Thesis Papers: Construct logical, evidence-based arguments based on historical evidence and contemporary cultural texts.

Thesis Papers: Construct logical, evidence-based arguments based on historical evidence and contemporary cultural texts.

Understand the adaptation of the social categories of race, class, and gender within the context of the Cold War.

· Understand and evaluate the ethical decisions underlying the United States’ nuclear policies.

· Understand Cold War doomsday panics and millenarian concerns within the context of American Culture.

· Interpret, analyze, and evaluate American’s concerns over nuclear weapons and nuclear war as reflected in popular culture texts of the Cold War.

· Analyze and evaluate the evidence upon which historical arguments are based.

· Construct logical, evidence-based arguments based on historical evidence and contemporary cultural texts.