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Course Overview

Our program prepares students for a wide variety of professions, including teaching, government service, museum management, and historic preservation, as well as further degree work in history, law, librarianship and business. The department encourages applications from individuals of any age interested in resuming their education.

Learning Outcomes

1) Knowledge of human cultures

History students will

  • Identify people, events, and processes significant to their courses of study
  • Examine similarities and differences across chronologies, geographies, and themes
  • Explain how past peoples understood their worlds and how those understandings shaped the ways they acted
  • Analyze the range of social, cultural, political, and economic possibilities available to people in particular contexts
  • Analyze why change occurs

2) Intellectual and practical skills

2.1 Inquiry and Analysis – History students will

  • Develop a creative, focused, and manageable question for historical research
  • Synthesize evidence representing a variety of perspectives
  • Explain the challenges of constructing historical narratives using incomplete and contradictory evidence  
  • Formulate a thesis and conclusion substantiated by primary and secondary source analysis
  • Critique alternative conclusions

2.2 Critical Thinking – History students will

  • Identify and analyze the central issues, arguments, and points of view in primary and secondary sources
  • Evaluate authors’ arguments and assess their evidence and conclusions
  • Critique their own and others’ assumptions and the contexts in which they develop those assumptions
  • Use the concept of historiography, in order to compare and contrast a variety of scholarly texts
  • Analyze the ways the histories historians write are products of particular historical contexts

2.3 Written Communication – History students will  

  • Establish the context, audience, and purpose of their written assignments
  • Master the conventions of historical writing, including: clear paper organization (thesis, evidence, conclusion); logical paragraph organization; clear, direct, and engaging language; proper citation methods, using Chicago style
  • Compose papers employing narrative, descriptive, and analytical writing to convey their historical knowledge and analytical skills  

2.4 Information literacy – History students will

  • Determine the types of sources that are relevant to a research question
  • Locate and evaluate appropriate materials for historical research, using book catalogs (Skyline, Prospector, WorldCat), article databases (particularly America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts, and JSTOR), and interlibrary loan.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of published and unpublished materials, including what constitutes plagiarism and how to cite sources.

Entry Requirement 

 Application Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation (academic references are preferred)
  • Statement of purpose 
  • Official transcripts from every university you have attended previously 
  • Writing sample 

Fees

(Master or Doctoral) Tuition & Fees: $16592 per year (Fall and Spring)


This information was accurate on : 07/04/2021
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