HIST 400 - Historiography

Units: 4
Development of historical writing from antiquity to present. Emphasis on Herodotus, Thucydides, St. Augustine, Vico, Hegel, Marx, Von Ranke and his successors, relativists, and postmodernists.

Prerequisites: HIST 201 and HIST 301.
Equivalent Quarter Course: HIST 4030.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate an ability to evaluate primary source documents as historiographical evidence (PLO 1, ILO 1).
Compare and contrast different historiographical approaches to the writing of history and to identify the time period in which they originated (PLO 3, ILO 1, 3) .
Present a historiographical issue or problem and initiate and maintain a group discussion on the main issues it presents (PLO 3, 4, ILO 2, 4).
Demonstrate an ability to write a sustained historiographical argument supported by appropriate evidence (PLO 3, 4, ILO 2).
Show a nuanced understanding of role of historical interpretation and use of evidence in formulating narratives about the past. (PLO 5, 6, ILO 1, 3)