History Department GE courses are designed to foster the development of information literacy skills through the use of an "introduce, reinforce, culminate" model. Taken as a series, these courses allow students to acquire information competency in progressive and manageable steps.

• Introduce — students get their first exposure to concepts and begin using them to complete guided assignments.
• Reinforce — students revisit concepts to which they have already been introduced, and begin using them independently to complete coursework.
• Culminate — students master information literacy concepts, integrate them into their skills set, and can utilize them to complete self-guided coursework.

Visit the Competency Standards for History Students page for a breakdown of the skills addressed in each class.

Before beginning HIST 102 projects, it is strongly advised that the class have an "introduction to the library" class, preferably led by a research librarian in history.

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