After looking over my syllabus I found that I explicitly list five “topics” (race, class, gender, nation, and power). I also imply in the course description that the course will tackle at least two additional topics: “America/American” and “culture” (this could also probably include American Studies as a discipline). So, taking into consideration what others have already posted here are my topics:
1) America/American
2) culture
3) race, class, gender (This “grouping” may include nation, power, dis/ability, ethnicity, sexuality, etc. as Pete pointed out below. Like Will, I also consider discussions/analysis of power to be a large topical component of the course however I would probably “group” that as a subtopic to each of these three major topics (if that makes any sense). If I broadened this list to five I would maybe list identity and power as the additional two “topics.”
I would also argue that my learning outcomes could be applied to all the topics. These are in no particular order.
1) Understand the complexity and develop a working vocabulary of the above topics
2) Exhibit critical thinking skills (to do this I would argue that this involves developing a “historical consciousness”)
3) Demonstrate quality reading comprehension, research, and writing
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