform using images, primary sources using digital tools.

GE-UD-4. Upper-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.