Skills and Standards by Year

Level/Type of Course	Objective	Material to be covered	Format	Readings	Evaluation and Performance
100: Broad surveys	Provide broad thematic & informational	Broad regional & chronological surveys	Lecture, some discussion	Secondary, some primary sources	Shorter Papers, exams
200: More focused surveys	Cover a narrower range of material in greater depth and improve students’ interpretive skills	More advanced survey of a particular national or regional history or thematic study	Mix of lecture and discussion	Secondary and primary sources	Analytical & research papers, exams
300: Upper level courses, Independent Study	Hone students’ research & interpretive skills, focus on historical argument & documentation	Narrower regional, thematic, or chronological focus State of knowledge and interpretation of a particular topic	Lecture & discussion	Monographs, primary sources	Longer research & analytical papers that focus on skills
400: Reading Colloquia, Research Seminars	Introduce students to deeper textual analysis and to conducting original, primary research	Selected topic, narrower, in-depth focus	Discussion only	Primary sources, monographs	Research paper