learning outcomes
When students fulfill the requirements of the history major they will be able to:
- Think historically, read critically, write coherently and speak persuasively.
- Place major historical events in their proper chronological, geographical, thematic and comparative context.
- Connect and integrate historical knowledge, grasp the ethical and moral dimensions of history and appreciate the complex and often multi-causal origins of past events.
- Identify and interpret a wide variety of historical sources, both primary and secondary.
- Explain the value and application of historiography and various historical methods, approaches and theories.
- Use primary and secondary sources to construct sophisticated, persuasive, and logical interpretations of historical problems and events
