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 Department:    HIST&

 Course #:    214

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    540101

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Exploration, settlement, and development of the Pacific Northwest with emphasis on the state of Washington.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a "C" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Social Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Recognize the connections between this region and American nationalism.
2. Recognize the parallel existence of historical myth and realities.Find increased satisfaction from increased knowledge about the beginnings of different parts of their state and region.
3. Be more comfortable in their knowledge of regional geography.
4. Be more comfortable in their knowledge of regional geography.
5. Think of history as fun and rewarding.
6. SOCIAL SCIENCES: Apply concepts from the social sciences to analyze individual or social phenomena, processes, events, conflicts, or issues.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. The Northwest:
   • Its geology and its geography
   • The original people
   • The first European explorers and sailor-traders
   • The continental fur traders
   • The British
   • The Americans: Missionaries; Settlers; The beginnings of government; The Cayuses and the Whitmans
2. The Oregon Question
3. Oregon Territory and Washington Territory
4. Indian-White relations
5. Transition from the frontier
6. Statehood and politics
7. Social changes and labor-capital relations
8. The Columbia River