Learning Outcomes - History

Seattle University undergraduate History students should be able to develop:

• The ability to analyze and identify change across time.
• The ability to identify what constitutes a historical primary source.
• The ability to analyze a wide variety of primary sources, including artifacts, manuscripts, quantitative, oral and visual sources.
• The ability to closely read any historical written source.
• The ability to read secondary historical sources for underlying theories, assumptions and manners in which the choice of sources and approaches affects the historical argument.
• The ability to cite any source using the format of the Chicago Manual of Style.
• The ability to peruse library and internet resources for relevant materials
• The ability to distinguish between historical fact and interpretation.
• The ability to read and interpret historical arguments from different perspectives.
• The ability to understand the contributions that other disciplinary and theoretical perspectives make to historical writing.
• The ability to demonstrate a mastery of the principal approaches that shape contemporary historical inquiry.
• The acquisition of skills required to pose questions and place one’s own work within other historical debates and approaches.
• The understanding of the ethical dimensions of historical inquiry and presentation, including plagiarism and responsible research.
• The appreciation of the role that people of different races, ethnicities, gender and socio-economic experiences have played in shaping the human story.
• The ability to write and speak effectively for different audiences.
  

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