The program affords majors the opportunity to broaden their
cultural horizons and historical perspectives and provides an array
of analytical skills that will help them become life-long learners
who contribute to society.
The program will prepare graduates to:
Understand the main events, processes and
dynamics of change in world history and the specific geographic
concentrations associated with the areas required by the
major.
- Identify and summarize key events in world history and the
specific geographic regions in the three concentrations (European,
United States, and non-Western) required by the major and related
to the specific courses taken by the student.
- Compare and contrast long-term processes and dynamics of change
in world history and the concentrations required by the major and
related to the specific courses taken by the student.
Demonstrate critical and analytical skills
required for effective 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 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 an
assignment.
- Formulate an intellectually coherent argument, claim or
hypothesis, relevant to assignment.
- Use multiple, reliable sources, correctly cited to support
claims.
- Use effective word choice, sentence variety and standard
written English competently.
- Illustrate effective reflection, evaluation and revisions of
written work related to the assignment.
Demonstrate understanding of the
historiographical traditions and issues that serve as a foundation
to the discipline.
- Demonstrate 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, in relation to 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.