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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

History 40


COURSE DESCRIPTION
40 Oral History Units: 3.00
 
Prerequisite: None.
 
Oral history is the process through which tape recorded interviews are used to document and preserve significant personal events in history. Students will learn to research documents, interview, transcribe, and edit individual human experiences. Students will be required to complete a minimum of 18 hours conducting interviews. 54 hours lecture.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE
Practical experience in oral history; interviewing, transcribing, and editing techniques.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

To provide students with the techniques of oral history interviewing, transcribing, and editing; and to provide opportunities for practical experience.

To identify and evaluate an understanding of how historical events affect individual human experience.

To analyze how historical events shape the development of contemporary thought.

To provide skills and abilities to conduct successful interviews, transcribe, and edit interviews in order to complete a primary resource manuscript presentable for cataloging in the Riverside Community College library.

Students will be expected to become conversant with available literature on the topic area of selection.
 
COURSE CONTENT
  TOPICS
 
  1. Introduction or oral history
  2. Lecture on 2 or 3 topics per semester (i.e. World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, etc.)
  3. Preparation for fieldwork
    1. The interview process:
      1. Transcribing experiences
      2. Editing instructions and in-class practice
      3. Indexing of transcripts
      4. Instructions for review and edit of final document
    2. Developing the interview technique
    3. Approval of student projects
  4. Presentation of class projects
    1. Critique and discussions
    2. Class evaluation and synopsis
  5. Examinations  
 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Class discussions and lectures
  • Use of informants, film strips, primary resource materials, films, and video
  • Presentations of project
  • Critiques of student projects
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
 Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

  • Grades are based on demonstrated proficiency in subject matter
  • Examination
  • Class participation
  • Completion of written project based on interviews, transcription, and  editing of subject matter
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments
 
COURSE MATERIALS
 All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

  • College level text and/or packet of materials.
    Reference list.
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