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University of Wyoming

Assessment of Student Learning

The History Department Faculty has identified the specific objectives of its undergraduate curriculum. The following are the learning outcomes that we would like to see each History student graduate with. We are continuously and actively assessing our program to ensure that these learning outcomes are being met.

  1. Students shall be able to demonstrate thinking skills by analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating historical information from multiple sources.
  2. Students will develop the ability to distinguish between fact and fiction while understanding that there is no one historical truth.
  3. Students will produce well researched written work that engages with both primary sources and the secondary literature.
  4. Students will develop an informed familiarity with multiple cultures.
  5. Students will employ a full range of techniques and methods used to gain historical knowledge.
  6. Students will develop an ability to convey verbally their historical knowledge.
  7. Students will demonstrate their understanding of cause and effect along with their knowledge of the general chronology of human experience.