HSTRY-MIN - History (Minor)

The department expects undergraduate minors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department's undergraduate program. Students are expected to demonstrate:

• an understanding of what it means to think historically: locating subjects in time and place and being sensitive to the contingencies of context and change over time

• critical and interpretive thinking skills using course's primary source materials

• the ability to identify different types of sources of historical knowledge

• analytical writing skills and close reading skills

• effective oral communication skills