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Mar 14, 2025
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HIST 5090 - American Constitutional History, Part 1: Origins to Reconstruction
Traces the history of American constitutionalism from its English roots through the aftermath of the Civil War. While the purview is not restricted to the federal constitution, that document will form its chief focus. Ideas, institutions, and individuals responsible for the construction of America’s unique constitutional heritage are studied in detail.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Student’s work demonstrates critical use and proper citation of both primary and secondary sources.
- Enhance critical reading, writing, thinking, and verb.
- Understand and appreciate the role of law and constitutions in the history of the United States.
- Understand historical actors, their ideas, and their beliefs within the context of place and time.
- Understand historiographic approaches to American constitutional history.
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