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    Posted: 21-May-2008 at 01:46

Assuming that students have enough AP credit to cover a 2 year liberal arts degree (English lit, foreign language, calculus, American history, European history, biology, chemistry, physics) by the time they graduate from high school so they will take nothing in college except what is specifically required for their bachelor’s degree:

 

Introduction to Critical Thinking

An introduction to the process of constructing logically sound arguments.

 

Historiography

An examination of the various ways in which history has been recorded and interpreted from the ancient world to the present time.

 

Introduction to Statistics for Social Science

Students will learn how to gather, interpret and present statistical data in order to explain topics pertaining to history and the other social sciences.

 

Darwinism and Creationism I

A comparison of the theory of Evolution and Creation Science

 

Introduction to Archaeology

A survey of the tools and techniques archaeologists use to collect and evaluate human artifacts in order to explain past cultures.

 

Introduction to Paleontology

A study of the tools and techniques paleontologists use to collect and evaluate fossils.

 

Introduction to Sociology

Students will examine the fundamentals of how human societies are organized and how they operate.

 

Introduction to Astronomy

Students will examine the basic structure and function of the universe so they can understand the issue of cosmogony and also understand the celestial bodies that formed the pantheon and the timepieces for ancient societies.

 

Darwinism and Creationism II

A survey of the history of the Darwinism-Creationism conflict.

 

The Origin of the Universe

An examination of various explanations that have been used to explain the origin, structure and operation of the universe from the earliest civilizations to the present day.

 

Archaeological Science

An examination of how scientific procedures are used to analyze archaeological artifacts.

 

Introduction to Psychology

A study of human psychology designed to give students an understanding of human behavior and how it impacts various academic and career fields.

 

Chronology

A study of the calendars and time pieces used in the past as well as the various methods historians and scientists use to date fossils and artifacts.

 

Mythology I

A study of the myths and legends associated with the Ancient Western Civilization from the Fertile Crescent to the fall of Rome.

 

Introduction to Paleography

A study of writing systems and how various written scripts have been discovered and translated.

 

History of Life

An examination of the history of life on earth as determined by the earth’s geological and fossil records according to the interpretations of Darwinists/Old Earth Creationists and Young Earth Creationists.

 

Archaeology Survey I

A survey of the archaeological work that has been conducted in the Fertile Crescent, the Mediterranean Basin and Europe up to the time of Charlemagne.

 

Mythology II

A study of the myths and legends of Europe (Celts, Norsemen and various Barbarian Peoples).

 

Introduction to Human Geography

An examination of the inter-relationships between human societies and their physical environments and how these relationships have shaped history.

 

Archaeological Survey II

A survey of the archaeological work that has been conducted in Africa, Asia and the New World.

 

The Origin of Humans

A study of the various theories regarding the origin of human beings and their geographic distribution as well as the origin and classification of human languages.

 

History Writing Workshop

Students will examine a wide array of current literature pertaining to history from the popular and academic press and gain experience writing on historical topics.

 

Prehistory I

An examination of prehistoric human societies and the origins of civilization in the Fertile Crescent and Europe.

 

Mythology III

A study of the myths and legends associated with Asia and the New World.

 

Socio-Economic Foundations

Students will compare and contrast the economic and political systems that human societies have implemented throughout history.

 

Research I

Students will use primary source documents to conduct a research project and then present their findings as both a written and oral report.

 

Prehistory II

An examination of the origins of civilization in the Indus River Valley and Hwang Ho River Valley.

 

History of Technology

An examination of the historical development of the technologies (food production, textiles, energy, transportation and communication) that have played a central role in human civilization.

 

History Research II

Students will gather and analyze statistical data to conduct a research project and then present their findings as both a written and oral report.

 

Prehistory III

An examination of the origins of civilization in the New World.

 

Students would take 3 courses per academic term and each term would last 9 weeks.  Each course would have 40 lecture classes (55 minutes each) and 13 lab/discussion periods (180 minutes each).  Classes would meet year-round and a bachelor’s degree would be awarded after 2 years.

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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21-May-2008 at 05:15
OK..... is there a question or something to consider?
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Originally posted by Zaitsev

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  Quote Akolouthos Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-May-2008 at 06:27
I wish I'd known that when I was in high-school. Might have made me work a bit harder, eh? Wink
 
So you're telling me that if I had taken the max number of AP courses, I would have been able to get a B.A. in two years? Wow! Are there any variations between universities (liberal arts focused schools vs. regular schools, tech schools, etc.)?
 
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  Quote flaja Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22-May-2008 at 14:22
Originally posted by Akolouthos

I wish I'd known that when I was in high-school. Might have made me work a bit harder, eh? Wink
 
So you're telling me that if I had taken the max number of AP courses, I would have been able to get a B.A. in two years? Wow! Are there any variations between universities (liberal arts focused schools vs. regular schools, tech schools, etc.)?
 
-Akolouthos
 

It would depend on what your AP scores are and how the college you go to awards credit.  I took the AP exams for European history, biology and English literature and composition.  I scored 4/5 on the history and biology exams and was given credit for 4 freshman level college courses.  I only scored a 3 on the English exam and didn’t get any college credit.  However, my writing skills were good enough that I was exempted from taking the first freshman level English course in college.  I was allowed to take the first freshman level literature course without taking the prerequisite grammar course, but I didn’t get any credit towards graduation for having skills that made the grammar course unnecessary.

 

I took 5 years of German in high school, but since I never had a good teacher I was afraid to take the AP German exam.  My college was willing to exempt me from the first 2 German courses, but since the 3rd course was basically taught in German I wasn’t able to stay in it.  I took AP American history, but the teacher’s sister lost a premature baby and he spent a lot of time out of state.  We were about a month behind schedule by Christmas and the teacher gave us absolutely no practice writing essays so I was afraid to take the AP American history exam.

 

I was never told exactly what AP exams were available, but if the exams that are offered now had been offered when I was in school I could have taken at least one more (civics).  The teachers at my school were never good when it came to keeping students informed about what our options were.

 
Based on how my college awarded credit for AP scores someone could score 4/5 on 8 AP exams and get 2 years of college credit.
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  Quote Odin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21-Jun-2008 at 19:57
Here are my university's, the University of Minnesota Moorhead's, courses I consider essential for aspiring historians.

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History Sensu Stricto:

HIST 104 World History I
HIST 105 World History II
HIST 121 History of the United States to 1877
HIST 122 History of the United States since 1877
HIST 300 Introduction to Historical Methods
HIST 301 East Asian History I
HIST 302 East Asian History II
HIST 303 History of Africa
HIST 316 Ancient Greece and Rome
HIST 317 Medieval Europe
HIST 319 Early Modern Europe
HIST 323 Nineteenth Century European History
HIST 324 Twentieth Century Europe
HIST 333 History of Latin America I
HIST 334 History of Latin America II

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Anthropology/Archeology/Prehistory:

ANTH 110 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 115 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 216 The Paleolithic Age
ANTH 217 The Rise of Civilization
ANTH 300 Archaeology
ANTH 301 Archaeological Prospection
ANTH 307 Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 317 Societal Collapse
ANTH 348 Ideas of Culture
ANTH 350 Geoarchaeology
"Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now."

-Arnold J. Toynbee
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