The program affords students the opportunity to investigate the
events, issues and controversies that inform the study of history
at an advanced level and provides an array of analytical and
research skills that will help them become life-long learners who
contribute to society.
The program will prepare graduates to:
Describe and analyze at an advanced level
the main events, processes and dynamics of change in world history
and the specific geographic concentrations required as part of
their program.
- Identify and summarize key events in world history and specific
regions and themes, related to specific courses taken by the
student.
- Compare, contrast and analyze long-term processes and dynamics
of change in the areas of concentration developed by the
student.
Demonstrate critical and analytical skills
required for an advanced reading and interpretation of the
documents and texts used in historical analysis.
- Critically evaluate information and sources.
- Situate primary sources in their historical context.
- Demonstrate ability to entertain empathetically the diverse
viewpoints of individuals and groups, represented in documents,
texts and other sources.
- Articulate an intellectually coherent interpretation of
historical events and processes, grounded in documents and texts
under study.
Conduct sound ethical research,
demonstrating proficiency in information literacy and the basic
tools of historical research.
- Design research objectives appropriate to various
assignments.
- Locate needed information from a variety of sources.
- Critically evaluate information and sources.
- Situate primary and secondary sources in their historical
context.
- Integrate information effectively to accomplish the planned
objective.
- Use information ethically and legally, in accordance with the
research traditions of the discipline.
Demonstrate an effective communication
style in a variety of written formats and in the style appropriate
to the discipline of history.
- Demonstrate knowledge of specific requirements of an
assignment.
- Formulate an intellectually coherent argument, claim or
hypothesis, relevant to assignment.
- Use multiple, reliable sources, correctly cited to support
claim.
- Use effective word choice, sentence variety and standard
written English competently.
- Demonstrate effective reflection, evaluation, and revisions of
written work related to the assignment.
Demonstrate advanced understanding and
explanation of the historiographical traditions and issues that
serve as a foundation to the discipline.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the basic development of the
discipline of history over time.
- Give examples of the controversies and debates that have
divided historians over time, related to specific courses taken by
the student.
- Analyze the issues and concerns that have driven the discipline
of history at different points in time.
Demonstrate recognition, understanding and
respect for the complexity of diverse socio-cultural and historical
traditions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of other cultures and societies, related
to the requirements of the major.
- Independently analyze viewpoints from a variety of
socio-cultural and historical perspectives.