Historical Understanding Syllabi Template

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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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This course is certified as a General Education course fulfilling the Fine Arts and Humanities
Category: Historical Understanding. Please consult with your advisor and check the specific
requirements for your major to determine if this course is a good fit for your plan of study.
Upon completion of the required credit hours in this category, students will be able to:
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Describe the forms and limits of knowledge in the arts and the humanities.
Identify the relationships among ideas, text, and artistic works and their cultural and
historical contexts.
Recognize and evaluate competing interpretations of texts broadly defined.
Compare the differences and commonalities among the various disciplines in the Fine
Arts and Humanities.
Apply the techniques of interpretation and analysis characteristic of disciplines in the
Fine Arts and Humanities to explore significant issues, texts, and artistic works.
Communicate the results of their inquiries and analyses in writing.
Historical Understanding Subcategory Outcomes:
Upon completion of the required credit hours in this subcategory, students will be able to:
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Explain concepts such as cause and effect, change over time, context, and contingency.
Explain the varieties of historical evidence and assess their strengths and limitations.
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Analyze and interpret primary and secondary source material, distinguish between
them, and place them in context.
Evaluate multiple perspectives that emerge from differing narratives and sources.
Follow and construct logical and coherent historical arguments.
Articulate the relationship between the past and the present.
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Accommodation Statement: If you are a student with a disability (e.g. physical, learning,
psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) and think that you might need special assistance or a special
accommodation in this class or any other class, call the Disability Resource Center (DRC),
http://www.utc.edu/disability-resource-center/) at 425-4006 or come by the office, 102 Frist
Hall.
Counseling Center Statement: If you find that personal problems, career indecision, study and time
management difficulties, etc. are adversely impacting your successful progress at UTC, please contact
the Counseling and Career Planning Center at 425-4438 or http://www.utc.edu/counseling-personaldevelopment-center/.
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