HIST 400 - Historical Interpretation
Units: 4
Case studies in historical interpretation from antiquity to the present. Introducing the concept of historiography and historiographical analysis. Representation and access in the history discipline. Completion of a significant historiographical analysis on a topic of the student’s choosing.
Prerequisites: HIST 201 and HIST 301W.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Identify shifting themes and methods used in the discipline of history.
2. Draw reasonable conclusions from primary sources.
3. Identify and evaluate historians’ arguments.
4. Appropriately employ summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation.
5. Apply the Chicago style citation system consistently.
6. Analyze how identity, perspective, bias, and exclusion shape historical interpretation.
7. Evaluate the role of archives in preserving sources and shaping interpretation.
8. Demonstrate organized collection and use of secondary sources.
9. Present and debate an historiographical argument.
10. Collaborate in constructive peer editing and review.
11. Present historical findings through oral projects, incuding teaching projects.
12. Reflect on your identity as an historian and/or future educator.
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