History
Measure ID
DIR-1
Written assignment in take home paper in first month of semester. Students will be provided with a detailed description of their success in each of the following
Program Outcomes: Outcome 1, Outcome 2, Outcome 3, Outcome 4 components contributing to their grade. The data from this measure ID will be compared to
data from a second paper, measuring the same outcomes, taken at the end of the course. This will allow us to track development within the course.
DIR-2
Written assignment in take home paper in final month of semester. Students will be provided with a detailed description of their success in each of the following
Program Outcomes: Outcome 1, Outcome 2, Outcome 3, Outcome 4. The data from this measure ID will be compared to data from DIR-1. This will allow us to
track development within the course. This data from DIR-2 will be compared to the same measures from a SEPARATE compulsory course taken by majors, in later
years of their cycle. This will enable us to track progress over the Major itself, as well as within particular courses.
DIR-3
Written assignment in take home paper in first half of semester. Students will be provided with a detailed description of their success in each of the following
Program Outcomes: Outcome 5, Outcome 6, Outcome 7, contributing to their grade for the assignment. The data from this measure ID will be compared to data
from a second paper, measuring the same outcomes, taken in the second half of the course. This will allow us to track development within the course.
DIR-4
Written assignment in take home paper in second half of semester. Students will be provided with a detailed description of their success in each of the following
Program Outcomes: Outcome 5, Outcome 6, Outcome 7, as contributing to their grade for that assignment. The data from this measure ID will be compared to data
from DIR-3. This will allow us to track development within the course. This data from DIR-4 will be compared to the same measures from a SEPARATE
compulsory course taken by majors, in later years of their cycle. This will enable us to track progress over the Major itself, as well as within particular courses.
DIR-5
Assessment of communication and oral skills via presentations and/or directed discussions. TWO assessments will be made in the course and delivered to the
students in grade form. The first assessment will be delivered in the first half of the semester, the second assessment in the second half of the semester. The data
will be compared to discern progress within the course. The data from DIR 5 will be compared to data from same measure ID in a later course within the major, to
demonstrate and compare progress over the major as a whole.
DIR-6
Exam in which different questions will be assessed according to different Programme Outcomes. The students will be informed which outcomes to address in any
particular question. Their success on each question will be graded according to that outcome, in addition to an overall grade for the exam. This measure will be
compared with data from an exam at the end of the course.
DIR-7
Exam in which different questions will be assessed according to different Programme Outcomes. The students will be informed which outcomes to address in any
particular question. Their success on each question will be graded according to that outcome, in addition to an overall grade for the exam. This measure will be
compared with data from DIR-6. This data from DIR-7 will be compared to the same measures from a SEPARATE compulsory course taken by majors, in later
years of their cycle. This will enable us to track progress over the Major itself, as well as within particular courses.
DIR-8
Measure of all programme outcomes in Capstone research paper. This data will be compared with data from other research papers early on in the course.
IND-1
Survey at the end of the course. To be compared with results from the same measure in a later course during the Major.
IND-2
Measure of graduation rates for those who have taken two compulsory courses (the first course at the beginning of the cycle and the second course towards the
end of the cycle.
Direct Measures (course embedded)
HIST METHODS COURSE FIRST
YEAR
Program Outcomes
Establish historical significance through
an understanding of meaning snd
contexts that are not necessarily shared
by the students.
Measure
Collect Term
Use and/or assess primary source
evidence, and define its relationship to
secondary literature.
Measure
Collect Term
Identify continuity and change.
Measure
Collect Term
Analyze the relationship between cause
and consequence.
Measure
Collect Term
Take historical perspectives using
different appropriate methodologies.
Measure
Collect Term
Engage with the arguments of other
historians, and each other.
Measure
Collect Term
Understand the ethical dimension of
historical interpretations.
Measure
Collect Term
Incorporate some or all of the above in
coherent analytical prose.
Measure
Collect Term
HIST METHODS COURSE THIRD
YEAR
DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6, DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6,
DIR-7, IND-1
DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6, DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6,
DIR-7, IND-1
DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6, DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6,
DIR-7, IND-1
DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6, DIR-1, DIR-2, DIR-6,
DIR-7, IND-1
DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
DIR-3, DIR-4, DIR-6, DIR-3, DIR-4, DIR-6,
DIR-7, IND-1
DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
DIR-3, DIR-4, DIR-5, DIR-3, DIR-4, DIR-5,
DIR-6, DIR-7, IND-1 DIR-6, DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
DIR-3, DIR-4, DIR-6, DIR-3, DIR-4, DIR-6,
DIR-7, IND-1
DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
DIR-4, DIR-7, IND-1 DIR-4, DIR-7, IND-1
FALL 14
SPR 17
CAP PAPER
DIR-8
SPR 17
DIR-8
SPR 17
DIR-8
SPR 17
DIR-8
SPR 17
DIR-8
SPR 17
DIR-8
SPR 17
DIR-8
SPR 17
DIR-8
SPR 17
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