History, M.A.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge about key historical concepts (such as “objectivity”) and historical terminology (such as “primary source”)
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge about key historical actors and events across the department’s distribution requirements
- Articulate a clear research question, assemble a bibliography, and use citations properly
- Situate an original historical argument within a sophisticated historiographical framework
- Effectively incorporate primary sources into a historical argument
- Express sophisticated historical ideas in writing using a clear thesis statement, a well-organized argument, and effective evidence
