the History Department offers an undergraduate major and minor and a wide variety of elective courses dealing with the principal periods and topics of American, European, and World history, as well as selected non-European/non-U.S. fields such as East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Atlantic world. Equally important, our history students learn the skills necessary to the discipline of history, including careful analysis and interpretation of historical evidence, evaluation of secondary materials, conducting research, crafting an argument, and supporting their argument with appropriate evidence. The History Department also offers courses for students who are completing the Historical Studies component of the core curriculum. The learning objectives for these courses are: To teach basic methods of historical inquiry and analysis of sources;
 To increase knowledge of the history of the modern world and its origins;
 To raise awareness of diversity within human history and the importance of intercultural learning;
 To address issues related to the professional ethics of historians and the ethical use of historical materials.

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