Code: AA.LA.HIST

The History option is recommended for students who are interested in pursuing the knowledge, values, and skills that are unique to the study of history and who intend to transfer to a four-year history or liberal arts program. Coursework requirements include two survey courses in Western Civilization, European History, US History, or Latin American History. Students also take at least three History electives and a Geography course in addition to courses in general education. An AA degree with a History option is easily transferable to all public and private colleges that accept transfer students. Those who continue on to earn a BA in history often pursue careers in education, government and non-profit, international relations and security, law, journalism and literature, film and entertainment, museums and historic preservation, business and finance.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1. Demonstrate, in both written and oral discussion, the ability to consider a diversity of viewpoints, construct and defend a thesis, and revise it effectively as new evidence demands.
2. Read and comprehend a variety of primary and secondary sources, evaluate their perspective and bias, and contextualize them with appropriate detail.
3. Apply a methodological practice of identifying, gathering, evaluating, analyzing, synthesizing, interpreting, and citing historical evidence.
4. Narrate, in written or oral form, an event from the past in a way that recognizes different perspectives and multiple causation and rejects inevitability.
5. Recognize the important political, intellectual, social, and cultural forces that have shaped our past.
6. Identify examples of historical change and continuity over time and evaluate their historical significance.
7. Temper moral judgment in historical interpretation with an understanding of historical perspective and the significance of changing cultural context.

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