Weight | Outcomes | Applied Learning | Specialized Knowledge | Intellectual Skills | Integrative/Broad Knowledge | Civic Learning | ||
25% | Students will be conversant in the main topics in the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the United States from the era of European discovery to the present, and in world history from antiquity to the present. | 10% | 25% | 35% | 10% | 20% | ||
25% | Students will possess an advanced understanding of selected chronological periods and/or topics in U.S. history. Additionally, they will demonstrate an advanced understanding of particular historical issues in at least three of the following areas: transnational, comparative, and international history; European history; African history; Middle Eastern history; Latin American history; and Asian history. Students will practice the methodologies and interpretive frameworks utilized in historical studies. | 10% | 30% | 35% | 10% | 15% | ||
25% | Students will be able to distinguish between primary and secondary historical sources, analyze arguments and interpretations, and recognize interpretive conflicts. They will analyze and interpret evidence found in primary and secondary sources, and develop historical arguments based upon and sustained by available evidence. Students will follow the highest ethics in their research and writing. They will not plagiarize the work of others. They will adjust their preliminary hypotheses to fit the data, rather than adjust the data to fit their preliminary hypotheses. | 20% | 20% | 30% | 20% | 10% | ||
25% | Students will be able to research and conduct an investigation, consulting appropriate works, and developing a bibliography and research prospectus. They will be able to produce coherent, cogent, persuasive, and grammatically correct historical essays. They will be able to present effectively the conclusions of their research in an oral presentation. | 20% | 25% | 25% | 15% | 15% |