US History vs American Government: not the same requirement

Usually not. In Texas, UT Austin's core lists United States History and American and Texas Government as separate areas, 6 credit hours each, and Texas's Federal Government course covers “Origin and development of the U.S. Constitution, structure and powers of the national government including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches”. Georgia's law asks for “the history of the United States and the history of Georgia, and upon the provisions and principles of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Georgia”, and Georgia Tech meets them with different courses: HIST 2111 or 2112 for history, POL 1101 for the Constitution.

Sometimes, for a broad area, not for a specific requirement. Georgia Tech's Political Science & U.S. History area takes one course from a list with both HIST 2111 and POL 1101, but its legislative requirements still ask for U.S. history and the U.S. Constitution separately. Cal Poly's American Institutions area lists both GOV 2200 American Government and HIST 2201 United States History to 1877. Ask your college which requirement a history course would fill.

It is an introductory course, but a different kind from history. College Board says CLEP American Government covers what is “usually taught in a one-semester introductory course in American government and politics at the college level”, including “the institutions and policy processes of the federal government, the federal courts and civil liberties, political parties and interest groups, political beliefs and behavior, and the content and history of the Constitution”. ACE recommends 3 semester hours for a score of 50, and the exam costs $97 plus a test center or remote proctoring fee.

US History 1 (HIST 101) covers American history from the pre-Columbian era through the Civil War, with practice reading primary sources and writing arguments. US History 2 (HIST 102) covers U.S. history from Reconstruction to the early 21st century, using primary sources to explain how modern America took shape.

US History 1: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in U.S. History among other subjects. US History 2: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in U.S. History among other subjects.

Both are recommended in the same subjects: U.S. History. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

US History 1: 15 chapters and 82 instructional hours. US History 2: 17 chapters and 86 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

US History 1: English 101 (Prerequisite); English 102 (Prerequisite or Corequisite). US History 2: History 101: U.S. History 1; English Composition I; English Composition II.

US History 1: 102 multiple-choice (Section A), 5 short analytical responses with parts A-C (Section B), 1 source-based analysis with parts A-D (Section C); 121 marks overall, 25% of the grade. US History 2: 105 multiple-choice (105 marks) plus a cumulative assessment: primary source analysis, comparative essays, capstone interpretation (100 marks), 25% of the grade.

Both syllabi list Corbett, P. Scott, et al. U.S. History. OpenStax, 2014. Web version last updated 2024, with other references.

No: neither is on the ACE list. US History 1 has an NCCRS recommendation for 3 semester hours in U.S. History; US History 2 has an NCCRS recommendation for 3 semester hours in U.S. History. Not being on the ACE list never means not recommended for credit.

A pass is 70 or more. The grading scale on your UPI Study transcript shows how 70 maps to a letter grade; for most colleges it is a C.

Yes, online: under light proctoring (no camera) if you already have 70% before it, otherwise under full proctoring. The quizzes and the assignment are open-book; the US History 1 final is not.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours in U.S. History for each; both are NCCRS only, with no ACE recommendation, and both are self-paced. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which history requirement HIST 101 and HIST 102 would count toward. For the registrar: US History 1's NCCRS recommendation lists U.S. History and US History 2's NCCRS recommendation lists U.S. History.