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 crosscultural 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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2. Please provide a preliminary list of readings and/or textbooks for the course.
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3. Please describe possible assignments (or types of assignments) for your
course. For longer assignments, you may include an additional
attachment(s).
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II. Learning Outcomes
Historical Analysis and Perspectives Application Form – REVISION 5-2-2015
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 addresses each 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.)
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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
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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.
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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-class instruction, 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:
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Send the proposal electronically to newcore@lmu.edu
CC your chair and Dean on the proposal. Your chair and dean can approve your
proposal by sending an e-mail message stating approval to newcore@lmu.edu.
Once we receive your chair's and dean's approval, your course proposal will be
reviewed by the appropriate core area committee of the UCCC. No proposal will
be reviewed by a core area committee 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.