Might be the only class at a large higher ed institution anywhere that teaches

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Apr 6, 2025
10:24:09am

Iman23 Truly Addicted User

Might be the only class at a large higher ed institution anywhere that teaches

American Exceptionalism…in a positive way.

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Iman23

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I never had to take American Heritage. What was the class about?

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 10:11am

A history and government class. Mostly government.

grapevine

Apr 6, 10:12am

I took it Fall ‘86. At that time it was a lot of economics mixed with political

OU Cougar

Apr 6, 10:12am

That doesn’t sound bad at all. I wonder about the curriculum, but sounds like

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 10:16am

I liked it. It's just disliked because it's typically the welcome to college difficulty class when everyone

CSoul

Apr 6, 10:21am

I took American Heritage and Politial Science 110 at the same time.

HuskerFan2

Apr 6, 10:22am

U.S. history, mingled with scripture.

Yukon

Apr 6, 10:13am

You exposed me for not paying attention to Bednar because I started laughing

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 10:14am

Talking to girls mostly

Apr 6, 10:17am

A class I wish was mandatory for all high school students before they vote

Cougarclaw

Apr 6, 10:18am

My high school required Civics

Warner

Apr 6, 10:19am

It seems like it isn't very well rounded

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 11:59am

I took it my first semester. Never realized it was a big deal.

Madam Pattirini

Apr 6, 10:19am

Might be the only class at a large higher ed institution anywhere that teaches

Iman23

Apr 6, 10:24am

Thats what I'm picking up on.

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 11:58am

I believe this is explicitly or implicitly part of the reason for creating it

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 4:01pm

I’m actually very curious how they discussed certain aspects of history & civics

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 4:12pm

Oh, I can give you what I remember after 20 years or so just off the top of my

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 8:58pm

Explicitly. Frank Fox as he was retiring from BYU wrote an op-ed about the need

Iman23

Apr 6, 6:53pm

Yeah, that sounds right. I vaguely remember one of the lectures talking about

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 8:29pm

The most overhyped class at BYU. People only think it’s “hard” because they’re

BaseCoug

Apr 6, 10:24am

And you're in a "classroom" of hundreds

HuskerFan2

Apr 6, 10:29am

Agree. I think it is a bit of a surprise. I remember some short answer questions

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 4:07pm

No idea. Took it from the salt lake center. Easiest A I ever had 😂. This backfi

Apr 6, 11:44am

I got lucky - I planned to test out of the class and thought it was pass/fail…

texaskevin

Apr 6, 12:13pm

I got an A it was so easy

Apr 8, 10:18am

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