The program provides students the opportunity to pursue doctoral
level work in the area of modern world history in an
interdisciplinary setting, focusing on modernization and
globalization while encouraging a global awareness in the teaching
of history.
The program will prepare graduates to:
Integrate advanced knowledge of modern world history with
theories and methods of history and other disciplines, such as
anthropology, English and literature, geography, government and
political science, philosophy, religious studies and
sociology.
- Compare, contrast and analyze long-term processes and dynamics
of change in the areas of concentration developed by the
student.
- Identify, define and analyze theories and methodologies of
history that assist our understanding of modern world history.
- Identify, define and analyze theories and methodologies in the
social sciences and humanities that assist understanding of modern
world history, related to the interdisciplinary orientation of the
program and the specific courses taken by students.
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, related to the research
traditions of our 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
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, relevant to the assignment.
Demonstrate understanding and explanation
of the historiographical traditions and issues that serve as a
foundation to our 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 the specific courses taken
by the student.
- Independently 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.
- Conceive viewpoints from a variety of socio-cultural and
historical perspectives.
Apply theories and methods of historical
inquiry in conjunction with the interdisciplinary framework of the
program for the purpose of teaching history in various
settings.
- Identify, define and analyze theories and methodologies for
teaching modern world history.
- Apply theories and methods of historical inquiry about modern
world history to the teaching of history in the classroom.
- Design and integrate into a doctoral research essay an
educational component that relates the subject matter of the essay
to a pedagogical objective.