Student Learning Goals History

Upon completion of their program curricula, students who complete a major in History will be able to:  

• develop a body of historical knowledge with breadth of time and place as well as depth of detail,
• develop and apply historical skills to the historical record,
• recognize that the historical record is incomplete, complex, and contradictory,
• analyze and synthesize the contradictory accounts and conclusions of both primary and secondary sources,
• create historical arguments and narratives, and
• practice ethical historical inquiry.