HIST 168 Vietnam War as History (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Social Sciences; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
An in-depth look at the issues leading up to and sustaining American involvement in Vietnam. This examination involves historical, economic, political, religious and social issues from a number of different cultural perspectives.
Course Content
A. Historical orientation of America, Western Europe and Vietnam.
B. Political considerations between how the United States viewed the situation in Vietnam and how the Chinese, Russians and Vietnamese viewed the same situation.
C. Religious differences of Protestant America and Buddhist-Confucian Vietnam.
D. Cultural similarities between America and France; cultural differences between America and Vietnam.
E. Different economic realities between America (capitalism) and Vietnam (feudalism).
F. Cold War impact on European, Asian and American thinking
G. Personalities of American presidents (Johnson and Nixon in particular) and Vietnamese leaders (Diem and Ho Chi Minh)
H. The accelerated advance in technology (computers, night operations, etc.) due to the war
I. Problems facing SE Asia after the conflict ended
Student Outcomes
1. Analyze differences and similarities of American and Vietnamese history in order to understand each side’s point of view.
2. Analyze the differences between politics of capitalism/democracy and communism.
3. Analyze the difference between the religious systems of American and Vietnamese cultures.
4. Analyze the impact that the war in Vietnam had on the neighboring country of Cambodia.
5. Analyze the impact the War in Vietnam on the Cold War.
6. Discuss the politics of American, Chinese and North Vietnamese decisions during the conflict in order to understand the war’s end.
7. Analyze the use of the press during the conflict in order to understand America’s perception of the war in Vietnam.
Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.
Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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