Historical understanding is a critical competence for our society and a fundamental component of a liberal arts education at DePaul University. Students who are competent in historical inquiry are able to achieve learning outcomes that demonstrate their successful development and application of historical knowledge, historical skills, and historical thinking.
- Students have demonstrated a depth of historical knowledge of specified content when they are able to:
- explain historical developments in terms of continuity and change;
- describe the relevant political, economic, social or cultural contexts of historical events and developments;
- explain how people have lived, acted and thought in one or more particular historical periods.
Historical Inquiry Learning Outcomes and Writing Expectations