Course Content and Outcome Guide for ATH 235
- Date:
- 16-JUL-2008
- Posted by:
- Mary Courtis
- Course Number:
- ATH 235
- Course Title:
- Prehistoric Mexico/Cen America
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab hours:
- 0
- Lab hours:
- 0
- Special Fee:
Course Description
Study of the development, form and history of pre-Columbian Indian civilizations, surveying the achievements of the Maya, the Aztec and their neighbors.Addendum to Course Description
This class will be a survey of Meso-American Archaeology from the first paleo-Indian inhabitation of the Americas to European invasion and conquest. Students should minimally read and write at a collegiate level.Intended Outcomes for the course
Course Activities and Design
- Examine the history and cultural development of Mesoamerican societies from the prehistoric period throough the time of European contact.
- Identify the primary cutlural features of Mesoamerican societies like the Maya and the Aztec.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assessment strategies may include:
* exams (take home and in class)
* term papers
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes:- Central American Geography
- Mesoamerica as a concept
- Cultural Origins
- Cultural Expansion
- Cultural Collapse
- Cultural Evolution
- Mesoamerica as a Culture Area
- Mesoamerican Pattern
- "CBS" Crops
- Slash and Burn/Chinampa Agriculture
- Paleo-Indian, Incipient, Pre-Classic, Classic, Post-Classic
- Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacano, Toltec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Mixica
- Study archaeology at a college level
- Learn the archaeology, prehistory and history of Mesoamerican Civilization