Department of History

History Department Student Learning Outcomes Courses

All courses in the department will address one or more of these learning outcomes.

  1. Student frames historical questions
  2. Student employs a broad range of sources and displays breadth in research
  3. Student demonstrates awareness of interpretive differences
  4. Student evaluates and analyzes source material
  5. Student writes clearly and effectively
  6. Student develops an interpretation based on evidence
  7. Student shows a grasp of relevant historical facts and contexts
  8. Student communicates effectively orally

Poster display

University Studies courses in the department will also foster student learning outcomes appropriate to their University Studies categories. Those learning outcomes are linked below:

HST 101 Western Civilization to 1650

Historical and Philosophical Approaches

HST 102 Western Civilization since 1650

Historical and Philosophical Approaches

HST 103 Introduction to Global History 1500-1848

Historical and Philosophical Approaches

HST 104 Introduction to Global History since 1848

Historical and Philosophical Approaches

HST 105 Unitied States to 1865

Historical and Philosophical Approaches

HST 106 Unitied States from 1865 to Present

Historical and Philosophical Approaches
(Note: HST 106 is included as an option in the Immigration cluster)

HST 203 The Sea and History

Historical and Philosophical Approaches and Living in a Global Society

HST 204 Women in Modern America

Historical and Philosophical Approaches and Living in a Diverse Nation

HST 205 History of Science I: Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution

Historical and Philosophical Approaches

HST 206 History of Science II: Modern Science

Historical and Philosophical Approaches

HST 207 Jewish History to 1492

Historical and Philosophical Approaches and Living in a Global Society

HST 208 Jewish History from 1492 to the Present

Historical and Philosophical Approaches and Living in a Diverse Nation

HST 209 African-American History

Historical and Philosophical Approaches and Living in a Global Society

HST 290

Writing Intensive

Information Literacy

Coming Soon: Explorations Beyond the Classroom

All HST 400s serve as capstone courses for University Studies purposes

History and University Studies “Clusters”

Remember that all incoming students now need to develop a “thematic transdisciplinary cluster” of three themed courses. (link to https://uncw.edu/universitystudies/thematictransdisciplinaryclusters.html)

OR

A minor

OR

A second major

History makes a great minor and pairs well with many other majors, but if you are working towards a cluster, history courses are currently connected to the following “clusters:”

Ancient Thought and Culture—HST 101

Global Diversity—HST 104 and HST 367

Immigration—HST 106 and HST 340

Judaism and the Jewish People—HST 207, HST 208, and HST 385