Nov 12, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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OPIE D704 - Native Americans of the U.S.


This course will help students further develop all English language skills while learning about Native American history, culture, and current social and political issues. Students will gather information from a variety of sources including newspaper and magazine articles, the Internet, videotapes, guest speakers, and field trips; they will use this information in discussions, presentations, and papers.

Requisites: Course is developmental PERMISSION REQUIRED Paper TOEFL: 451 minimum IBT: 46 minimum Composition: 36 minimum
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 24.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: ,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will develop vocabulary that will enable them to comprehend and communicate about Native American history, culture, social, economic, and political issues.
  • Students will engage in reading, listening, and discussion activities in order to learn about Native American history, culture, social, economic, and political issues
  • Students will engage in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and grammar tasks that will enable them to gather and evaluate information and to report/analyze what they have learned.
  • Students will identify, select, and appropriately narrow a research topic, will identify and select appropriate information resources - electronic, print, and other media, and will evaluate all information resources in terms of sets of criteria.
  • Students will successfully complete a major project, either oral or written, on a topic related to Native American history, culture, social, economic, or political issues.



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