CAP 033 - Pacific Northwest History

Credits: 1-2.5
This course focuses on geography, Native tribes and their cultures, explorers, pioneer settlement, government, economy, and ecology of the Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from earliest times to the present. Credit can be earned for only one of these courses: CAP 033 or HSC 039.
Course Outcomes:

Analyze how individuals and movements have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest.
Evaluate factors that contributed to the development of the Pacific Northwest and describe their impact on the present.
Investigate the cause-and-effect relationships of past human events.
Identify regional trends and examine issues facing the people of the Pacific Northwest today.
Respond to current events in the Pacific Northwest.
Use technology skills to find and use information for academic purposes, including word processing and learning management systems.

Course Topics:

Physical landscape
Natural environment
Geographic regions
Native Americans
Explorers by sea and land
Fur traders
Christian missionaries
Oregon pioneers
Oregon country
Treaties and Indian wars
From territory to statehood
Economic growth
20th Century: 1900-1945
Post-World War II (1946-present)
Contemporary Northwest
Environmental issues

LEC Credits: 2.5
LEC hours per week: 2.500
Formerly: ABE 033.
Course Attribute(s): None
OEE Permitted: Yes
Grading Basis: BEdA
Instructor/Department Consent Required: No Consent
CIP Code: 32.0203
Default Section Size/Cap: 25
Quarter(s) offered:

Fall
Winter
Spring