Academic Program: Social Science
Student Learning Goals and Outcomes
1. Students develop an effective and well-substantiated thesis
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- Students will be able to frame an original research question or new approach to an existing question in a thoughtful, critical manner.
- Students will be able to articulate and develop a well-organized, substantiated argument.
2. Students frame historical questions in a thoughtful, critical manner
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- Students will be able to clearly state a significant historical question.
- Students will be able to critically analyze and clarify the significance of an historical question.
3. Students effectively evaluate and analyze primary sources
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- Students will be able to demonstrate thorough awareness of origins, authors, and contexts of all primary sources.
- Students will be able to employ verification strategies to primary sources.
- Students will be able to conduct complex analysis of primary sources.
- Students will be able to utilize a range of primary sources appropriate to informing thesis of research paper.
4. Students evaluate and analyze secondary sources, demonstrating an awareness of interpretive differences
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- Students will be able to demonstrate careful understanding and assessment of historiography.
- Students will be able to apply their work within the historiography.
- Students will be able to raise historically legitimate critique by examining the strengths and weaknesses of the studies.
- Students will be able to employ a range of secondary sources appropriate to informing thesis of the paper.
Please select from the various Social Science programs below to display the full course line-up.