Majors: | Minors: |
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B.A. in Black Studies (Curriculum Map) (GLOBE Outcomes Map) | Africana Studies History Native American Studies |
LEARNING OUTCOMES IN HISTORY
Skills:
Upon completion of the relevant sophomore seminar, students will demonstrate the ability to:
- Identify and locate appropriate primary sources
- Analyze primary evidence
- Present an argument based on primary evidence
- Identify and locate appropriate secondary sources
- Evaluate the arguments of other historians/scholars
- Engage in historiographical analysis and interpretation
Synthesis:
Upon completion of the major, students will demonstrate the ability to:
- Present orally a clear and organized analysis of issues, ideas, and texts
- Present in writing a clear and organized analysis of issues, ideas, and texts
- Draw on discipline-specific skills within the context of a seminar research paper
- Follow the conventions of historical writing, especially adherence to the Chicago Manual of Style
Content:
Within a specific course topic, students will demonstrate the ability to:
- Grasp course-specific content in terms of accuracy, nuance, specificity, and context.
- Learn course-specific content from analyzing primary and secondary sources.
- Draw on course-specific content to effectively analyze primary and secondary source evidence.
FOUR YEAR ASSESSMENT CYCLE
Year One: HIST 200-level electives
By the end of the semester, students will demonstrate:
- Differentiate between primary and secondary sources
- Engage in historical inquiry and reflect on history as an analytical discipline rather than only narrative/chronology/summary.
- Grasp course-specific content in terms of accuracy, nuance, specificity, and context.
- Engage in historical research, analyzing, synthesizing, and utilizing a range of primary sources.
- Connect course content to one or more of the following: contemporary relevance, public memory, and global context.
- Demonstrate a sense of self as a learner (through reflection and self-assessment) based upon historical thinking and skill development.
Year Two: Research in History (assess HIST 302 sections)
By the end of the course, students will demonstrate the ability to
- Identify and locate appropriate primary sources.
- Analyze Primary Source Evidence.
- Present an argument based on primary evidence.
Year Three: Interpretations in History (assess in HIST 301 sections)
By the end of the course, students will demonstrate the ability to
- Evaluate the arguments of other historians and scholars.
- Engage in historiographical analysis and interpretation.
- Identify and locate appropriate secondary sources.
Year Four: HIST 400-level electives
By the end of the semester, students will demonstrate the ability to
- Draw on course-specific content to effectively analyze primary and secondary source evidence.
- The ability to identify, locate, synthesize, and critically evaluate several scholarly perspectives on a problem in historical scholarship on a particular topic.
- The ability to engage in historical argumentation and debate in written work and discussion.
- Complete a substantial paper or project grounded in primary and/or secondary source evidence.
- Reflect and explain the value of disciplinary skills and to envision the practical and real-world applications of historical knowledge, skills, and experiences.
- Follow the conventions of historical writing, including following standard English usage and adherence to Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style.