History B.A. Learning Outcomes

LOWER DIVISION, GENERAL

Students should be able to:

• Identify history as an interpretive account of past supported by evidence
• Apply chronological reasoning
• Understand and pose historical questions
• Identify primary and secondary sources in relation to a historical question
• Undertake basic online/library research and critical reading

UPPER DIVISION, GENERAL

Students should be able to:

• Read, discuss and analyze historiography
• Put primary and secondary sources in dialogue to form an argument
• Identify and practice different forms of historical writing and presentation
• Employ research skills to locate relevant primary and secondary sources

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