HistoryDepartment Goals
The instructional goals of the faculty in the History Department
at San Jose Stare University are:
- To teach students the tools of historical research
- To teach students the basics of scholarly writing in
history
- To provide students an introduction to the problems
and issues in history
- To help students better understand contemporary issues by
drawing upon the experience of the past.
Student Learning Outcomes
Bachelor of Arts
By the time students complete their degree program in history at
the undergraduate level, all history majors
- Students analyze critically the thesis and
argument/interpretation of the following types of historical literature in
western and non-western fields in pre-modern and modern history:
Narrative history, Historiography/Intellectual history, Social/Cultural
history, Political/Diplomatic history.
- Using modern bibliographic data storage sites and
systems and traditional (print) sources, students systematically collect and
appraise the historical significance and use of evidence of various kinds of
primary sources in western and non-western fields in pre-modern and modern
history: Government documents, Histories/Historical Accounts, Literature
and Poetry, Images, Autobiographies, Diaries, Letters, Newspapers, Maps,
Quantitative Data, Oral Interviews.
- Using historical literature and primary sources of
the types listed above, students write history essays in western and
non-western fields in pre-modern and modern history according to the standards
of technique, citation, essay composition (writing process),
argument/interpretation, and use of evidence which are consistent with
college-level writing in the discipline.
- Students identify and analyze the fundamental problems of
historical interpretation and recognize some of the “schools” of
historical analysis in western and non-western fields across
historical time.
Master of Arts in History
By the time students complete their Master of Arts degree
program in history, students should be able to:
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See themselves and their society from different times and
places, displaying a sense of informed perspective and a mature
view of human nature. -
Read and think critically, write and speak clearly and
persuasively, and conduct research effectively. -
Exhibit sensitivities to human values in their own and other
cultural traditions. -
Appreciate their natural and cultural environments. -
Respect scientific and technological developments and
recognize their impact on humankind.
Master of Arts in History, Concentration in History Education
By the time students complete their Master of Arts degree in
history, with a concentration in history educations, students
shoudl be able to demonstrate the learning in the Master of ARts
program above and additionally be able to:
- Participate knowledgeably in the affairs of the world around them, drawing
upon understandings shaped through reading, writing, and lectures concerning
the past.
Assessment of Student Learning
Assessment Schedule, B.A. (doc)
Assessment Reports, B.A.: spring 2007(doc) fall 2007 (doc)
Assessment Reports, M.A.: spring 2007(doc) fall 2007 (doc)
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