Historical Analysis and Perspectives Application Form – REVISION 5-2-2015

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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVES

I. Description of Purpose and Content

Courses in “Historical Analysis and Perspectives” should provide students with a broad introduction to the study of human groups and individuals of the past through an examination of change over time, its causes and its consequences. While faculty are encouraged to offer courses that focus on a particular theme, society, time period, or body of source material, contributions to “Historical Analysis and Perspectives” should demonstrate a chronological range across multiple centuries and include a cross-cultural perspective that places specific regions in a transnational or global context. Courses in “Historical Analysis and Perspectives” should also expose students to different bodies of primary-source material, consisting of texts in various genres as well as visual and material evidence. Furthermore, while they should approach the study of the past through a variety of interrelated social and cultural phenomena seen in their unique context, courses in “Historical Analysis and Perspectives,” whether they deal with the distant or more recent past, should address the relationship of the past to the present world. Contributions to “Historical Analysis and Perspectives” should engage students in discussion of both primary sources appropriate to the subject matter of the course and the analytical framework and debated questions among scholars working in that field. Drawing on course materials and their own independent work, students will write projects crafting rigorous historical arguments that employ evidence to understand change over time.

HOW DOES YOUR COURSE FIT THIS CATEGORY?

  1. Please provide a course description and explain how your course fits the overall purpose and content of this Core category. Include any learning objectives specific to your course.

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  1. Please provide a preliminary list of readings and/or textbooks for the course.

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  1. Please describe possible assignments (ortypes of assignments) for your course. For longer assignments, you may include an additional attachment(s).

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II. Learning Outcomes

HOW DOES YOUR COURSE ASSESS EACH LEARNING OUTCOME?How do you measure whether and to what extent students have achieved the learning outcomes below? Referring to the assignments your described in Part I, please explain for those outside of your field how your course addresseseach of this Core category’s learning outcomes. (Please note that a single assignment may address multiple outcomes, and that for learning outcomes asking that students “value” particular issues or concepts, the course does not need to assess student opinion or belief but level of engagement with that issue or concept.)

  • Students will know the chronological sequence and geographical framework appropriate to the subject matter of the course.

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  • Students will be able to analyze primary sources of multiple varieties and distinguish them from scholarship (secondary sources).

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  • Students will understand that historical knowledge emerges from debates over the interpretation of evidence.

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  • Students will learn to construct arguments about the past based on evidence and utilizing critical language appropriate to the subject matter and discipline of history.

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  • Students will value the complex process by which the present emerged out of the past.

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PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR GENERAL ASSESSMENT PLAN

Overall, how will you assess students in this course?

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III. Defining Characteristics

  • Coherent interpretive framework which articulates a clear set of historical questions to be examined.
  • Sufficient chronological scope (that is, one reckoned in terms of centuries, not decades). • Cross-cultural perspective.
  • Variety of evidence (must include textual evidence; must also include non-textual evidence).
  • Rigorous writing assignments based on primary sources obtained at least in part through independent work and integrated into the interpretive framework of the course.

HOW DOES YOUR COURSE MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?

What do students do (e.g., solve, research, read, write, revise, practice, collaborate, review, study, perform) and what do you provide as an instructor (e.g., in-classinstruction, written feedback, reading/viewing assignments) to address the characteristics above (you may use the numbers above to refer to specific characteristics)? You may refer to assignments or readings listed in Part I. Note that a single assignment or form of instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, group work) may meet multiple requirements.

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To submit your proposal, you should:

  • Send the proposal electronically to
  • CC your chair and Dean on the proposal. Your chair and dean can approve your proposal by sending an e-mail messagestating approval to .
  • Once we receive your chair's and dean's approval, your course proposal will bereviewed by the appropriate core area committee of the UCCC. No proposal will be reviewed by a core areacommittee without both your chair's and dean's approval.
  • The core area committee may approve the proposal, request revisions (this is very common), or reject the proposal. Rejections may be appealed to the full UCCC.
  • Once the course is approved, you will receive word from the UCCC, who will copy your chair and dean.