Mar 29, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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T3 4730 - Childhood in America and its Historical and Sociocultural Impact on the Society in Which We Live


Students synthesize not only many different disciplines and media, but also past and present to synthesize an understanding of historical views of children, our views of children at the beginning of the 21st century and trends for the American idea of children in the next few decades and what will precipitate those changes.

Requisites: Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will synthesize data from historical resources, documents, popular films, literature, and other resources to examine the ways children and childhood have been viewed historically in American society.
  • Students will synthesize data from past and present to make a prediction of how childhood will change and look in the 21st century.
  • Students will use all resources available (library, internet, films, newspapers, magazines, and personal experiences) to synthesize an understanding of the way that children are viewed in American Society.



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